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  • Опубліковано 21 лип 2013
  • If you like Gospel, Blues, Soul Rock & Roll or any other form of classic American music, you have got to watch this. A huge influence on many who came after her, yet largely forgotten, Sister Rosetta Tharpe is mind-blowingly great!

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  • @ericanderson8886
    @ericanderson8886 5 років тому +352

    She should definitely be in the rock hall of fame. No excuses.

    • @cathrynbell3039
      @cathrynbell3039 2 роки тому +11

      We weren't recognized then and we're still not recognized

    • @angiegoldsmith9305
      @angiegoldsmith9305 2 роки тому +51

      @@cathrynbell3039 She was inducted in 2018

    • @gavinomalley7099
      @gavinomalley7099 2 роки тому +3

      Must respect for this great lady.

    • @michaelmaas5544
      @michaelmaas5544 Рік тому

      @@cathrynbell3039 she had a stamp in 1998, BBC did a documentary about her in 2011, she was inducted into the HOF in 2017. Quit trying to keep up a narrative that’s not true.

    • @metroidxme6470
      @metroidxme6470 Рік тому +16

      She was inducted but not til 2018. She was the one that started it all and definitely not recognized enough.

  • @twingerald
    @twingerald 7 років тому +1450

    There need to be a movie made about this woman

    • @woodjeannie2432
      @woodjeannie2432 7 років тому +25

      there needs 2 b movie about emmitt till 2!!!

    • @showmustgoon5311
      @showmustgoon5311 7 років тому +10

      Gerald Freeman you are right!

    • @emariemcc
      @emariemcc 6 років тому +49

      Gerald Freeman Not unless they have the lead played by a woman who is really black. I was just sick when the woman who played Nina Simone was nearly white. Nina was very dark and embraced it.

    • @angelasantiago7426
      @angelasantiago7426 6 років тому +9

      Marie McCowan your right

    • @esk8jaimes
      @esk8jaimes 5 років тому +7

      AMEN to that!

  • @musik102
    @musik102 7 років тому +437

    I saw Rosetta on this 1964 tour in Liverpool, UK. She was great. After the performance, I found my way backstage and got her autograph.

    • @MegaSmitty51
      @MegaSmitty51 5 років тому +11

      She my hero!! Loved that guitar.

    • @MARYANNE269
      @MARYANNE269 4 роки тому +5

      Brilliant! Lucky you xx

    • @thedaileya3786
      @thedaileya3786 4 роки тому +7

      Wow! To believe alive at that time....just...wow!!!

    • @Irv123
      @Irv123 3 роки тому +5

      Do you still have that autograph

    • @lorrainekilunda8424
      @lorrainekilunda8424 2 роки тому +2

      Whaaaat?????

  • @Diggerdog2nd
    @Diggerdog2nd 4 роки тому +92

    Its a musical crime that in my 54 years 40 of them a guitar player that until 10 minutes ago I never heard of this lady.. She rocked !!

    • @cathrynbell3039
      @cathrynbell3039 2 роки тому +10

      Just like the movie hidden figures there's so much talent amongst the black people that went unrecognized until this day is still being found

    • @luguy8347
      @luguy8347 2 роки тому +4

      Wow, me too. But I don’t play any instrument. Wasn’t she amazing. Powerful musician.

    • @beatlesareshite
      @beatlesareshite Рік тому

      Me too 👍

    • @opwave79
      @opwave79 Рік тому

      @@beatlesareshite same here.

    • @bikegawd
      @bikegawd 11 місяців тому +1

      It is a crime! Glad you finally found the Sister

  • @greatidea7808
    @greatidea7808 3 роки тому +3

    The mother of rock and roll music. Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

  • @donaldmccall3968
    @donaldmccall3968 5 років тому +448

    She was the first woman invented the Rock n Roll sounds, before Elvis, Chuck Berry, And Johnny Cash. One very first that bring gospel to mainstream

    • @mariyahmercier
      @mariyahmercier 5 років тому +28

      But yet most never heard of her. 😔

    • @gabrielyhamel1794
      @gabrielyhamel1794 4 роки тому +2

      Donald Mccall rock and roll cane from the house of God, not Rosetta. Let’s get it all right people. There’s no color to this game. When you believe there’s color you are being distracted. Music is good and it’s from God. Evil corrupts music and that’s why we are where we are today. That’s why there is “Rock and Roll.” Fuck Rock and Roll. It’s just music. Good or bad it’s music. But where it comes from we are trying to figure out. Why we like it, trying to figure that out.

    • @josebarragan6627
      @josebarragan6627 4 роки тому +6

      Donald Mccall you forgot fat dominos he’s the father of rock and roll

    • @2192404Chemestrie
      @2192404Chemestrie 4 роки тому +1

      Duckers Lopez 🤫

    • @Volcanic_Eruption
      @Volcanic_Eruption 2 роки тому +15

      @@gabrielyhamel1794 Stfu, Rock and Roll came from Rosetta alone. Rosetta was a BLACK WOMAN who was discriminated against in segregated. White supremacist America and now you lot want to claim race doesn't matter. It mattered heavily in her life when she was treated as lesser than for being black AND for being a woman

  • @kenmcdaniel6913
    @kenmcdaniel6913 5 років тому +72

    The architect of Rock n Roll was this woman.

    • @pattykelly6839
      @pattykelly6839 7 місяців тому

      @@feedxtianstolions nonsense. She created it. I'm sure you give credit if a man does it right?

    • @Tawny6702
      @Tawny6702 7 місяців тому

      @@feedxtianstolions ok, but certainly one of a hell of a lot more than Elvis talentless crap bag Presley!!!

  • @coralcadman420
    @coralcadman420 6 років тому +303

    FINALLY recognised by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! LONG overdue!!!

    • @grubbygrubb7059
      @grubbygrubb7059 5 років тому +2

      Amen!!

    • @hasanx4637
      @hasanx4637 5 років тому +3

      that's not saying much.

    • @cloroxbleach566
      @cloroxbleach566 5 років тому +24

      The way it is worded still doesn't give her proper respects in my opinion. Why is Elvis still the King of Rock N Roll? She was just a "model and inspiration" yet everyone after her .. were "rock originators"....such bullshit. She wouldn't have been even put in if it weren't for the internet bringing her back up.
      Sister Rosetta Tharpe is one of the essential figures in the history of rock and roll.
      If she had not been there as a model and inspiration, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and other rock originators would have had different careers. No one deserves more to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
      Sister Rosetta became famous in 1938 with a record called “Rock Me.” She was a star through the 1940’s, a black woman singing gospel music to the accompaniment of her own driving electric guitar - howling and stamping. Her 1945 recording “Strange Things Happening Every Day” has been credited as the first gospel song to cross over to the “race” (later called “R&B”) charts - reaching Number Two and becoming an early model for rock and roll.
      She was a sensation, selling out arenas into the 1950’s. In 1947, Sister Rosetta was the first person to put a 14-year-old boy named Little Richard Penniman on a stage. It changed Little Richard’s life - he decided right then to become a performer.
      In 1951, twenty-five thousand fans paid to attend her on-stage wedding at Griffith Stadium in Washington DC. She was the hottest act on stage with a guitar. She became a model for Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. Johnny Cash called her his favorite singer and biggest inspiration.
      By the early Sixties the musical revolution she inspired had forgotten her - so Sister Rosetta went to England and played electric guitar for the young blues fans of London and Liverpool. Without Sister Rosetta Tharpe, rock and roll would be a different music. She is the founding mother who gave rock’s founding fathers the idea.
      selected discography
      “Rock Me,” “That’s All,” “The Lonesome Road” • (1938) “Shout, Sister, Shout!” • (1942) “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (1945) • “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” (1949) • Gospel Train (1956) • Sister On Tour (1961)

    • @gigigiseleworld
      @gigigiseleworld Рік тому

      Amen 🙏🌹🎶

    • @pattykelly6839
      @pattykelly6839 7 місяців тому

      it took them this long because they are all sexist.

  • @MyTimeOutt
    @MyTimeOutt Рік тому +4

    Grateful that You Tube provides us with history that was never taught in our school systems.

  • @henricvs
    @henricvs Рік тому +5

    This story is so American. We should be uplifted and proud she was one of us. The older I get the more I love my black brothers and sisters.

  • @notintohandles
    @notintohandles Рік тому +3

    The Mother of All Rock and Roll.

  • @lenraygandy
    @lenraygandy 9 років тому +581

    I am one of the blessed ones who saw her as a child, when she came to my city. She and my mother went shopping together in the segregated stores in my city in the 60s..

    • @christjen4
      @christjen4 9 років тому +19

      I'd love to hear more!

    • @rooseveltwalker5418
      @rooseveltwalker5418 9 років тому +2

      christjen4

    • @davemiers786
      @davemiers786 9 років тому +6

      Lenray Gandy Thats a great story and Im sure a fond memory.

    • @joma4452
      @joma4452 7 років тому +6

      thats incredible!

    • @lenraygandy
      @lenraygandy 7 років тому +71

      I'm currently writing a book, it's entitled "Civil Right & Wrongs, In the Eyes of A Child"... I met Dr King, Medgar Evers NAACP leder Jackson, Ms (killed by KKK in 1963) and two close friends, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney (two of 3 civil rights workers killed by the KKK in 1964)...

  • @KBB4eva
    @KBB4eva 8 років тому +520

    The true Queen of Rock n' Roll

    • @lekkki1
      @lekkki1 7 років тому +39

      The true originator of rock and roll. I love this woman so damn much. I play her work non-stop. I'm so damn selfish I wish I could rip her out of her time and put her in mine. Thank god I can't. RIP beautiful lady.

    • @thebrazilianatlantis165
      @thebrazilianatlantis165 7 років тому +3

      Naughty fellas such as Wynonie Harris invented rock and roll, a new kind of jump blues that had the message partying-is-our-religion, mentioned "deacons" and the like and paralleled "rocking in the bosom of Abraham" with rocking the joint, and mixed gospel musical style in (such as backbeat, previously associated mainly with the church) to make the joke even more obvious.

    • @stevieashley9871
      @stevieashley9871 7 років тому +10

      Kevin Harris Kevin why don't radio stations play the old stuff it is ourstory. And it is a lot of her in rock and roll.

    • @mrlopez-pz7pu
      @mrlopez-pz7pu 7 років тому +11

      Kevin Harris the EMPRESS of rock n roll.

    • @elliegirl303
      @elliegirl303 6 років тому

      werd.

  • @Wulfdane
    @Wulfdane 4 роки тому +136

    I love these kinds of videos, they’re a lesson in history. Sister Rosetta Tharpe helped lay the foundation of what would become Rock & Roll.

  • @terrydillon1427
    @terrydillon1427 7 років тому +286

    I am so glad that the UK gave her her propers!

    • @williamwoody7607
      @williamwoody7607 7 років тому +18

      Terry Dillon so often it takes an outsider to appreciate what's right there,plain to see.

    • @toolguyslayer1
      @toolguyslayer1 7 років тому

      first off you're beautiful second is she English

    • @terrydillon1427
      @terrydillon1427 7 років тому +3

      slayer 1 All American, Love

    • @toolguyslayer1
      @toolguyslayer1 7 років тому +2

      Terry Dillon love back at you miss lady I love to see really good female Talent any kind good of entertainment really I had learned something new today though I always like to share this station with people I'm talking to 10 foot ganja plant on Pandora radio it's not what it sounds like but it's good stuff it's reggae for the first month that I had it on I didn't have to select a dislike at all maybe two months and not really sure it was awhile ago but anyway enjoy and don't be shy about giving me some feedback I would appreciate it

    • @terrydillon1427
      @terrydillon1427 7 років тому

      LOL

  • @maurocalzavara711
    @maurocalzavara711 5 років тому +22

    Unbelievable how she is so little known, nowadays... :(

  • @backintheday5350
    @backintheday5350 3 роки тому +82

    Why didn’t she get as much coverage as the Men! She’s Amazing!!!❤️

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 3 роки тому

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment, she must be really glad to know that people are out there who cares and appreciate her so dearly.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay.....

    • @synthiadavis7330
      @synthiadavis7330 2 роки тому +6

      Because she’s Black and a female

    • @Billkwando
      @Billkwando 2 роки тому +3

      She did. She was basically a household name when she was young.

    • @db60615
      @db60615 Рік тому +4

      Well first she was black, and second she was a woman in a time where neither had equal rights! She was very popular at the time, but you see how media/press can make it seem like you never existed?

    • @sharonmccalla8472
      @sharonmccalla8472 Рік тому +1

      Because the love to steal black peoples music and take it as there own.

  • @asehueman2784
    @asehueman2784 10 років тому +473

    My God if we just knew our history, we would not want to perm or bleach our heritage away. We come from greats............

    • @asehueman2784
      @asehueman2784 9 років тому +2

      Her hairrrrr

    • @asehueman2784
      @asehueman2784 9 років тому +2

      I think that these profiles that attach are phony, it's ppl hiding behind the Internet like sheets

    • @asehueman2784
      @asehueman2784 9 років тому

      It was for the generations after her, after her......but still thank you for her

    • @asehueman2784
      @asehueman2784 9 років тому +5

      She is still great, and I wish the generations NOW, TO DAY knew of her greatness and influence on rock n roll. Instead our history always begins with slavery.

    • @asehueman2784
      @asehueman2784 9 років тому +2

      But even with slavery and self hatred (perms) she still is the mother of rock n roll. We come from greats, strong ppl

  • @erikwern144
    @erikwern144 6 років тому +158

    FINALLY, Sister Tharpe inducted today.Hallelujah!

    • @rubyjames3105
      @rubyjames3105 5 років тому +8

      i didn't know that, fucking awsome!

    • @janedevries2231
      @janedevries2231 4 роки тому +5

      It's about time! Take it to the kids.

    • @ChiefJayBinns
      @ChiefJayBinns 4 роки тому +2

      Inducted into what?
      Can we form complete sentences? SMDH 😑

    • @marquizzo
      @marquizzo 4 роки тому +3

      @@ChiefJayBinns Inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    • @jamesbattiest3885
      @jamesbattiest3885 2 роки тому

      She was great but that person didn't have to put a swear word in the comments but I'll pray r im

  • @douglasmacquarrie5002
    @douglasmacquarrie5002 Рік тому +16

    Unfortunately, I'd never heard of her until now, but I am absolutely fascinated. 💯 should be in Rock hall of fame such an amazing woman.

  • @fifermcgee5971
    @fifermcgee5971 Рік тому +5

    Now, this is a true artist, singer, musician, just a National Treasure. Rest in Peace Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

  • @joea1683
    @joea1683 2 роки тому +50

    You can hear her influence everywhere. Really incredible.

  • @lionel8994
    @lionel8994 5 років тому +69

    If “ Lil Richard “can claim to be the Architect of Rock n’ Roll...Sista Rosetta Tharp is easily the “ Godmother” of the “Architect” and all who followed...and just as there is a Black Woman who IS the mother of ALL humanity...there IS a Black Woman at the base of ALL things of Human Creation.

    • @West-Telecom
      @West-Telecom Рік тому

      Rasist

    • @xinalorreen2031
      @xinalorreen2031 Рік тому

      @@West-Telecom racist*

    • @West-Telecom
      @West-Telecom Рік тому

      @@xinalorreen2031 That’s you rasist that instead you talant talking about your race and trashing others.

  • @pertrygvestevikjohnsen7146
    @pertrygvestevikjohnsen7146 10 років тому +87

    The Mother of Rock'n'Roll.

  • @bluenote824jones7
    @bluenote824jones7 7 років тому +386

    make a movie about this great lady.let queen Latifah play her.

    • @martinbirdwell7111
      @martinbirdwell7111 5 років тому +13

      bluenote824 jones Rosetta Tharpe and Pearl Bailey look like sisters and Queen Latifah looks like Pearl's daughter

    • @reason5591
      @reason5591 4 роки тому +5

      She would be perfect cast as Rosetta, wow good thinking!!!

    • @RonA2Zman
      @RonA2Zman 4 роки тому +6

      This has to get produced!

    • @KtotheG
      @KtotheG 4 роки тому +6

      Nah, Lauryn Hill should play her. Queen Latifah should play Big Mama Thornton.

    • @rickshaw60
      @rickshaw60 4 роки тому +6

      I love queen Latifah, but do you think she could do justice to sister Rosetta???

  • @davidstuart401
    @davidstuart401 7 років тому +60

    She literally took her music to the streets and thrilled everyone who heard her.

  • @tombolden8874
    @tombolden8874 5 років тому +23

    I grew up down South in the late 1940s, 50s & early 60s and we used to listen to her on the radio all of the time. She was amazing!

  • @vintageloftnyllcbrooklynny6462
    @vintageloftnyllcbrooklynny6462 6 років тому +530

    shouldn't she be called the Mother of rock and roll?

    • @dewaynewhite2928
      @dewaynewhite2928 5 років тому +34

      Heck at best she should be called pioneer of Rock and Roll!!!

    • @45asunder1
      @45asunder1 5 років тому +34

      Queen of rock and roll

    • @dewaynewhite2928
      @dewaynewhite2928 5 років тому +8

      @@45asunder1 I agree!!! she's a bad woman!!!!

    • @freer1176
      @freer1176 4 роки тому +4

      I agree

    • @magnificentmuttley154
      @magnificentmuttley154 4 роки тому +11

      *vintageloftny* The only reason she's called "Godmother" instead of "Queen" of Rock n Roll is 'cause she was a nun. Had she _not_ been a nun, Im sure she wouldve been known as "Mother" or "Queen" :)

  • @1-shotslinger108
    @1-shotslinger108 6 років тому +39

    Man she was jammin' on that guitar!

  • @margaretbrown5836
    @margaretbrown5836 8 років тому +86

    Wow!! I've never heard of her. She was AWESOME!! A pioneer.

    • @jeandoe2459
      @jeandoe2459 6 років тому

      Jesus = Je = Ie = Ye = throat glottal & sus in Latin is pig & sous/soos in Spanish is horse/beast, thus MARK OF THE BEAST.
      Christ = Ch in Greek is X/mark & rist in Icelandic is to carve mark.
      The Gentiles do not know whom they worship, we the true Hebrews/Ibrim of Scripture, we know who we worship, who is the Most High Yahuah.
      His Son is Yahusha Ha Mashiach.
      The false gifts given are the Holy Spirit/Ghost, the true name is Ruach Ha Qodesh.
      2 Witnesses, thus the oil & wine, who is the Ruach Ha Qodesh & Covenant both old & new,.
      2 Witnesses sealed into the Set-apart Hebrew/Ibri 12 Tribes & the Law put into their minds & hearts & the Ruach reproving them of sin daily.
      Yahusha Ha Mashiach, thus the Word of Yahuah.
      The Great Whore = the Apostate Hebrew/Ibri faith and she had 3 Harlot girls: 1) Yahudaism/Judaism 2) Christianity 3) Islamic faith.
      This is the Great Mystery Babel, thus modern-day Babel-Rome, who is the Scarlet Beast and the Great Whore who rides it is the Vineyard who was reaped during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Gleaning then took place even to the present day. She, going through the phase of Great Whore, then Prostitute, then Woman, who would then give birth to the MALE child, thus the Head/Resh Yahusha Ha Mashiach & the Body/Assembly Yasharael, these 2 are the Bridegroom & Bride, both are the 3rd Spiritual Hekal built by no man's hands.
      Yasharael messengers = 1/3 Chosen & Called = 3rd Hekal.
      Yahqob mortal man = 2/3 Chosen, not Called = majority in Christian Church prisons with no escape & Islamic faith.
      Base man = mind & soul of an animal in the form of a man = he is born spiritually dead.

    • @angieh4534
      @angieh4534 4 роки тому +1

      Jean Doe 👈🏼lol BHI cult.. smh

  • @shirlkimbro3361
    @shirlkimbro3361 4 роки тому +5

    Go Rosetta. They offered her big bucks to change, but she stayed true. I was fortunate to be born in 1934, so my Mother already was a fan. Precious Memories.

  • @bheadh
    @bheadh 7 років тому +117

    The original Soul Sister.

  • @tehearabaker5553
    @tehearabaker5553 4 роки тому +33

    This is my first time hearing about her. Absolutely beautiful. Yes there needs too be a movie about her.

  • @peacebear70
    @peacebear70 7 років тому +126

    Black girl magic!!!

  • @andrewfleming5170
    @andrewfleming5170 Рік тому +2

    wow. She was the pioneer of rock and roll.

  • @dombat61
    @dombat61 Рік тому +2

    Genius ! This woman was incredible, for me modern in her time, an example for a lot of people!

  • @cvarney1100
    @cvarney1100 10 років тому +66

    Just discovered Sister Rosetta. Love her.

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 3 роки тому

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay .

  • @KRxN11
    @KRxN11 10 років тому +39

    The Godmother of Gospel, Rock N Roll and American popular music that spread all over the world.

  • @ALDANA1985
    @ALDANA1985 10 років тому +71

    God was in her!!!

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 3 роки тому

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay .

  • @grantpassion9320
    @grantpassion9320 8 років тому +27

    This woman is my hero...

  • @johnnyrobinson8168
    @johnnyrobinson8168 4 роки тому +13

    One of the GOAT's! No telling how many future country and rock stars were in those audiences.

    • @rikaisaka5789
      @rikaisaka5789 2 роки тому

      ヤギと、人はちがいます。

  • @phyllis367
    @phyllis367 9 років тому +38

    Tharpe was her married name... I was Lucky to find some old Records of hers at an Estate sale, I hadn't heard of her.. so I Looked her up on here.. what a beautiful Lady, Love her music....

    • @juicychikara1
      @juicychikara1 8 років тому +5

      Does she have records under her maiden name?

  • @christinnascreations9072
    @christinnascreations9072 5 років тому +92

    Why the hell isn't she better known? I L❤VE MUSIC and I have never heard of her!! Thank you for sharing 🙏.
    Luv yah 💕

    • @cloroxbleach566
      @cloroxbleach566 5 років тому +3

      because she's a woman and men don't like to share.

    • @rustynails8756
      @rustynails8756 4 роки тому +2

      I agree what a blessed talent she was.

    • @soulsista1223
      @soulsista1223 4 роки тому +2

      I think we know,

    • @Petty-BettyPolite1019
      @Petty-BettyPolite1019 4 роки тому +3

      let's not sugar coat it. SHE'S A BLACK FEMALE.....

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay .

  • @infinitam6091
    @infinitam6091 7 років тому +45

    An amazing woman, driven by her love of the gospel.

  • @movingforward9555
    @movingforward9555 7 років тому +16

    I'm so happy to have found this. Latina here, but grew up listening to motown and some blues because of my dad.

  • @jappletonhowe9649
    @jappletonhowe9649 2 роки тому +3

    This Lady invented Rock & Roll!!!

  • @CoachDeBora
    @CoachDeBora 4 роки тому +2

    Only a black woman could masterfully combined gospel with a guitar. Well done, Sister Rosetta!

  • @forgemotorsport
    @forgemotorsport 7 років тому +39

    Simply amazing .. why is the lady not known to the world ...

    • @dizzyballin354
      @dizzyballin354 7 років тому +10

      Forge Motorsport cause she's black and white supremacy makes it its mission to hide the truth

    • @casm4
      @casm4 7 років тому +2

      +Dizzy Ballin sorry but im white and dont for one second think this fantastic womans work should be 'hidden' she deserves every bit of credit for her brilliance. Not every single white person is racist and in actual fact it makes YOU racist to think such things.

    • @angelasantiago7426
      @angelasantiago7426 6 років тому

      Caz l stfu maybe you're racist cause he said nothing about all whites dumb Fuck black people can't be racist so for you to use reverse racism means you're 😂

    • @jeandoe2459
      @jeandoe2459 6 років тому

      Jesus = Je = Ie = Ye = throat glottal & sus in Latin is pig & sous/soos in Spanish is horse/beast, thus MARK OF THE BEAST.
      Christ = Ch in Greek is X/mark & rist in Icelandic is to carve mark.
      The Gentiles do not know whom they worship, we the true Hebrews/Ibrim of Scripture, we know who we worship, who is the Most High Yahuah.
      His Son is Yahusha Ha Mashiach.
      The false gifts given are the Holy Spirit/Ghost, the true name is Ruach Ha Qodesh.
      2 Witnesses, thus the oil & wine, who is the Ruach Ha Qodesh & Covenant both old & new,.
      2 Witnesses sealed into the Set-apart Hebrew/Ibri 12 Tribes & the Law put into their minds & hearts & the Ruach reproving them of sin daily.
      Yahusha Ha Mashiach, thus the Word of Yahuah.
      The Great Whore = the Apostate Hebrew/Ibri faith and she had 3 Harlot girls: 1) Yahudaism/Judaism 2) Christianity 3) Islamic faith.
      This is the Great Mystery Babel, thus modern-day Babel-Rome, who is the Scarlet Beast and the Great Whore who rides it is the Vineyard who was reaped during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Gleaning then took place even to the present day. She, going through the phase of Great Whore, then Prostitute, then Woman, who would then give birth to the MALE child, thus the Head/Resh Yahusha Ha Mashiach & the Body/Assembly Yasharael, these 2 are the Bridegroom & Bride, both are the 3rd Spiritual Hekal built by no man's hands.
      Yasharael messengers = 1/3 Chosen & Called = 3rd Hekal.
      Yahqob mortal man = 2/3 Chosen, not Called = majority in Christian Church prisons with no escape & Islamic faith.
      Base man = mind & soul of an animal in the form of a man = he is born spiritually dead.

    • @mm-px4io
      @mm-px4io 2 роки тому

      Because men took over and of course caucasion men.

  • @rciii2201
    @rciii2201 8 років тому +54

    Sing it Sister Rosetta. Just can't help but smile watching her perform.

  • @Triumphatlast
    @Triumphatlast 8 років тому +32

    Wow, I had never heard of her until now & my life has been the poorer for it

  • @StoueDBadmon
    @StoueDBadmon 4 роки тому +3

    As a 17 year old from Greece I’m very proud of myself for listening to real music unlike other kids my age. Long live rock and roll

  • @timothykook5979
    @timothykook5979 9 років тому +33

    Where has she been all my life!

  • @AbiKolapo
    @AbiKolapo 10 років тому +98

    I just, I can't stop smiling. I'm so happy just watching this. haha :D
    More more, I want to see more of Sister Rosetta.

    • @mattguzda853
      @mattguzda853 10 років тому +8

      that's exactly how I feel, she makes me so happy, she's simply amazing!

    • @BonnieExpertFnaf
      @BonnieExpertFnaf 10 років тому +3

      I couldn't agree more!!!!!!!! Mmmm, can't get enough of her!

    • @nikradik
      @nikradik 5 років тому +1

      Omg me too. I kept saying "get it mama"..lmaao

  • @aviyahyisriyah253
    @aviyahyisriyah253 8 років тому +28

    Go on sister, do your thing.

  • @darcandelaria
    @darcandelaria 7 років тому +61

    She's got the Holy Ghost! 👏💘 Awesome!

  • @igalflint
    @igalflint 5 років тому +7

    THIS IS HISTORY, MAN.! RAW TRUTH AND FOUNDATION. THIS IS PURE LIGHT ! RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @khem127
    @khem127 6 років тому +21

    Thank you for this post. Her music is timeless, her guitar is kick ass and sounds like it was performed today. Rockers today are trying to sound like her guitar.

    • @sarahcolemanlatham6820
      @sarahcolemanlatham6820 3 роки тому +1

      No more like rockers after her stole from her she told a story like rap she play guitar super funk all genres of music wrapped into one

  • @PARAMOUNTVOICES
    @PARAMOUNTVOICES Місяць тому +1

    She was AMAZING!!! I am getting chills just listening to her....

  • @rhondamaddux7828
    @rhondamaddux7828 9 років тому +40

    This is AWESOME! As an ELVIS, rockabilly, and early rock and roll fan, I see this woman's tremendous influence on modern rock. Just Wow.

    • @djbigleg3228
      @djbigleg3228 6 років тому +2

      i dont like elvis he did buy a lot of songs from black song writers that needed money badly so thats all good.but he refused to play with blacks on stage big mama was blanked when she asked to play with elvis in the 60s maybe he was told not to by his management.but he should of done it cause without the blues there was no elvis great post she was a great guitarist & great singer song writer with pure talent.. ....

    • @stanleymyrick4068
      @stanleymyrick4068 2 роки тому +1

      @@djbigleg3228 That's plain false and a lie. He even refused to play a concert unless he could bring his black gospel singers and players. Back then, it was not as pronounced perhaps, but blacks like Chuck Berry often had racist encounters playing. Elvis often championed blacks in song and action.

    • @redbluebae4397
      @redbluebae4397 Рік тому

      @@djbigleg3228Elvis slandering seems like jealousy and yt ppl hater to me ijs yr allowed to yr opinion but it’s cheap when it’s coming from a shallow obvious place

    • @djbigleg3228
      @djbigleg3228 Рік тому

      @@redbluebae4397 woah elvis geek alert i only said the truth if you dont like it stay offline im not attacking elvis im putting down his corrupt management.that fed him drugs & got him to perform songs only they wanted...

  • @penumbranm
    @penumbranm 8 років тому +19

    She is TOTALLY AWESOME!!!! I am so sorry I missed seeing her! Wish she could come back!

  • @crankbv1
    @crankbv1 7 років тому +29

    I can remember the ,64 Manchester station appearance as though it was yesterday...I was 22 back then. It was part of a one off Saturday night BBC TV production which featured the 'Soul Train'. This was a steam train that had been laid on to transport a whole group of gospel and soul artistes just for this one occasion. Here in England we hadn't seen anything like this before and it was a sensation that left it's mark on me even to this day. In a way it was also the swan song for steam locomotives here in the UK because within 18 months all of them had been withdrawn from service.

  • @robertpeters4075
    @robertpeters4075 8 років тому +12

    A true women of God Blessed mightily great story

  • @DavidKellyPiano
    @DavidKellyPiano 5 років тому +29

    So incredible, I have so much love and respect for this Woman and her heavenly talented contribution to the wonderful world of music. Such an insipration and such an influence on really everyone to follow.

    • @rikaisaka5789
      @rikaisaka5789 2 роки тому

      羊飼いを山羊とおもいますか?

  • @terrythekittie
    @terrythekittie 8 років тому +207

    The female Jimi Hendrix before any one knew who Jimi was.

    • @austinknowlton1783
      @austinknowlton1783 7 років тому +10

      terrythekittie, more like the female Chuck Berry. Actually probably at least as good a player as Chuck is if not better.

    • @HroseG
      @HroseG 7 років тому +47

      More like Chuck Berry is the male Rosetta. SHE CAME FIRST.

    • @austinknowlton1783
      @austinknowlton1783 7 років тому +14

      HroseG Yeah since I made that comment I watched the story of her life. Chuck DEFINITELY copped his licks from Sister Rosetta.

    • @jamesh1369
      @jamesh1369 7 років тому +16

      She's better than Hendrix.

    • @toolguyslayer1
      @toolguyslayer1 7 років тому +5

      +Julian Davis she's better than Hendrix that's for sure but what I like Hendricks for is his psychedelic 60s rock Style he brings definition to the term far out and in Jimmy's defense he didn't live long enough to figure it out who knows what could have happened wow concept LOL

  • @henneseslimify
    @henneseslimify 6 років тому +10

    li loved how her autobiographer put it " we forget about the black woman behind the young white man"
    Bboy since 83 repping Boulevard homes projects and HIP HOP nicely to the present"

  • @noblehillministerprophet8689
    @noblehillministerprophet8689 5 років тому +10

    Thank you,so much,never heard of this wonderful gift from God

  • @jimkost2002
    @jimkost2002 4 роки тому +2

    She was a force of nature!

  • @vonniemonroe3005
    @vonniemonroe3005 8 років тому +32

    I truly loved this documentary of a woman of whom I have never heard of. She had spunk and a gift. Thank you for this documentary. Lots of info. and testimonials. Loved it. Not to long for me.

    • @arabiabarboza7218
      @arabiabarboza7218 6 років тому

      Vonnie Monroe true

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay .

  • @bonitaboggan8432
    @bonitaboggan8432 10 років тому +13

    I remember Mama playing "This Train" and some of the other songs. I had forgotten her until I saw this post. Thanks for reminding me of what I should share with my great grand children.

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 3 роки тому

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment, she must be really glad to know that people are out there who cares and appreciate her so dearly.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay .

  • @rishibeauty8889
    @rishibeauty8889 Рік тому +2

    I know this is 9yrs old but I had to comment!
    10:35 This lovely woman is speaking to how she saw Sister Rosetta Tharpe looked up when she sang- as if she is speaking to God. THIS made me write.
    I live in Minnesota- Home of the greatest artist ever- Prince
    I would get calls to be apart of his after hours parties at Paisley Park. Plus I’ve been front row at his concerts. I have seen him, up close, many times.
    Each time he really got into his songs, he would throw his head back, mouth open, and connected to God- every time.
    I would tell people for years, that when he would do this, he was connected to God.
    I got laughed at or I’d get the “yeah, sure he is” People thought I was crazy. I challenge to to look at any of his videos & you WILL see the moment he saw God. It was as if HE was playing for God- not just us.
    This vid Moved me so much. I had never heard another person say this about any artist. I stopped in my tracks & HAD to write this.
    I’ve only know a little bit of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. However in her performance of “Didn’t it rain, children” SHE is standing in the rain, with her steel electric guitar.
    Know who else did that ???
    Prince at the 2007 SuperBowl. Prince wanted it to rain harder. He sang Purple Rain, in the rain ☔️ Because God wanted us to hear the energy! Greatest Super bowl halftime EVER.
    I wonder how much Prince was influenced by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
    I will die on this hill- Prince IS the greatest all around artist EVER. He never left us in Minneapolis, his home. He stayed & played & loved us, And we loved him- didn’t matter what color. When you hear & see Prince or Sister Rosetta Tharpe perform, you are lifted closer to God. Their gifts transcended any man made religion to show us GOD given faith!!❤❤❤
    The more I learn about her, the more I have hope & faith. She was amazing!

  • @QWERTYXXX25
    @QWERTYXXX25 11 років тому +1

    If you found this and posted it then you are really somebody,thank you.

    • @mppm1740
      @mppm1740 5 років тому

      Long live our ancestors

  • @muddycosk1003
    @muddycosk1003 9 років тому +19

    Superstar !!!!

  • @ruthshafer5410
    @ruthshafer5410 8 років тому +38

    Love this music, straight from heaven!

    • @raymondschmidt2003
      @raymondschmidt2003 6 років тому +1

      yes it is , I love it as well and I enjoy singing myself ..

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 3 роки тому

      Yeah that's so sweet of you to say, God has really been wonderful to us all, he never fail to look out for his children, he will be so glad, that people are out there who cares and appreciate him so dearly.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃

  • @jovialjesterofjupiter
    @jovialjesterofjupiter 5 років тому +1

    Everybody say thank you Sister Rosetta Tharpe for inventing music

  • @1teamski
    @1teamski 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing. I never heard about her before. Wow.

  • @SuperOlds88
    @SuperOlds88 9 років тому +8

    I'm in love with Sister Rosetta.

  • @stephanodreakford9747
    @stephanodreakford9747 8 років тому +18

    Dammm. This is mind blowing.

  • @horsluva0758
    @horsluva0758 6 років тому +2

    Church of God in Christ, IN YOU .. AMEN!!!

  • @nikradik
    @nikradik 5 років тому +8

    This was awesome ive never heard of her in so glad I saw this ...national Rosetta Tharpe day is on mt birthday Jan 11 I'm honored

  • @lovingatlanta
    @lovingatlanta 4 роки тому +5

    👍👍A prime example of someone with the hand of a Higher Power on / over her life! She CLEARLY influenced Rock & Roll every body else!!! 🤗💞🤗

  • @silkalter9880
    @silkalter9880 3 роки тому +3

    Man I know motown's got there Queen and other places got their dreams but this is the Dream Queen of all things ever seen or heard African Queen why what what what how did I miss this

  • @Kardashev1
    @Kardashev1 2 роки тому +2

    She needs to be in all the lists of the most influential guitarists!

  • @stefjoly1426
    @stefjoly1426 Рік тому +2

    No words to describe, she is one of the kind

  • @dulcimerginny
    @dulcimerginny 9 років тому +26

    Thanks for the video of this remarkable and important musician. Very well done.

  • @arabionknight3524
    @arabionknight3524 7 років тому +238

    rosetta thorpe isn't in the hall of fame, because the gringos would have to admit this sister is the founder and creator of rock and roll...

    • @HroseG
      @HroseG 7 років тому +17

      not like black men had no problem taking her place either...you know Chuck Berry.

    • @williamcollins967
      @williamcollins967 7 років тому

      HroseG m

    • @thebrazilianatlantis165
      @thebrazilianatlantis165 7 років тому +11

      About 35 black women and about 25 white women have been recognized by the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Tharpe wasn't the founder of rock and roll, rock and roll was a new type of jump blues, a secular style invented (by the likes of Wynonie Harris, Wild Bill Moore, and Roy Brown) during a period when Tharpe refused to perform any secular music.

    • @rannz8
      @rannz8 7 років тому +5

      Arabion knight she wasn't though, shes good but not the founder

    • @angelasantiago7426
      @angelasantiago7426 6 років тому +1

      Arabion knight exactly

  • @Mochab001
    @Mochab001 7 років тому +1

    I just heard of her today...., what a shame... wow what a treasure

  • @purplehaze3324
    @purplehaze3324 2 роки тому +2

    She is unbelievably talented and I am disappointed that I have never heard of her.

  • @jeff6899
    @jeff6899 3 роки тому +5

    Absolutely love this well-composed & inspiring story ! She's a legend. Thank You, UA-cam...

  • @d.l.x801
    @d.l.x801 6 років тому +7

    IF I COULD PLAY GUITAR LIKE ONE PERSON , BESIDES MYSELF..... . .OH INDEED IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE SISTER.THARPE🎼❤

  • @Heart2HeartBooks
    @Heart2HeartBooks 4 роки тому +3

    She was totally awesome!

  • @maggieking6619
    @maggieking6619 2 роки тому +1

    Women rock. May she never be overlooked again. Thank you, Sister!

  • @THEMOJOMANsince1959
    @THEMOJOMANsince1959 6 років тому +4

    As I mentioned on the Radio over the years This Lady Invented Rock & Roll. The Black Panther has changed things,,,A movie about this lady will do even more.

  • @thebrazilianatlantis165
    @thebrazilianatlantis165 10 років тому +9

    "who really heard of her back then ??? come on." She had hit records on a major label, which is why people like Johnny Cash and Merle Travis already knew her work before any folk festival type people ever got in touch with her.

  • @Apachecreator
    @Apachecreator 3 роки тому +2

    A person I once knew said to me there were no good black guitarist in the world. I looked at him seething with disgust, thinking of those who came before him, all the way up to Jimi Hendrix whom he said was sloppy....I disagreed. Now I have another to add to the list of great black musicians who came before us. Long Live Rock & Roll!!! don’t forget where it came from and the people who brought it to us.

  • @RogerMullian
    @RogerMullian 6 місяців тому

    I’m 17 Mallato and from Columbia crying 😢 and this is my jam!!!

  • @tawnkuimi-uru7212
    @tawnkuimi-uru7212 7 років тому +30

    I believe that if there is a Heaven, for me, it would be a warm summer evening sitting on Sister Tharpe's front porch, drinking lemonade, and listening to her play and sing for eternity. Yep. That would be Heaven for me.

  • @neeuqamilam1170
    @neeuqamilam1170 4 роки тому +3

    She is the ultimate Rock & Roll, and they hate to admit it because she's black, female, and she was a Star. Even her biographer had to admit that she was Rock & Roll and Elvis Presley learned a lot from her. Amazing Talent!

  • @nolahorserider
    @nolahorserider 7 років тому +1

    The very very best Ever!!! This woman is outstanding!

  • @marlynhutcheon6548
    @marlynhutcheon6548 4 роки тому +2

    Once again You Tube delivers the roots of Rock and Roll. Better late knowing the past before too late and forgotten. I certainly will look further into all the music from the early days in USA.

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 3 роки тому

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment, she must be really glad to know that people are out there who cares and appreciate her so dearly.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay .

  • @corporalhenshaw
    @corporalhenshaw  11 років тому +5

    Thanks Mike. This is just one of the many great programmes that we have every Friday on the BBC. Keep the music alive!