Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in...
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Lucky Millinder, and his favorite singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In October 1947, Sister Rosetta Tharpe overheard the fourteen-year-old Richard singing...
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recording by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight was made on November 24, 1947, in New York City for Decca Records. Besides Tharpe (vocals, guitar) and...
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late 1930s for singer-guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe. After switching from acoustic to electric guitar, Tharpe released a more secular version of the...
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and influentially, recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1944. Released as a single by Decca Records, Tharpe's version featured her vocals and electric...
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Gospel Train (album) (category Sister Rosetta Tharpe albums)
gospel and R&B artist Sister Rosetta Tharpe. It was recorded in July 1956 and released in December the same year. Tharpe is accompanied on vocals by the...
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Tharpe is a surname that may refer to: Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) gospel singer and guitarist Jimmy G. Tharpe (1930–2008), Baptist clergyman Larry...
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acting debut in 2022, portraying "the Godmother of rock and roll" Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Baz Luhrman's biopic Elvis, and later made her Broadway debut in...
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& Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe". BBC Four. May 24, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2017. "Godmother of Rock and Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe". Black Culture...
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2009; Freddie King in 2012; The "5" Royales in 2002 and 2004; Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 2016; Kraftwerk in 2003, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020; and Link...
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roll had been defined, a Billboard record review described Sister Rosetta Tharpe's vocals on the upbeat blues song "Rock Me", by Lucky Millinder, as "rock-and-roll...
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(1880–1954), and recorded by him (vocals and zither) in 1927. In 1938, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) recorded a gospel version of the song under the title "That's...
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her work on the stage. In 2017, her performance as Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Marie and Rosetta earned her an Obie Award and a nomination for the Lucille...
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Sunset Four (aka The Sunset Jubilee Singers). Shortly afterwards, Sister Rosetta Tharpe saw her singing at the Golden Gate Auditorium in Harlem, on a bill with...
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Academy". GRAMMY.com. May 11, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019. "Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Isaac Hayes, John Prine & More To Be Honored With 2020 Lifetime Achievement...
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Contenders include "Strange Things Happening Every Day" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1944); "That's All Right" by Arthur Crudup (1946), which was later...
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named after "Didn't It Rain", a traditional song popularized by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1948 and Mahalia Jackson in 1954. Written and published by Henry...
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Tom Diskin Gary Clark Jr. as Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Yola as Sister Rosetta Tharpe Natasha Bassett as Dixie Locke Xavier Samuel as Scotty Moore Adam Dunn...
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Chicago Roberta Flack Isaac Hayes Iggy Pop John Prine Public Enemy Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2021–present 2021 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Lionel Hampton...
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Industry (BPI). The Carter Family Marian Anderson Louis Armstrong Sister Rosetta Tharpe List of gospel songs which have reported sales of 1 million units or...
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the term to describe upbeat recordings such as "Rock Me" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe; her style on that recording was described as "rock-and-roll spiritual...
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Heaven" (Shout, Sister, Shout! – a Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe album) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe cover 2012: "In My Girlish Days" (....First Came Memphis...
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missionary and educator Rosetta Smith (1770–1775 — ca. 1825), Afro-Trinidadian slave trader and entrepreneur Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973), gospel and...
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in a slower, African American gospel style and in 1946-7 by Sister Rosetta Tharpe with barrelhouse piano; the song in Ely's version was recorded (and...
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album Raising Sand. Phillips stated the song was inspired by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. All tracks are written by Sam Phillips Sam Phillips – vocals, guitar...
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a replica of the Gibson EDS-1275, popularized by Jimmy Page. Sister Rosetta Tharpe played a white Gibson Les Paul SG with three humbucking pickups, customized...
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of famous recording artists, including Tammy Wynette, Bill Monroe, Rosetta Tharpe, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Daniel O'Donnell...
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(1963) "It's Raining" – Irma Thomas (1962) "Didn't It Rain" – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1947) "Rainin' in My Heart" – Slim Harpo (1961) "Jamaica Hurricane"...
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