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2 unusual facts about Sister Rosetta Tharpe


Chorltonville

In May 1964, Granada Television broadcast Blues and Gospel Train, a programme featuring Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and other musicians touring with the American Folk Blues Festival, at a railway station called "Chorltonville".

The Gospel of Gospel

It features rare footage of some of the greats of gospel, including Thomas Dorsey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and The Edwin Hawkins Singers.


Wynona Carr

Being tipped by The Pilgrim Travelers, who shared a bill with Carr in the late 1940s, Art Rupe signed her to his Specialty label, giving Carr her new stage name "Sister" Wynona Carr (modelled after pioneering gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe) and cutting some twenty sides with her from 1949 to 1954, including a couple of duets with Specialty's biggest gospel star at the time, Brother Joe May.


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