Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Aliases: Rosetta Nubin
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Rosette Gospel Singers
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes
Real name: Rosetta Nubin
Born: March 20, 1915
Died: October 9, 1973
Country: United States
IPI: 00039953249 10 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Gospel, blues and jazz singer and guitarist
Family: Katie Bell Nubin Mother

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Popular Originals

Strange Things Happening Every Day

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Released on Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread (1945)

Covered by (27 artists)

Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do

Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do

Released on Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do (1949)

Covered by (22 artists)

My Journey to the Sky

Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air

Released on Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air (1948)

Covered by (11 artists)

Shout, Sister, Shout!

I Want a Tall Skinny Papa

Released on I Want a Tall Skinny Papa (1942)

Covered by (4 artists)

Popular Covers by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Didn't It Rain

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Originally by Biddleville Quintette

Released on Didn't It Rain (1947)

Rock Me

The Lonesome Road

Originally by Charles Beck

Released on The Lonesome Road (1939)

Nobody's Fault but Mine

Originally by Blind Willie Johnson

Released on Precious Lord Hold My Hand (1942)

Jericho

Gospel Train [Mercury]

Originally by Harrod's Jubilee Singers

Released on Gospel Train [Mercury] (1956)