Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Go Ahead	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio	September 1954	Spycker
God Is Worried with Your Wicked Ways	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1969	(2 artists)
He's All I Need	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	1949	Catherine Russell
How Far from God	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	1947	Van Morrison
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	June 1942	(4 artists)
My Journey to the Sky	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	December 1948	(11 artists)
Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Her Mother (Katie Bell Nubin) with Sam Price Trio	1949	(22 artists)
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	July 1947	(2 artists)
Rock! Daniel	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	August 1941	Johnny Asbestos and The Canoes
Shout, Sister, Shout!	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	June 1942	(4 artists)
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	March 1945	(36 artists)

Covers by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
99½ Won't Do	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	December 1956	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Her Mother (Katie Bell Nubin) with Sam Price Trio
Amazing Grace	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lottie Henry	September 1951	(unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
Blessed Assurance	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes	September 1951	(unknown)
Bless This House	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	March 1960	John McCormack - Piano accomp. by Edwin Schneider
Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	July 5, 1956	Bozie Sturdivant, Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio
Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio	June 1950	Bozie Sturdivant Covered by (5 artists)
Come by Here	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1968	(unknown)
Crying in the Chapel	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1953	Darrell Glenn
Didn't It Rain	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	October 1947	Biddleville Quintette
Down by the Riverside	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	1998	Fisk University Jubilee Singers
Down by the River Side	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Dependable Boys and Sam Price Trio	1949	Fisk University Jubilee Singers
Everybody's Gonna Have a Wonderful Time up There	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and The Dependable Boys	January 1948	Homeland Harmony Quartet
Fly Away	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	December 1956	Rev. J.M. Gates
Four or Five Times	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	1998	Western Wanderers (Bob Haring)
God Leads Us Along	Rosetta Nubin	1960	(unknown)
His Eye Is on the Sparrow	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	August 1951	(unknown)
I Believe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	March 1960	Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
If I Can Help Somebody	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	March 1960	Archie Lewis with Jan Corduwener and His Orchestra
I Heard My Mother Call My Name	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	1950	Unverified
In the Garden	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes	September 1951	Mrs. Wm. Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
Jericho	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	December 1956	Harrod's Jubilee Singers
Jonah	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	October 1946	Uncle Dave Macon and Sid Harkreader
Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	January 1942	(unknown)
Let That Liar Alone	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	July 1947	Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes	September 1951	Macdonough and Stanley
Lily of the Valley	Rosetta Nubin	1960	Spencer & Ossman, Happy Valley Family
Milky White Way	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	August 1951	Coleman Brothers
Move on up a Little Higher	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Sam Price Trio	February 1949	Brother Sellers
Near the Cross	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Anita Kerr Singers	March 1952	(unknown)
Nobody's Fault but Mine	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1942	Blind Willie Johnson
Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	September 1947	J. Robert Bradley
Old Landmark	Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1953	Edna Gallmon Cooke
Peace in the Valley	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1968	Flying Clouds of Detroit
Precious Lord Hold My Hand	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1942	(unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
Precious Memories	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	December 1956	Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
Precious Memories	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	February 1948	Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
Rock Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	January 1939	Charles Beck
Rock Me	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	May 1942	Charles Beck
Rock of Ages	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes	September 1951	(unknown)
Silent Night	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Rosette Gospel Singers	November 1949	Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
Sit Down	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	April 1941	(unknown)
Stand by Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1941	Madame Magdalene Tartt Lawrence
Stand the Storm	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight	1955	(unknown)
That's All	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1939	Washington Phillips Covered by (3 artists)
That's All	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	October 1942	Washington Phillips, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The End of My Journey	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	April 1941	J. Robert Bradley
The Lonesome Road	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	January 1939	Gene Austin
The Lonesome Road	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	1998	Gene Austin
There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes	September 1951	Trinity Choir
There is something witin me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1941	Missing information
There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Anita Kerr Singers	March 1952	Flying Clouds of Detroit
This Old House	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Sy Oliver Singers	September 1954	Stuart Hamblen
This Train	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1939	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
This Train	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	September 1947	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
Throw Out the Life Line	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes	September 1951	(unknown)
Trouble in Mind	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	1941	Thelma La Vizzo
Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	December 1948	The Southern Sons [US]
Up Above My Head There's Music in the Air	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	December 1956	The Southern Sons [US]
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Rosette Gospel Singers	February 1950	(unknown)
What a Friend We Have in Jesus	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes	September 1951	J.J. Fisher
What Are They Doing in Heaven	Rosetta Nubin	1960	Washington Phillips
When I Move to the Sky	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	April 1947	Jimmie and Eddie Dean
When Jesus Was Born	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Sy Oliver Singers	1954	Unverified
When the Saints Go Marching In	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	July 5, 1956	(unknown)
When They Ring the Golden Bell	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	December 1956	Imperial Quartet
White Christmas	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Rosette Gospel Singers	November 1949	Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
You Gotta Move	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Jimmy Roots Quartet	1950	The Willing Four, John Daniel Quartet

Songs written by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Go Ahead	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio	September 1954	Covered by Spycker
God Is Worried with Your Wicked Ways	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1969	Covered by (2 artists)
He's All I Need	Marie Knight, Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	December 2, 1948	Covered by Catherine Russell
How Far from God	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	1947	Covered by Van Morrison
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	February 18, 1942	Covered by (4 artists)
My Journey to the Sky	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	November 24, 1947	Covered by (11 artists)
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	September 11, 1944	Covered by (2 artists)
Rock! Daniel	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Katie Bell Nubin	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	June 27, 1941	Covered by Johnny Asbestos and The Canoes
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	September 26, 1944	Covered by (36 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio	Covered by (5 artists)
That's All	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Denomination Blues	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Blessed Assurance	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosettes	September 1951	Decca
Complete Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Vol. 1 - 1938-1943	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1998	Frémeaux & Associés
Gospel Hymns	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	July 1947	Decca
Gospels in Rhythm	Rosetta Nubin	1960	Coronet [US2]
Gospel Train [Decca]	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1958	Decca
Gospel Train [Mercury]	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	December 1956	Mercury
Precious Memories	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1968	Savoy Records
Singing in My Soul	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1969	Savoy Records
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	March 1960	MGM

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Beams of Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	February 1948	Decca
Bring Back Those Happy Days	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1939	Decca
Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio	June 1950	Decca
Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	July 5, 1956	Mercury
Crying in the Chapel	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1953	Decca
Didn't It Rain	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	October 1947	Decca
Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	April 1947	Decca
Down by the River Side	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Dependable Boys and Sam Price Trio	1949	Decca
Everybody's Gonna Have a Wonderful Time up There	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and The Dependable Boys	January 1948	Decca
Have a Little Talk with Jesus - Strange Things Happening Every Day	Red Foley and Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Red Foley with The Sunshine Boys Quartet	May 1955	Decca
He Watches Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	1949	Decca
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	June 1942	Decca
Jesus Is Here Today	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	October 1946	Decca
Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	January 1942	Decca
Milky White Way	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	August 1951	Decca
Move on up a Little Higher	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Sam Price Trio	February 1949	Decca
My Man and I	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1939	Decca
Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Her Mother (Katie Bell Nubin) with Sam Price Trio	1949	Decca
Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	September 1947	Decca
Old Landmark	Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1953	Decca
Precious Lord Hold My Hand	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1942	Decca
Silent Night	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Rosette Gospel Singers	November 1949	Decca
Stand the Storm	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight	1955	Decca
The End of My Journey	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	April 1941	Decca
The Lonesome Road	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	January 1939	Decca
The Lord Followed Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sam Price Trio	1947	Decca
There Is Something Within Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1941	Decca
There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Anita Kerr Singers	March 1952	Decca
This Old House	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	September 1954	Decca
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	March 1945	Decca
Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio	December 1948	Decca
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?	Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Rosette Gospel Singers	February 1950	Decca
When I Take My Vacation in Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Jimmy Roots Quartet	1950	Decca

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Big Fat Mama	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	1941	Decca
Savoy	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	May 1942	Decca
Slide Mr. Trombone	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	August 1941	Decca
When the Lights Go on Again (All over the World)	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	October 1942	Decca

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	PRF Tribute Series - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Vol. 73	various artists	July 31, 2020	PRF
	Shout, Sister, Shout! - A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe	various artists	August 2003	M.C. Records

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#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#37658	Patrick	2008-09-14 06:07:14 UTC	processed	2008-09-15 14:47:45 UTC by Canary

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