Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Born Rosetta Nubin : March 20, 1915, Cotton Plant Arkansas
Died: October 9th, 1973, Philadelphia, PA
Gospel, Blues, Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Rock, Folk- 30’s,40’s, 50’s, 60’s
Discography:
Record Collection:
http://www.recordconnexion.nl/tharpe.htm
1938-1949:
http://www.recordconnexion.nl/tharpe-1.htm
1950-1959:
http://www.recordconnexion.nl/tharpe-2.htm
1960-1970:
http://www.recordconnexion.nl/tharpe-3.htm
Folk Archive:
http://folkarchive.de/tharpe.html
Honking Duck:
http://honkingduck.com/discography/artist/sister_rosetta_tharpe
http://honkingduck.com/discography/artist/sister_rosetta_tharp_and_marie_knight
Videos:
PBS: American Masters:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2337391461/
Full Mick Csaky Doc – The Godmother of Rock and Roll:
Video’s on Network Awesome:
http://networkawesome.com/2013-9-19/collection-sister-rosetta-tharpe
Meta Filter- links to various videos:
http://www.metafilter.com/83456/Sister-Rosetta-Tharpe
MetaCafe:
http://www.metacafe.com/videos_about/sister_rosetta_tharpe/
Vitube:
http://vitube.org/search/6100794/Sister-Rosetta-Tharpe/
Musictonic:
Shout Sister Shout, Lonesome Road, Four or Five Times soundies – w Lucky Millinder 1941:
In the Garden w Delois Barrett Campbell and Alfred Miller:
Short History including down by the riverside? :
His Eye on the Sparrow 1960:
Old Time Religion 1960:
When the Saints, Up Above My head 1960:
Up Above My Head 1963?:
He’s Mine, Precious Memories, This Train – with Otis Spahn on piano- 1964:
Didn’t it Rain, Trouble in Mind – @ Alexandria Park Station 1964:
Didn’t it Rain, Joshua 1964:
That’s All, Didn’t It Rain – France 1960:
Down By the Riverside 1965:
Gayle Ward on the Legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2011:
Biographies:
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe
Bio:
http://www.biography.com/people/sister-rosetta-tharpe-17172332
http://www.biography.com/people/sister-rosetta-tharpe-17172332?page=2
http://www.biography.com/people/sister-rosetta-tharpe-17172332?page=3
Encyclopedia of Arkansas:
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1781
Livin Blues:
http://www.livinblues.com/bluesrooms/sisterrosettatharpe.asp
African American Registry:
Jmar:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/rosetta.html
Ebony Society:
http://esperstamps.org/aa51.htm
All About the Blues:
Music Brainz:
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5625c87-5a62-4b3b-a375-fe08a71acddc
Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sister+Rosetta+Tharpe
All Music:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sister-rosetta-tharpe-mn0000013511/biography
Last.Fm
http://www.last.fm/music/Sister+Rosetta+Tharpe
My Space:
https://myspace.com/rosettatharpe
Books:
Shout Sister Shout – Gayle Wald 2007:
Wald, G. (2007). Shout, sister, shout!: The untold story of rock-and-roll trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Boston: Beacon Press.
http://www.shoutsistershout.net/
NYT Review:
Project Muse Repost – Rosetta Tharpe and Feminist “Un-Forgetting” – Gayle Wald –
Journal of Women’s History
Volume 21, Number 4, Winter 2009
pp. 157-160 | 10.1353/jowh.0.0102
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jowh/summary/v021/21.4.wald.html
Around the Web:
2007 Pop Matters Article:
http://www.popmatters.com/feature/sister-rosetta-tharpe-got-rock-rolling-long-before-elvis/
2004, 2009 All Things Considered:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1603597
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102167126
2004 Ledger article:
http://www.theledger.com/article/20040221/NEWS/402210305
http://www.theledger.com/article/20040221/NEWS/402210305?p=3&tc=pg
http://www.theledger.com/article/20040221/NEWS/402210305?p=5&tc=pg
Its A Girl Thang:
http://www.p-dub.com/thang/tharpe.html
Tonefiend Blog:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (and the False History of Rock & Roll)
Premier Guitar:
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Forgotten_Heroes_Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe
The Reconstructionist Blog:
http://thereconstructionists.org/post/40500146607/when-23-year-old-sister-rosetta-tharpe-march-20
Rosetta Sister’s Blog:
Afro Bella:
Afrobella of the Week: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, rock n’ roll pioneer
Open Culture Blog:
Black Past:
At the Crossroads Blog:
http://downtothecrossroads.wordpress.com/tag/sister-rosetta-tharpe/
Umbra Projekt:
Hound Blog:
http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/sister-rosetta-tharpe.html
Holy Ghost “Interview”:
http://washermansdog-ajnabi.blogspot.com/2011/04/holy-ghost-interview-with-sister.html
Stupefaction Blog:
http://theworldsamess.blogspot.com/2013/10/movie-of-week-sister-rosetta-tharpe.html
The Jazz Diaspora:
Queer Museum:
Influences:
http://browse.feedreader.com/c/Carroll_Bryant/347906558
AfroPunk Blog:
Dog Possum Blog:
http://dogpossum.org/archives/2008/01/retuning_for_wh.html
Brain Pickings Blog:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/20/sister-rosetta-tharpe/
Lost and Sound:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Biography About A Forgotten Gospel Star And Rock-And-Roll Forerunner
Gospel Flava:
http://www.gospelflava.com/reviews/sisterrosettatharpesoulsister.html
Soul Walking:
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Sister%20Rosetta%20Tharpe.html
Soul Closet:
http://soulcloset.blogspot.com/2009/12/sister-rosetta-tharpe.html
Harm 501:
http://harm501.blogspot.com/2009/05/sister-rosetta-tharpe.html
Black Women’s Rhetortic Project:
http://blackwomenrhetproject.org/1st-half/unit-3/sister-rosetta-tharpe/
Black Lesbian Elder Project:
Black History Now:
http://blackhistorynow.com/sister-rosetta-tharpe/
Black Feminists:
http://www.blackfeminists.org/2013/03/31/inspirational-musician-sister-rosetta-tharpe/
Great but not Forgotten:
http://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2011/06/sister-rosetta-tharpe-music.html
Newsworks:
Abbeyville Blog:
http://www.abbeville.com/blog/?p=810
Yehoodi.com:
http://www.yehoodi.com/comment/175348/happy-birthday-sister-rosetta/
With Good Reason:
http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2013/02/the-gospel-roots-of-rock-and-roll/
Black America Blog:
http://blackamericaweb.com/101954/little-known-black-history-fact-rosetta-tharpe/
Carnival Saloon:
http://carnivalsaloon.blogspot.com/2011/01/sister-rosetta-tharpe-rock-rolls.html
Queens of Noise:
http://queensofnoisezine.wordpress.com/tag/sister-rosetta-tharpe/
Shiraz Socialist:
Library Thing:
http://www.librarything.com/tag/Sister+Rosetta+Tharpe
Rock and Roll Joe:
http://www.rnrjoe.com/2012/03/05/sister-rosetta-tharpe/
The Astounding Trickster:
http://chervokas.typepad.com/trickster/2004/11/sister_rosetta_.html
Ameoba Blog:
Words on Sound:
http://wordsonsound.com/tag/sister-rosetta-tharpe/
Idranis Light Foundation:
http://indranislight.org/2013/09/sister-rosetta-tharpe-thank-you/
People with Voices:
Green Pagan:
http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16814390-didnt-it-rain-by-sister-rosetta-tharpe
Mango Zine:
http://www.mangozeen.com/2013/03/01/religion/sister-rosetta-tharpe.htm
Today in Women’s History:
http://peoplesworld.org/today-in-women-s-history-singer-rosetta-tharpe-was-born/
2011 Guardian Article:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jan/14/in-praise-sister-rosetta-tharpe
Beacon Broadside:
http://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2008/01/sister-rosetta.html
2004 Christianity Today Article:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/januaryweb-only/shoutsistershout.html
Joy of Sox:
http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2011/03/sunday-sermon-sister-rosetta-tharpe.html
Willie Simpson Blog:
WFMU Blog:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2013/09/down-by-the-riverside-with-sister-rosetta-tharpe.html
WXRT Blog:
http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2013/02/20/sister-rosetta-tharpe-the-godmother-of-rock-roll/
KVRX Blog:
Soul Tracks:
http://www.soultracks.com/video-sister-rosetta-tharpe
Mojo Music:
http://www.mojo4music.com/8089/sister-rosetta-tharpe-didnt-rain/
Elvis Information Network:
http://www.elvisinfonet.com/tharpe.html
Friday TV:
Tumblr:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/sister-rosetta-tharpe
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857093/
Gibson.com:
http://www2.gibson.com/news-lifestyle/features/en-us/rosettatharpe.aspx
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sister-Rosetta-Tharpe/271400986653
Find a Grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14947188
Songs:
On Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/SisterRosettaTharpeWithTheDependableBoysAndSamPriceTrio-DownByThe
https://archive.org/details/LuckyMillinderOrchRosettaTharpeIWantATallSkinnyPapa1942
Let that Liar Alone 1943:
What is the Soul of Man 1944:
Two little fishes and Five Loaves of Bread 1944:
Dont Take Everybody to Be Your Friend 1946:
Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down 1947:
Everybody’s Gonna Have a Wonderful Time 1947:
Ninety nine and a Half Wont Due 1949:
So High – live (at her wedding?)1951:
I Was Healed – w Marie Knight 1950: