Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Mother of Rock n Roll, who passed away on this day in 1973. This is a 1964 performance of the song “Didn’t It Rain.” Whether you know it or not, Sister Rosetta helped create the conditions that existed through which all the music we like came to be. Rock n Roll as we know it does not happen without her. Sister Rosetta was active in music as a recording artist from 1938 to her death on this day in 1973, pioneering use of the electric guitar as we are familia
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Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973. When she was asked about music in the late 1960s, she said, “Oh, these kids and rock and roll — that is just sped up rhythm and blues. I've been doing that forever.“ In April 2018, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | Dust-to-Digital
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This video traces Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s career and includes rare footage of her with the Lucky Millinder Orchestra in 1941, an appearance on a gospel TV show in the early 1960s, and a performance at a train station in England in 1964. Also, we recently discovered a rare publicity photo of Sister Rosetta in her late friend Abner Jay's archive. It can be viewed on our Instagram feed: http://bit.ly/sisterrosettainstagram | Dust-to-Digital
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