Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC (The Identity of the Woman Who Inspired AC/DC's 'Whole Lotta Rosie')

The Identity of the Woman Who Inspired AC/DC’s ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ May Have Been Found

Rock 'n' roll has had quite a fair share of mysteries. In AC/DC's case, perhaps the biggest one is who served as the inspiration for their 1977 hit "Whole Lotta Rosie" — but the identity of the woman may finally have been found.

"Whole Lotta Rosie" is the closing track on the band's fourth album Let There Be Rock. The lyrics were written by the late Bon Scott about a sexual encounter he had with a woman who, as pointed out in the song, weighed significantly more than him. The first verse reads, "She ain't exactly pretty / Ain't exactly small / Fourt'two thirt'ninefiftysix / You could say she's got it all."

In the four-and-a-half decades since the song was released, little was revealed about Rosie, aside from the fact that Scott met her after one of the band's shows in Tasmania, Australia, but her identity was never actually confirmed.
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Fink's blog post further noted that writer Dean Goodman actually uncovered Garcia's death certificate in 2022, which states that Rose-Maree Carroll (Garcia) died at the age of 22 in Prahran, Melbourne, in the St Kilda area. The blog also contains a photo of Garcia with a man named Graeme Fry, which was taken in 1978. So, while "Rosie's" identity was technically revealed a few years ago, this is the first time we're actually getting to see what she looked like.