A gospel superstar, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) combined traditional gospel music with virtuoso guitar solos on her Gibson SG to create a groundbreaking sound that would ...
He remembered buying records as a youngster, saying, “Some of the earlier songs I wrote were influenced by people like Sister Rosetta Tharpe.” Tharpe was historically overlooked in rock and ...
“Chuck Berry, who's credited as being one of the inventors of rock and roll. He said his whole entire career was just a Sister Rosetta Tharpe imitation.” Sister Rosetta Tharpe would travel the ...