Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inducts Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Terry Cryer Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the very first guitar heroine, and on October 31, 1938, aged 23, she recorded for the first time – four sides for Decca Records, backed by Lucky Millinder’s jazz orchestra. The first gospel songs ever recorded by Decca, “Rock Me,” “That’s All,” “My Man and I” and “The […]
