*“I get my flowers while I can smell them,” Baltimore legend Rosa Pryor-Trustee simply put during my interview with her about being inducted into the Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame. “I am being inducted into the Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame on Sunday, June 28, 2026. They choose someone every year!”
The Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame was launched in 2013 by Buddy Love, John Sankonis, and Gene Vincentt to honor Maryland entertainment in music, theatre and other arts. The mission is to celebrate Maryland’s cultural and entertainment heritage.
Rosa is affectionately called “Rambling Rose” because this is the nickname given to her by Grammy/Golden Globe Award winning Nat King Cole. In fact, Rosa Pryor-Trustee is the inspiration behind Nat King Cole’s hit single “Rambling Rose.” As a talented young artist, Rosa toured with Nat King Cole as the opening act. She often recounted some parts of her awesome life as a recording/performing artist throughout the years while I worked with her at The Baltimore Times where she has a column called “Rambling Rose” (it is also published in the Afro American newspaper). What I remember most is she said she wore gowns, always red, a rose was her trademark/brand and that she wrote/produced and released the hit song “Hey Mr. DJ.”
“They looked at my history in the entertainment industry…,” Rosa replied when I asked the criteria for such as honor. “As an artist, a manager, producer, agent. I did it all. Even a musician. The years amount to around 65!”
After issues with her throat Rosa couldn’t sing anymore so she started managing other artists and became a well-known artist manager. She managed top-notch artists such as Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Drifters, First Class, The Soft Tones, The Vandals, Jimi Hendrix and Sam Cooke. She was also an accomplished music producer, and talent and booking agent. Rosa was so popular in the Baltimore club-circuit that when the publisher of The Baltimore Times was looking for someone to provide content for its new entertainment section the word was to call Rosa Pryor. With her community and club support that entertainment section brought in a lot of extra revenue. At the time, aside from being advertising manager at the newspaper, I was serving as the entertainment editor.
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At some point Rosa Pryor-Trustee formed the Rosa Pryor Foundation in 1991 which awarded the Rosa Pryor Music Scholarship to young inner-city artists and musicians ages 5 – 17 to help refine their talents. She did this to uplift/inspire kids from all over the Baltimore, Maryland area for 30 years. Rosa became a publisher when she released her first book in 2003 on the history of entertainment in Baltimore (Baltimore club-circuit) titled “African-American Entertainment in Baltimore (Maryland).” Her second book was published in 2013 titled “African-American Community, History and Entertainment in Maryland.” Pryor-Trustee just released her third book, “Baltimore and Maryland’s Black History Stories: Who, What, When and Where 1950s-1980s,” about the entertainment scene in Baltimore throughout the years, the talent it birthed and cultivated and the many people in the community that have done historical things.
“There is not one individual award,” she said to me when I asked which award or honor sticks out as most memorable. “I have a basement wall full of awards. I have awards from state senators to governors. My dining and living room’s walls are full. I am blessed to get each one of them.”
I have witnessed Rosa Pryor-Trustee being awarded some of those for her achievements in entertainment first-hand while working at the newspaper with her. She inspired me in so many ways with her larger-than-life personality. She was the first women (person) I saw openly carrying a gun – legally. She inspired me to speak up and know my worth. It is because of her that I start writing my own column The Pulse of Entertainment, which is also syndicated like her “Rambling Rose” column. www.Rambling-Rose.com
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: Dr. Eunice Moseley has an estimated weekly readership of over one million for her column, The Pulse of Entertainment. She is the publisher of the digital magazine www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com, which has an estimated 160,000 visitors a month. An entrepreneur, Dr. Moseley’s company, Freelance Associates, is a business management/public relations, strategic planning, and consulting firm that is celebrating 32 years in 2025. Dr. Eunice also serves as a professor for the School of Business at Stanton University in Anaheim, California, and serves as promotions director (at-large), journalist, and business consultant for The Baltimore Times. Dr. Moseley founded the Uplifting Minds II Foundation (www.UpliftingMinds.com) in 2023, a 501 C3 with a mission to empower the underserved through three major programs – One Stop Business Shop, the ULMII Professional Conference and the ULMII Academy (business management and public relations). EVENTS: “Uplifting Minds II” Entertainment Conference (ULMII), was launched by Dr. Eunice in 1999, to educate aspiring artists/musicians about the business of entertainment – www.UpliftingMinds2.com. Next ULMII Entertainment Conferences for Baltimore on Saturday April 18, 2026, presented by Security Square Mall and The Baltimore Times, and for Los Angeles on Saturday, November 7, 2026, presented by The Pulse of Entertainment and the ULMII Foundation. The ULMII conferences are free with virtual access via Zoom. ULMII entertainment conference offers a Professional Panel Q&A Session, a Professional Talent Showcase and International Talent Competition where the top three scored acts receive the ULMII Best Act Award and over $20,000 valued in prizes/product/services and cash!
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