Rosetta Tharpe

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born March 20, 1915 as Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas , † October 9, 1973 in Philadelphia ) was an American gospel, jazz and blues singer and guitarist .

Live and act

She was only six years old when she moved to Chicago with her mother, Katie Bell Nubin , to sing. It could be heard in churches on Sundays; She also learned to play the guitar. Soon she was called "Little Sister".

In 1934 she married Reverend Thomas A. Thorpe, from whom she soon divorced; she used his last name, slightly changed, as a stage name. In 1938 she recorded some gospel songs . In the same year she was hired for Cab Calloway's famous Cotton Club revue in Harlem . She made recordings with Calloway and with Lucky Millinder's Big Band . She also performed in nightclubs but chose the gospel market, toured with The Detroiters and recorded duets with Marie Knight as well as her mother, Katie Bell Nubin . In 1938 she performed in John Hammond's famous concert From Spiritual to Swing at Carnegie Hall on December 23 . Her popularity was so great that she was one of only two gospel acts to record V-discs for American overseas troops during World War II . In 1944 she adopted the name “Sister Rosetta Tharpe” and from then on became one of the most outstanding voices in gospel music. Her hit single This Train used Willie Dixon as a template for the song My Babe , which became a big hit for Little Walter .

Jazz , blues and rock 'n' roll are in their gospel style . Her self-accompaniment on the guitar, partly in the slide guitar style, was unique. In the feature film The fabulous world of Amélie , an appearance is shown briefly. After the Second World War her success waned, but she never stopped recording records or giving concerts. After a stroke in 1970 she had to slow down, but she continued to work as a musician until her death on October 9, 1973 in Philadelphia.

legacy

Elvis Presley recorded songs by Rosetta Tharpe, and Johnny Cash and Tina Turner also cited them as a musical influence. In 1998 the US Post issued a stamp with her picture on it. In 2003 the album Shout, Sister Shout: A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe was released, on which Maria Muldaur , Odetta and Marcia Ball interpreted songs by the artist. January 11, 2008 was declared Sister Rosetta Tharpe Day by the Governor of Pennsylvania to honor the gospel singer.

In 2007 Sister Rosetta Tharpe was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame . Tharpe's recording of the song This Train was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015 . In December 2017, Tharpe was honored with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influences category. The event took place on April 14, 2018. The British singer and songwriter Frank Turner also dedicated the song Sister Rosetta to her , which appeared on the album No Man's Land released on August 16, 2019 .

Discography

  • 1956: Gospel Train - Universal Distribution
  • 1958: Sister Rosetta Tharpe / The Sam Price Trio - Decca
  • 1960: Gospel Train, Vol. 2 - Lection Records
  • 1960: Live in 1960 - Southland
  • 1962: Sister on Tour (live) - Verve
  • 1966: Live at the Hot Club de France - Milan
  • 1995: In Concert (live) - Nesak International

Between 1996 and 1998 three albums with all recordings from 1938 to 1947 were released on Document Records .

Tribute album

  • 2003: A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Shout, Sister, Shout! - MC Records

literature

  • Brian Priestley : Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In: Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley: Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X (English edition: Rough Guides 2007, ISBN 1843532565 ).
  • Gayle F. Wald: Shout, Sister, Shout !: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe . Beacon Press, Boston 2007
  • ?, Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Remembering Rosetta. In: Living Blues 34 (November / December 2003), pp. 106-113

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Katie Bell Nubin was to later record an album with the quintet by Dizzy Gillespie ; see. Brian Priestley, p. 636.
  2. ↑ http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/-Rosetta Tharpe
  3. ^ Mark Bego: Tina Turner: Break Every Rule, 2003, p. 18
  4. ↑ http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/-Rosetta Tharpe
  5. ^ Rosetta Tharpe Day
  6. ^ Grammy Hall of Fame Inducts 26 New Titles Jazz recordings include titles from Miles, Coltrane, Louis & Ella (2015) in JazzTimes
  7. ↑ Your official Rock Hall class of 2018 roster. Hall of Fame website, accessed December 14, 2017
  8. ↑ All Music Guide
personal data
SURNAME Tharpe, Rosetta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tharpe, Sister Rosetta (stage name); Nubin, Rosetta (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American gospel singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Cotton Plant , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1973
Place of death Philadelphia