Rose Murphy (April 28, 1913 – November 16, 1989)[1] was an American jazz pianist and singer, famous for the song "Busy Line" and her unique vocal style.
[1] "Busy Line", one of her most well-known songs, made use of perhaps her most famous vocal sound effect: the 'brrp, brrrp' of a telephone ring.
[3] A version of the song by Peter Skellern was later used in 1990 by BT Cellnet in a television commercial[4] which was such a success that RCA reissued the original recording.
She attended Murphy's concerts in London, imitated her while playing the piano and sang "Busy Line" at parties.
Rose Murphy and her radio broadcasts in the UK are referred to in the novel, Under the Pink Light, by the British author Brian Hurst.