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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
12018-07-31T18:35:07-07:00Colin McDonaldca930b0e7394f78ad796433f73d2077b97842b93309142Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born to Arkansas cotton pickers in 1915. Tharpe is honored with such titles as "the Godmother of rock" and "the original soul sister." Her singing and guitar playing were lasting influences on early rhythm and blues, jazz, and gospel, and were essential to the development of rock & roll and soul music before those terms were invented. Her song "Strange Things Happening Every Day" recorded in 1944 shows off her "shouter" style of singing. She accompanies herself on electric guitar, joined by piano, string bass, and drums -- an instrumental ensemble more associated with rock & roll than with black gospel music of the time. She encountered approbation from some in the religious community for bringing sacred music "into the nightclub."plain2018-08-14T18:49:25-07:00Colin McDonaldca930b0e7394f78ad796433f73d2077b97842b93