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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel and rock musician (1915–1973)

Musical artist

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973)^[1] was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the Godmother of rock and roll".^[2]^[3]^[4] She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and also later guitarists, such as Eric Clapton.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique; she was among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, opening the way to the rise of electric blues. Her gu

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SISTER ROSETTA THARPE

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In 1957, Tharpe was quoted in London’s Daily Mirror as saying, "All this new stuff they call rock ’n’ roll, why, I’ve been playing that for years now . . . Ninety percent of rock-and-roll artists came out of the church, their foundation is the church." Read more ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the American Gospel and Blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist, was popular in the 1930s, 1940s, and into the 1950s. Her Blues-oriented style of guitar-playing and singing was an important influence on such musicians as Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, as well as the overall formation of Rock and Roll. Some have referred to her as the "the original Soul Sister" and "the Godmother of Rock and Roll." At a time when virtuoso guitar skills were stereotyped as a sign of masculinity and most professional guitarists were men, Sister Rosetta held her own artistically and technically on the guitar.

Rosetta Nubin was born in 1915, in Cotton Plant, Arkansas to Katie Bell Nubin and Willis Atkins

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Born to Willis (Willie) B. Atkins, a farm laborer, and Katie Bell Nubin on a farm outside of Cotton Plant in Arkansas on March 20, 1915, Rosetta Tharpe began walking and talking before her first birthday and was musically gifted from an early age. Her father played the guitar and harmonica, and her mother, a beloved member of her church community and referred to as Mother Bell, played the piano and mandolin. Both of her parents taught Tharpe to sing, and she started playing the guitar by age three.

While little else is known of her father, Tharpe's mother left him in 1921 to be a traveling evangelist and took six-year-old Tharpe to Chicago with her, where they soon became members of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). Tharpe's musical expression was celebrated and encouraged by her mother and the church congregation, all of whom regarded Tharpe as a musical prodigy.

Her teenage years traveling with her mother to various cities to perform in chapels, churches, and revival groups earned Tharpe nationwide celebrity in the church. In 1934, when Tharpe was just 19 years old, her mot