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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments featured song | Go Ahead - Sister Rosetta Tharp
Welcome to Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments. I’m Robert Darden. When Sister Rosetta Tharpe was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, most musicians and historians felt like it was about 20 years too late. Tharpe is considered not only one of the founders of gospel music – but rock itself.
But in truth, she’s truly one of a kind, an influential, iconic artist who really only sounds like herself. Propelled by her confident guitar-picking, Tharpe’s songs – including “Didn’t It Rain,” “This Train,” “Up Above My Head,” “Strange Things Happening Every Day” and dozens more are a unique combination of gospel, spirituals, swing, jump jazz and . yes . the beginnings of rock’n’roll.