Saturday, 15 January 2011

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973)



This lady influenced Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, amongst others.

Ladies and Gentleman, Sister Rosetta Tharpe!

Follow the link to documentary on BBC IPlayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/xf8k7/

2 comments:

Unknown said...

That was great!

Unknown said...

omg.... the last song!!!!

Welcome!

In this blog I intend to do some historical justice to the many, many women who have contributed with their genius, creativity, adventurous spirit, nurturing - amongst other qualities - to the apparent linear and male dominated prescribed notion of History. This is just the beggining.


Luciana