Sister Rosetta Tharpe

from Punks-Pre-Punk · host Andrew Winter

The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the pioneering Black artist who invented the sonic foundation of rock and roll in the 1930s and 1940s. Video: Sister Rosetta Tharpe Live Performance Video youtu.be/3NFywQdeKSo Research and Resources: Shout, Sister, Shout! by Gayle F. Wald, and early gospel session recordings from Decca Records. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Additional music by Andrew Winter. Performed, Recorded, and Edited by: Andrew Winter

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