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Vanessa Collier

Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Me: Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s Profound Effect on Music on Her 110th Birthday

Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Me: Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s Profound Effect on Music on Her 110th Birthday

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is like a golden thread woven through a colorful tapestry of music history. In her own right, as one of gospel’s first major superstars in the 1930s and 1940s, her music stands alone and glimmers like gold dust sprinkled on everything that follows. Tharpe, a Black,
Vanessa Collier 20 Mar 2025

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