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Happy bi week! Singer and guitarist Rosetta Tharpe was known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll for bringing the music of her Black, working-class gospel music to the world. Her friend Tony Heilbut described her attitude to relationships as “Rosetta belonged to the Whosoever Will Church as in “Whosoever Will Let Him (or Her) Come.”"
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Yesterday we venerated Ancestor Rosetta Tharpe on her 108th birthday. 🎉
Definitively crowned as THE Godmother of Rock N Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a trailblazing pioneer whose legacy continues to inspire, revolutionize, & cement our footprint in America's arguably longest standing music genres.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe's musical genius is found at the crossroads between the old church house & 40s nightclubs. Born to a family of traditional evangelists & cotton pickers, she grew up in a world immersed in music & performance. She'd go on to engineer an infusion of Delta Blue's, New Orleans Jazz, & Gospel. Her unique playing style paired with her striking range in voice was both enthralling to her fans & appalling to her church family & folks. As if being a woman & Negro holding a guitar wasn't enough, her audacity compelled her to find the sweet harmonious center in secular themed music. Her sexually charged songs lined with faithful praise and gritty giration marked a collective shift in the midst of the Prohibition Era & WWII in what was viewed as popular music among Black and Mixed audiences.
She is the powerhouse that gave voice, sound, & style to the legendary likes of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Aretha Franlkin - and to the leeching likes of Elvis & Johnny Cash who began to sample her blueprint at the downswing of her 40 year long career. It was the swing of her hips paired with the strum of her guitar that ignited the international sensation that we call, Rock, today & the array of subgenres that stem from it. We owe it ALL to Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
"Can't no man play like me!” - Sister Tharpe
We pour libations & give Sister Rosetta Tharpe her due 💐 for her fearless heart & raw talent, who's ripple effect charted our course in music history.
Offering suggestions: play her music, a COGIC Bible verse, & libations of whiskey or gin.
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Kickin off Black History Month with the Godmother of Rock & Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe!
Born Rosetta Nubin, she gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, mixing spiritual lyrics and electric guitar.
With her mother's encouragement, Tharpe began playing guitar at age four and by age six was performing in a traveling evangelical troupe.
Throughout her teenage years she performed regularly and was considered a musical prodigy.
Tharpe used a white Les Paul Custom like this one for her pioneering work in the 1960s. In 1961, Gibson redesigned the Les Paul model with a thinner, lighter body.
She did 50 years of performing and touring finally caught up with Tharpe when, in 1970, she suffered a stroke that put an end to her touring life.
March 20, 1915 - October 9, 1973
#Queued#Rosetta Tharpe#Rosetta Nubin#Godmother#Rock & Roll#Guitar#Les Paul#Gibson#Musical Prodigy#March 20 1915#October 9 1973#Black History Month#Black History#Black Woman
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe waiting for The Blues Train in Chorlton, England 1964
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✍🏿Debut You 2023
Meet Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, author of Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar is an imagining of what it might have been like as young Sister Rosetta learned the acoustic guitar. She listens to the sounds around her community and draws inspiration from them. Along the way, we see that Little Rosetta overcomes struggles during the learning process.
Read more from Charnelle Pinkney Barlow HERE
📖Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll
Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
Doubleday BYR
February 28, 2023
Picture Book
Ages: 3+
Pages: 40
Available for pre-order👉🏿Amazon | Bookshop
#our stories matter#rosetta tharpe#charnelle pinkney barlow#black music history#black women in history#black authors
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Sister Rosetta THARPE
"Famous Negro Spirituals and Gospel Songs"
(LP. Guilde Internationale Du Disque. ?) [US]
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If you're racist, sexist or homophobic you don't get to listen to, or make rock & roll, or any other genre/subgenre it spawned.
Get out.
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Group Stage: Pool 8 - Group F (1950s)
Vote now in Pool 8 of the group stage of America’s Greatest Rock Stars Tournament. Today is the last day of new polls for the Group Stage! Remember:
The artist does not have to finish first in the group to advance.
Consider the artists’ full careers when voting.
Be kind to everyone, even the artists you don’t like and the people who vote for them.
Read the America’s Greatest Rock Star Tournament Masterpost for full details on how this works.
#Rosetta Tharpe#Lavern Baker#Ricky Nelson#Wanda Jackson#rock and roll#rock#rock music#tumblr polls#music#tournament#america's greatest rock star
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Black History Month: Rosetta Tharpe
“All this new stuff they call rock ‘n’ roll, why, I’ve been playing that for years now.”
—Rosetta Tharpe, London Daily Mirror, 1957, quoted in Gayle Wald’s Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Known as the godmother of rock and roll, Rosetta Tharpe had her first hit song in 1938 and continued to perform almost up until her death in 1973.
As the first gospel musician signed to Decca records, Rosetta brought the music of her Black, working-class gospel church to the world. Her sound - especially her distinctive guitar-playing - was a pioneering influence on rock and roll, with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Chuck Berry all citing her as an inspiration.
Rosetta never spoke publicly about her sexuality, but friends remember that she was attracted to women and men, and that she and her musical partner Marie Knight were lovers.
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Image: Black-and-white photo of Rosetta, a young, smiling Black woman in a long dress, holding a guitar
#black history#black history month#queer history#bi history#lgbt history#queer#lgbt#black women#rosetta tharpe#wlw
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GOSPEL TRAIN - Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1958)
Released by Decca after Sister Rosetta Tharpe had signed to Mercury, this collection compiles 1940's recordings that had all been previously released on 78. Not to be confused with Gospel Train, a 1956 Mercury album that features entirely different recordings. (via Discogs)
Tracklist:
Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend
Jonah
Jesus Is Here Today
My Journey To The Sky
Down By The River Side
Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air
Strange Things Happening Every Day
How Far From God
This Train
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
When I Move To The Sky
Didn't It Rain?
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Hoodoo Veneration Days in March 2023
The 2023 Hoodoo's Calendar recognizes these Hoodoo Saints & Elevated Ancestors on the following dates in the Month of March:
3/7 Morris Slater aka Railroad Bill (D-Day)
Offering Suggestions to Brother Slater: corn liquor, bread, & his Blue's song
3/10 Harriet Ross Tubman aka Black Moses (D-Day)
Offering Suggestions to Mama Harriet Tubman: milk, apples, & orange flowers
3/11 Venerable Henriette Delille (B-Day)
Offering Suggestions to Venerable Sister Henriette Delille: catholic bible, recite her prayer, & red wine
3/12 Virginia Hamilton (B-Day)
Offering Suggestions to Sister Virginia Hamilton: read/share her work, nightclub tunes from the 50s, & water libations
3/19 The Tuskegee Airman is Founded
Offering Suggestions to the Tuskegee Airmen: reflect on their service via movies/books dedicated to them, do a flyover in their honor (for pilots), & pour libations of water
3/20 Rosetta Tharpe (B-Day)
Offering Suggestions to Auntie Rosetta Tharpe: play/share her music (delta blues/jazz/gospel), a COGIC bible, & whiskey/gin
3/21 Son House (B-Day)
Offering Suggestions to Brother Son House: play/share his music (Mississippi delta blues), Baptist bible, & libations of water
3/24 Dorothy Height (B-Day) & John Mason Brewer (B-Day)
Offering Suggestions to Sister Dorothy Height: purple flowers, Baptist bible & libations of water
Offering Suggestions to Brother John Mason Brewer: read/share his work & libations of water
On the birthdays/death days of Elevated Ancestors and Hoodoo Saints, consider pouring libations or researching their stories as a way of venerating them. Lift them up in prayer. Share their story. Do for them what you would want the living collective of Hoodoos to do for you.
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One of my favorites, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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