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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. A one-of-a-kind pioneer of 20th-century music, Tharpe attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings that were a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and early rock and roll accompaniment. As the first recording artist to impact the music charts with her spiritual recordings, Tharpe became the first superstar of gospel music and also became known as "the original soul sister." She was a treasured early influence on iconic figures such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Johnny Cash.

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Song	Album	Duration
Amigo Bronco	Unknown Album	3:47
Down By The Riverside	The Music That Rocked Us	2:32
Down By The Riverside	Rhythm & Blues History 2010	2:31
Down By The Riverside	Unknown Album	3:10
Down By the Riverside	Hallelujah: Black Gospel Favorites 2014	2:31
Down By the Riverside	The Glory of Black Gospel, Vol. 6 2001	2:57
Down By the Riverside	Gospel 'N' Soul Revival 2009	2:49
Down by the Riverside	Gospel Train	2:29
Down by the Riverside	Journey To the Sky 2014
Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues 2003	2:30
Down by the Riverside	The Roots of Led Zeppelin [Proper] 2009	2:30
Down by the Riverside	Sing Sister Sing 2003	3:08
Down by the Riverside	The Roots of Led Zeppelin: How Many More Years 2009	2:30
Down by the Riverside	Rhythm & Blues 2015	2:33
Down by the Riverside	Down by the Riverside [Columbia River] 2005	2:30
Down by the Riverside	The Roots of Elvis Presley 2001	3:08
Down by the Riverside	Jumpin' at the Savoy 2000	3:01
Down by the Riverside	Sister Rosetta's Gospel Train 2005	3:08
Down by the Riverside	Live in 1960 1960	3:10
Down by the Riverside	Up Above My Head [Indigo] 1999	2:30
Down by the Riverside	The Original Soul Sister 2002	3:48
Down by the Riverside	Rock Me [Proper] 2002	3:48
Down by the Riverside	This Train [Proper] 2002	2:31
Down by the Riverside	Heaven's Journey 2005	2:30
Down by the Riverside	Closer Walk with Thee 2006	2:28
Down by the Riverside	Intégrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 3: 1947-1951 2004	2:31
Down by the Riverside	Up Above My Head [Snapper] 2008	3:47
Down by the Riverside	From Blues to Gospel 2005	2:30
Down by the Riverside	Blues Legacy: Lost and Found Series, Vol. 1 2008	4:03
Down by the Riverside	Integrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 1: 1938-1943 2002	3:57
Down by the Riverside	Every Time I Feel the Spirit 2015
Down by the Riverside	American Roots Music [Box Set] 2001	3:05
Down by the Riverside	Maybe the Last Time: Great Gospel 2005
Down by the Riverside	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1942-1944) 1996	3:07
Down by the Riverside [Audio/Video Clip]	A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Shout, Sister 2003
Down by the Riverside [Multimedia Track]	Shout Sister Shout: A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2003
God Don't Like It	The One and Only Queen of Hot Gospel 2012
God Don't Like It	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1938-1941) 1996	2:50
God Don't Like It	The Gospel of Blues 2003	2:25
God Don't Like It	Hallelujah: Black Gospel Favorites 2014	2:51
God Don't Like It	Sweet Heaven 1998	2:50
God Don't Like It	Gospel Alive: Sacred Recordings Made in the Field 2011	3:59
God Don't Like It	The Original Soul Sister 2002	2:50
God Don't Like It	Gospel 1938-1943 2006	2:50
God Don't Like It	Best of Southern Gospel 2005	2:49
God Don't Like It	Shout Sister Shout [Proper] 2002	2:50
God Don't Like It	Singing in My Soul [Proper] 2002	2:34
God Don't Like It	Portrait of Gospel 1998	2:49
God Don't Like It	From Blues to Gospel 2005	2:25
God Don't Like It	Integrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 1: 1938-1943 2002	2:50
God Don't Like It	Tell It! Great Gospel Performers 2006
God Don't Like It	Complete Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 4: 1951-1953 2006	3:58
God Don't Like It	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1942-1944) 1996	2:32
God Don't Like It	Unknown Album	2:49
Last Mile of the Way	Unknown Album	3:40
Lonesome Road	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1938-1941) 1996	2:35
Lonesome Road	As Good as It Gets: Black Gospel 2000	2:49
Lonesome Road	Swing Era 2003
Lonesome Road	Unknown Album
My Journey to the Sky	Unknown Album	3:13
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Gospel Train 1956	2:25
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Christmas Blues [Universal] 2016	2:26
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas [Verve]	2:27
O Little Town of Bethlehem	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Christmas Jazz, Vol. 2 2007	2:25
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Swinging Christmas [Verve] 1992	2:27
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Christmas With Ella & Friends 2015	2:24
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Unknown Album	2:26
Rock Daniel	Unknown Album	2:58
Rock Me	From Spirituals to Swing: Complete Legendary 1938-39 Carnegie Hall Concerts 2001	2:13
Rock Me	Big Band, Blues & Boogie: Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1 2003	2:47
Rock Me	The Blues Ladies 1996	2:32
Rock Me	Fattenin' Frogs for Snakes: Essential Blues 1996	2:32
Rock Me	50 Sublimes Chanteuses de Jazz: 1940-1953 2005	2:48
Rock Me	The One and Only Queen of Hot Gospel 2012
Rock Me	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1938-1941) 1996	2:47
Rock Me	The Gospel of Blues 2003	2:41
Rock Me	Purely Gospel 2009	2:34
Rock Me	Solid Gold Blues 2007	2:36
Rock Me	Jazz Divas 2013	2:35
Rock Me	As Good as It Gets: Black Gospel 2000	2:30
Rock Me	Merry Christmas [Pellarin] 2000	2:48
Rock Me	Gospel, Vol. 1: 1926-1942 2002	2:48
Rock Me	Hallelujah: Black Gospel Favorites 2014	2:49
Rock Me	Greatest Gospels 1995	2:34
Rock Me	Good News, Vol. 3: Get Away Jordan 2002	2:37
Rock Me	Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969 1999	2:39
Rock Me	Glory Glory Hallelujah: Beloved Gospel Greats 2007	2:35
Rock Me	Good News: 100 Gospel Greats 2002	2:37
Rock Me	Gospel Alive: Sacred Recordings Made in the Field 2011	2:39
Rock Me	Naughty Tracks of Early Blues, Vol. 1 [Remastered] 2012	2:48
Rock Me	Up Above My Head [Indigo] 1999	2:36
Rock Me	The Original Soul Sister 2002	2:50
Rock Me	Gospel 1938-1943 2006	2:36
Rock Me	Shout Sister Shout [Proper] 2002	2:36
Rock Me	Rock Me [Proper] 2002	2:50
Rock Me	Singing in My Soul [Proper] 2002	2:38
Rock Me	Portrait of Gospel 1998	2:36
Rock Me	The First Rock and Roll Record 2011	2:36
Rock Me	Intégrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 3: 1947-1951 2004	2:15
Rock Me	1943-1947 1999	2:43
Rock Me	Sugar in My Bowl: Vintage Sex Songs 1923-1952 2004	2:48
Rock Me	Precious Lord: Gospel Gold 2003	2:48
Rock Me	From Blues to Gospel 2005	2:41
Rock Me	Heavenly Gospel Singers 2014	2:39
Rock Me	Integrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 1: 1938-1943 2002	2:50
Rock Me	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1942-1944) 1996	2:47
Rock Me	Unknown Album	2:34
Rock Me [#]	From Spirituals to Swing: The Legendary 1938 & 1939 Carnegie Hall Concerts 1992	2:13
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	Christmas With Ella & Friends 2015	2:20
Shout, Sister, Shout!	Unknown Album	2:44
Silent Night	Traditional Christmas Classics 1989	2:40
Silent Night	Billboard Christmas Greatest Hits 1996	2:38
Silent Night	Billboard Christmas Five-Pack! [Box Set] 2000	2:38
Silent Night	Billboard Greatest R&B Christmas Hits 1990	2:38
Silent Night, Holy Night	Blues, Blues Christmas, Vol. 2	2:39
Strange Things Happening Every Day	The History of Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 2 1942-1952 2018	2:46
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Blowing the Fuse: 26 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1945 2004	2:47
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Birth of Rhythm & Blues 2001	2:48
Strange Things Happening Every Day	The History of Rhythm and Blues 1942-1952 2009	2:46
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Gospel Greats [Goldies] 2002	11:45
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection, Pt. 1: Beginnings 1 2012	2:47
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Blowing the Fuse: 28 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1945 2004
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Oh, Happy Day: Gospel Greats 2002
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Praise: 26 Inspirational Songs From the Stars of Gospel [Prism] 2000	2:48
Strange Things Happening Every Day	1942-45: The R&B Hits 1997	2:50
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Up Above My Head [Indigo] 1999	2:50
Strange Things Happening Every Day	The Original Soul Sister 2002	2:53
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Singing in My Soul [Proper] 2002	2:53
Strange Things Happening Every Day	The First Rock and Roll Record 2011	2:50
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Up Above My Head [Snapper] 2008	2:52
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Goodbye, Babylon 2004	2:45
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Roots of Rhythm and Blues [Fremeaux & Associes] 2001	2:52
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1942-1944) 1996	2:44
Strange Things Happening Everyday	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues 2003
Strange Things Happening Everyday	R&B Jukebox Hits 1945 2008	2:49
Strange Things Happening Everyday	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey 2003	2:52
Strange Things Happening Everyday	The Gospel of Blues 2003	2:47
Strange Things Happening Everyday	From Blues to Gospel 2005	2:46
Strange Things Happening Everyday	Unknown Album	2:52
That's All	From Spirituals to Swing: Complete Legendary 1938-39 Carnegie Hall Concerts 2001	1:38
That's All	The Gospel Truth: All New! Her Greatest Gospel Hits 1962	1:53
That's All	The One and Only Queen of Hot Gospel 2012
That's All	Le Petit Dictionnaire: Du Jazz Classique en 80 Musiciens 2004	2:38
That's All	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1938-1941) 1996	2:36
That's All	Great Gospel Women, Vol. 2 1995	2:41
That's All	Jumpin' Jive [Ideal] 2012	2:34
That's All	Oldies But Goldies [Documents] 2006	2:36
That's All	Sing Sister Sing 2003	3:31
That's All	R&B Greats: 50 Classic Hits 2012	2:39
That's All	The Jubilee Shows, Vol. 10: Nos. 56 & 61 2005	2:35
That's All	The Ladies in Blues [Bookformat] 2007	2:40
That's All	Good News, Vol. 3: Get Away Jordan 2002	2:34
That's All	Glory Glory Hallelujah: Beloved Gospel Greats 2007	2:21
That's All	Tiger Rag [Broken Audio] 2012	2:34
That's All	The Best of AFRS Jubilee, Vol. 9 1996	2:33
That's All	Good News: 100 Gospel Greats 2002	2:34
That's All	Jumpin' at the Savoy 2000	2:06
That's All	Beyond Mississippi: The Blues That Left Town 2002	2:37
That's All	Sister Rosetta's Gospel Train 2005	3:31
That's All	Up Above My Head [Wax Love] 2019
That's All	Up Above My Head [Indigo] 1999	2:34
That's All	Classic Blues, Vol. 7 2000	2:03
That's All	The Original Soul Sister 2002	2:55
That's All	Gospel 1938-1943 2006	2:36
That's All	Shout Sister Shout [Proper] 2002	2:35
That's All	Rock Me [Proper] 2002	2:55
That's All	Intégrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 3: 1947-1951 2004	1:39
That's All	In Concert 1995
That's All	Gospel 'N' Soul Revival 2009	2:10
That's All	1943-1947 1999	2:01
That's All	Integrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 1: 1938-1943 2002	2:38
That's All	Hittin' on All Six: A History of Jazz 2000	2:39
That's All	Every Time I Feel the Spirit 2015
That's All	Roots of Rhythm and Blues [Fremeaux & Associes] 2001	2:39
That's All	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1942-1944) 1996	2:03
That's All	Unknown Album	2:39
That's All [#]	From Spirituals to Swing: The Legendary 1938 & 1939 Carnegie Hall Concerts 1992	1:38
That's All [#]	Live at the Hot Club de France 1966	3:12
The Lonesome Road	Sister on Tour 1962	2:20
The Lonesome Road	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1938-1941) 1996	2:50
The Lonesome Road	The Original Soul Sister 2002	2:50
The Lonesome Road	Gospel 1938-1943 2006	2:36
The Lonesome Road	Shout Sister Shout [Proper] 2002	2:50
The Lonesome Road	Portrait of Gospel 1998	2:35
The Lonesome Road	Integrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 1: 1938-1943 2002	2:48
This Train	Black Train Railroad's Rhythm 2003	2:49
This Train	Gospel Train	2:40
This Train	The Gospel Truth: All New! Her Greatest Gospel Hits 1962	3:43
This Train	The One and Only Queen of Hot Gospel 2012
This Train	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1938-1941) 1996	2:42
This Train	The Gospel of Blues 2003	2:40
This Train	All Aboard! 25 Train Tracks Calling at All Musical Stations 2015	2:49
This Train	Precious Memories 1998	5:09
This Train	Jazz Divas 2013	2:41
This Train	As Good as It Gets: Black Gospel 2000	2:50
This Train	The Roots of Lonnie Donegan 2002	2:51
This Train	Gospel Greats [Goldies] 2002	2:42
This Train	101 Essential Blues Tracks 2011	2:47
This Train	Gospel, Vol. 1: 1926-1942 2002	2:41
This Train	Oh Happy Day: Gospel Greats 2002	2:42
This Train	Good News, Vol. 3: Get Away Jordan 2002	2:50
This Train	Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour 2007	2:53
This Train	Glory Glory Hallelujah: Beloved Gospel Greats 2007	2:50
This Train	Rhythm & Blues 2015	2:52
This Train	Century of the Blues 2014	2:53
This Train	Good News: 100 Gospel Greats 2002	2:50
This Train	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1946-1947) 1998	2:54
This Train	Gospel - La Grande Anthologie (1927-1963) 2003
This Train	Oh, Happy Day: Gospel Greats 2002
This Train	Up Above My Head [Wax Love] 2019
This Train	Up Above My Head [Indigo] 1999	2:50
This Train	The Essential Guide To Gospel	2:51
This Train	Rhythm & Blues History 2010	2:50
This Train	The Original Soul Sister 2002	2:51
This Train	The History of Rhythm & Blues 2008	2:42
This Train	Gospel 1938-1943 2006	2:40
This Train	Best of Southern Gospel 2005	2:50
This Train	Shout Sister Shout [Proper] 2002	2:42
This Train	Rock Me [Proper] 2002	2:51
This Train	This Train [Proper] 2002	2:50
This Train	Blues Classics [MCA] 1996	2:40
This Train	Gospel 'N' Soul Revival 2009	4:40
This Train	Up Above My Head [Snapper] 2008	2:41
This Train	Cover To Cover: The Originals 2010	2:50
This Train	Britain Blues, Vol. 1: Skiffle, Folk, Rock 'n' Roll and Blues 2013	2:52
This Train	From Blues to Gospel 2005	2:40
This Train	Century of the Blues: The Definitve Country Blues Collection 2003	2:53
This Train	Blues Legacy: Lost and Found Series, Vol. 1 2008	6:17
This Train	Integrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 1: 1938-1943 2002	2:43
This Train	The History of Rhythm & Blues: 1925-1942 2010	2:42
This Train	Every Time I Feel the Spirit 2015
This Train	Rock & Roll, Vol. 3: 1947 2001	2:50
This Train	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1942-1944) 1996	2:29
This Train	Unknown Album	2:50
This Train	Hot Trains Daybreak 2004	2:59
This Train [#]	Live at the Hot Club de France 1966	5:30
Trouble In Mind	The Legendary Big Band Singers 1994	2:29
Trouble in Mind	Women in Blues [Fremeaux & Assoc.] 2002	2:34
Trouble in Mind	Roots of the Blues, Vol. 1 2001	2:37
Trouble in Mind	Golden Years of Jazz 1940-1947 2006	2:33
Trouble in Mind	The One and Only Queen of Hot Gospel 2012
Trouble in Mind	Singing the Blues [MCA]
Trouble in Mind	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1938-1941) 1996	2:34
Trouble in Mind	The Gospel of Blues 2003	2:28
Trouble in Mind	Singin' the Blues 2005	2:31
Trouble in Mind	Jazz Divas 2013	2:35
Trouble in Mind	House of Blues: Essential Women in Blues 1997	2:34
Trouble in Mind	Ladies Sing the Blues [Nostalgia] 1999	2:28
Trouble in Mind	The Ladies in Blues [Bookformat] 2007	3:03
Trouble in Mind	Blues Hits, Vol. 3 1997
Trouble in Mind	Classic Blues From the South 2014	2:26
Trouble in Mind	Blues Was Her Business 2003	2:34
Trouble in Mind	Jumpin' at the Savoy 2000	2:39
Trouble in Mind	Night Train, Vol. 3: Classic Railroad Songs 1998	2:34
Trouble in Mind	Up Above My Head [Wax Love] 2019
Trouble in Mind	100 Blues Classics & Greatest Blues Hits 2013	2:41
Trouble in Mind	Classic Blues, Vol. 3 [Digimode] 2000	2:41
Trouble in Mind	The Original Soul Sister 2002	2:41
Trouble in Mind	Shout Sister Shout [Proper] 2002	2:34
Trouble in Mind	Rock Me [Proper] 2002	2:41
Trouble in Mind	1943-1947 1999	2:38
Trouble in Mind	Blues Hits [Columbia River Box] 1998	2:31
Trouble in Mind	From Blues to Gospel 2005	2:28
Trouble in Mind	Great Women Blues Singers: Gold Collection 2004
Trouble in Mind	Integrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 1: 1938-1943 2002	2:42
Trouble in Mind	Late Night Blues [Columbia River] 2004	2:31
Trouble in Mind	Blues Suite 1998	2:33
Trouble in Mind	The R&B Years: 1942-45, Vol. 1 2008	2:31
Trouble in Mind	She's Got the Blues 2006
Trouble in Mind	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1942-1944) 1996	2:39
Trouble in Mind	Unknown Album	2:29
When The Saints Go Marching In	I Just Love Skiffle 2014	1:43
When the Saints Go Marchin' In	Beatles Beginnings, Vol. 1: Quarrymen - Skiffle - Country - Western 2009
When the Saints Go Marchin' In	60 Timeless Classics From the Giants of Traditional Jazz 1994	3:07
When the Saints Go Marchin' In	Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz-Vol. 3: 100 Essential Tracks 2013	3:10
When the Saints Go Marchin' In	Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz: Chris Barber 2013	3:10
When the Saints Go Marchin' In	The Best of Chris Barber [Castle] 2003	3:06
When the Saints Go Marchin' In	Trad Party! 1998	3:07
When the Saints Go Marchin' In	Unknown Album
When the Saints Go Marching In	Gospel Train 1956	2:19
When the Saints Go Marching In	Blues Legacy: Lost and Found Series, Vol. 1 2008	3:20
When the Saints Go Marching In	Swing Is Here 1979
When the Saints Go Marching In	Dixieland 2015	4:39
When the Saints Go Marching In	Greatest Hits 2011	4:38
When the Saints Go Marching In	Boaters Bowlers & Bowties: The Best of Barber, Ball & Bilk 2009	2:56
When the Saints Go Marching In	The Pye Jazz Albums: Echoes of Harlem/In Concert Vol.1-3/Plays Vol.1-3	6:30
When the Saints Go Marching In	1957-58 2009	6:23
When the Saints Go Marching In	The Pye Jazz Albums (Echoes of Harlem/In Concert Vol.1-3/Plays Vol.1-3) 2008	6:30

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