1944.... we were still in WW2 when she created Rock N Roll. Everyone alive holding a guitar and aside from playing classical music, owes everything to Tharpe. From Heavy Metal to Ska, from Country to Hip Hop.... all her.
There were 25,000 paying customers at her wedding/concert when she got married in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium in the early 50's. She may not have been a big deal among White audiences but she was still a star. Her "problem" was her loyalty to both secular and religious music. Neither audience was totally accepting of the other genre.
What? No love for Memphis Minnie? She recorded "When the Levee Breaks" back in 1929... long before Led Zeppelin "Borrowed" the song. Much love to Sister Rosetta for her undeniable influence, but there are so many more black women who deserve to be propped up for influencing the genera that came to be known as rock and roll.
Yes. As a big Zep fan since I was a teenager, it was like finding out there was no Santa Claus when I was hipped to half their songs being old blues and folk that they had stolen.
Yaa has always been my power Queen ever since I read about her as a 13 year old white leftist learning about racism. I did schoolwork on her. I've brought her up in debates with British family. That one never quite landed though...
I put her in there with Chet Atkins and Flatts and Skruggs, one of the best pickers ever. Thorpe and Bessie Smith before her were rebels in thier own community. Like if Cardi B had talent that level of shock from the Preacherman.
I have been a huge Sister Rosetta Tharpe fan for over 50 years. She is fantastic, but if her records were rock and roll so were the records of Freddy Slack and the Will Bradley Trio who first recorded the Rolling Stones/Chuck Berry hit "Down The Road A Piece" in 1940.
the amount of misinformation and representation is astounding Sister Rosetta Tharpe was and incredible performer and Rock and Roll owes her so much. If you know anything, you'll know that popular rock and roll artists including Elvis were inspired by her music and guitar picking. This video is kind of a slap to the face to what she stood for and tried to represent, I love that she's finally being heard of but maybe not bring so much unnecessary comedy when teaching history.
He was a thief...especially of black artists. Imitation without reparation is just stealing. Imitating black people without crediting or paying us is NOT flattering
////// Sistor Tharpe changed her sound AFTER Rock & Roll became it's own genre. It's a misunderstanding I keep seeing on YT, where they show her Later in life (after rock became it's own genre in 1955) & she's covering her earlier songs from 1930s/40s that everyone concludes she was doing Rock back in the 30s & 40s. One example is showing her video in the UK doing Strange Things and This Train in 1964 (which is 9 years aftrer rock began) and everyone concludes she played this way back in the 1930s , which is incorrect. Her early style prior to 1955 sounded like rural accoustic blues, not electric rock & roll. But Compare how she did the songs early(30s) & later (50s & beyond) and you'll hear she was influenced by pioneers of rock Bill Hailey, Elvis, Chuck, LRichard, Carl Perkins, & a few other obscure artists who accidentally stumbled onto rock... Billboard Music & Historians identify 1955 as the beginning of the rock era, and with a few accidental exceptions here & there, rock didn't solidify until that year. Another misconception is that Blues & Rock are identical. Rock & Roll and Popular music did not come from only 1 source, it also evolved from contributions from many other artists from different cultures & music styles, such as Appalachin Music (mountain music, bluegrass), Country Music, Pop Music, operatic music, BigBand music, and of course blues, which played a big part.
Rosetta’s needs to be brought to the forefront, I’m so pleased you covered her, thank you!
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Long overdue, and well deserved recognition.
Thanks for saying it.
1944.... we were still in WW2 when she created Rock N Roll. Everyone alive holding a guitar and aside from playing classical music, owes everything to Tharpe. From Heavy Metal to Ska, from Country to Hip Hop.... all her.
Elizabeth Cotton was also amazing and deserves her own Drunk history episode.
Big smiles
This lady made rock and roll,in the 30’s .
As a former resident of Cotton Plant, AR (my grandmother still lives there), I can confirm the description of the area. Lol.
Hello fellow arkansian!! That's my homestate 😁
My maternal family is from Cotton Plant.
same lol. Helena here.
This is sad she wasnt given credit and were only just finding out about it
There were 25,000 paying customers at her wedding/concert when she got married in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium in the early 50's. She may not have been a big deal among White audiences but she was still a star. Her "problem" was her loyalty to both secular and religious music. Neither audience was totally accepting of the other genre.
All successful female musicians at the time, sadly.
She tells the story so well lol 🤣💪🏾🎸💃🏾
Do an episode for Bessie Smith next maybe?
What? No love for Memphis Minnie? She recorded "When the Levee Breaks" back in 1929... long before Led Zeppelin "Borrowed" the song.
Much love to Sister Rosetta for her undeniable influence, but there are so many more black women who deserve to be propped up for influencing the genera that came to be known as rock and roll.
When the levee breaks was a famous song from even before Rosetta performed it.
@@yankees29 You mean before Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe? I don't think Sister Rosetta recorded it.
Yes. As a big Zep fan since I was a teenager, it was like finding out there was no Santa Claus when I was hipped to half their songs being old blues and folk that they had stolen.
@@mctransportation9831 me too, they stole the introduction to STH from the band Spirit's Taurus when they opened for them.
She lit a fire in The UK!
I grew up south of cotton plant, ark. Eudora ar.
She played an awesome white SG I think. She was phenomenal.
My mother’s family was from Cotton Plant!
I first heard of her in the late 80’s
Sister Rosetta Tharpe!! Primera rockstar. En llenar un estadio
I am all the way dead 💀 with this 1 😂😂😂
I want Sister Rosetta’s clothes!
This is my favorite version of history 😆 🤣 LOL
Queen
SHE OWNT DAT SHEEIT!
Sister Rosetta need her biopick with Eddie Murphy
Yaa has always been my power Queen ever since I read about her as a 13 year old white leftist learning about racism. I did schoolwork on her. I've brought her up in debates with British family. That one never quite landed though...
and thats facts.
I put her in there with Chet Atkins and Flatts and Skruggs, one of the best pickers ever. Thorpe and Bessie Smith before her were rebels in thier own community. Like if Cardi B had talent that level of shock from the Preacherman.
She's never mentioned here! Never. Well done!
god i love these videos sm
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the BIG missing piece is... that in our dialects, "Rock" meant POSSESSION BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
Very funny ...very true !
This train don't take no sinners...
I wish they had gotten someone else to do this. Thanks for covering the sister though
What 1st Chicago...then then NYC
This is like This is Not Happening without Ari.
Everytime I hear someone say "you're welcome", it's never from the person who actually accomplished the task.
She talks like she actually heard or liked her music lol
Dis, IS, XACTLY, Y, I call black woman GodDESS"s. They R da creators 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
W
That guy was drunk? Stoned, maybe...
I have been a huge Sister Rosetta Tharpe fan for over 50 years. She is fantastic, but if her records were rock and roll so were the records of Freddy Slack and the Will Bradley Trio who first recorded the Rolling Stones/Chuck Berry hit "Down The Road A Piece" in 1940.
Great history..why make this into comedy?...this is a real freakin story about a black musical goddess. Wtf
It's a comedy channel.
Get over yourself.
My Mt. Rushmore of R&R: Chuck Berry Little Richard Elvis AND Sister Rosetta Tharp.
Wait why’s rapman there?😂😂
He's a legend!
the amount of misinformation and representation is astounding Sister Rosetta Tharpe was and incredible performer and Rock and Roll owes her so much. If you know anything, you'll know that popular rock and roll artists including Elvis were inspired by her music and guitar picking. This video is kind of a slap to the face to what she stood for and tried to represent, I love that she's finally being heard of but maybe not bring so much unnecessary comedy when teaching history.
You DO know this is done by COMEDY CENTRAL, right?!? ALL of their episodes are like this. 🙄😂😂😂
I just watched a vid by bailey sairen that led me here
Get over yourself.
"Unnecessary comedy"...on Comedy Central? 😭
No need to disrespect Elvis just because he respected her so much he felt compelled to emulate her. Imitation is the best form of flattery.
He was a thief...especially of black artists. Imitation without reparation is just stealing.
Imitating black people without crediting or paying us is NOT flattering
////// Sistor Tharpe changed her sound AFTER Rock & Roll became it's own genre. It's a misunderstanding I keep seeing on YT, where they show her Later in life (after rock became it's own genre in 1955) & she's covering her earlier songs from 1930s/40s that everyone concludes she was doing Rock back in the 30s & 40s. One example is showing her video in the UK doing Strange Things and This Train in 1964 (which is 9 years aftrer rock began) and everyone concludes she played this way back in the 1930s , which is incorrect. Her early style prior to 1955 sounded like rural accoustic blues, not electric rock & roll.
But Compare how she did the songs early(30s) & later (50s & beyond) and you'll hear she was influenced by pioneers of rock Bill Hailey, Elvis, Chuck, LRichard, Carl Perkins, & a few other obscure artists who accidentally stumbled onto rock... Billboard Music & Historians identify 1955 as the beginning of the rock era, and with a few accidental exceptions here & there, rock didn't solidify until that year.
Another misconception is that Blues & Rock are identical. Rock & Roll and Popular music did not come from only 1 source, it also evolved from contributions from many other artists from different cultures & music styles, such as Appalachin Music (mountain music, bluegrass), Country Music, Pop Music, operatic music, BigBand music, and of course blues, which played a big part.
I didn’t take this seriously and turned it off and isn’t helping people learn
😂😂😂😂
Where is Derek Walters???
He's taking a break. Let the man recover from his hangover.
This is a special UK series
@@carrierogers874 not having it.
@@comedycentraluk Oh Alright.
this lack of respect
This was so annoying, and aggy.
Sister I want to hear your story but I can't handle it coming out of your mouth dirty so I'm out
“Hello. My name is Desiree Birch…and I am… ✨ *f u c k e d u p* ✨”