Musicians

Rochelle Pitt

Origin
Cairns, QLD
Genre/styles
Blues | Jazz | Soul
About Rochelle

Rochelle Pitt is a descendent from the Wirri people from the Birrigubba nation, the Butchella people from Fraser Island and the Kalkadoon, in north Queensland.

She started singing professionally at the age of 23. During this time, she released her first EP, “Black to Reality” (under the name Rochelle Watson) which became very popular among women. In 2014 Pitt found a national audience after auditioning for X Factor Australia.

Discography

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Album formats

  • 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
  • 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
  • LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at ​33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
  • EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.

Black To Reality

Released
1 July 1999
Tracks
  1. If You Got a Problem
  2. Dream Tonight
  3. Identity
  4. We Connected
  5. Too Deadly My Sister
  6. Black to Reality

Good Thing Coming (Single)

Released
12 June 2015
Tracks
  1. Good Thing Coming

Soul Mumma (EP)

Released
15 December 2017
Tracks
  1. Should We
  2. I Believe
  3. Challenge the Exclusion
  4. Jimbaraal
  5. Resilience
  6. Maudie

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Korff, J 2019, Rochelle Pitt, <https://creativespirits.info/resources/music/rochelle-pitt>, retrieved 22 December 2024

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