Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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About Sister Rosetta Tharpe
"Sister" Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) was a pioneering U.S. Gospel singer and songwriter who attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and early rock accompaniment. She became the first great recording star of Gospel music, first surfacing on the pop charts in 1939 with "This Train", her version of the traditional gospel standard. Born Rosetta Nubin on the 20th March 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas
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My Journey to the Sky
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Strange Things Happening Every Day
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O Little Town Of Bethlehem
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Didn't It Rain
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This Train
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Rock Me
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Jericho
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Down by the Riverside
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Precious Memories
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Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
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Up Above My Head
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Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend
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That's All
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When They Ring The Golden Bell
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Beams Of Heaven
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I Want a Tall Skinny Papa
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Nobody's Fault But Mine
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Rock Daniel (VD129)
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Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down
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Trouble In Mind
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I Shall Know Him
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Stand By Me
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Shout Sister Shout
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Sit Down
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Jonah
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99 1/2 Won't Do
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God Don't Like It
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All Alone
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Singing in My Soul
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Fly Away
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Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread
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My Man And I
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Jericho - C2C Remix
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How About You
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Can't No Grave Hold MY Body Down
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How Far from God
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Strange Things Happening Everyday
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Shout, Sister, Shout!
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When I Move to the Sky
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Silent Night
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Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air
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The Lonesome Road
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Two Little Fishes Five Loaves Of Bread
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Pure Religion
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All Over This World
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The Devil Has Thrown Him Down
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Shout, Sister, Shout
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The Natural Facts
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Jesus Is Here Today
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Rock Daniel
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