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Sister Rosetta Tharpe is set to be posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame on May 5. Gayle Wald says the musician would be tickled by the honor.

The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe — the singer and guitarist often called the godmother of rock-and roll — was untold for so long that any attempt to bring it to life had to be seismic.

When Sister Rosetta Tharpe died in 1973, at the age of fifty-eight, she was buried in an unmarked grave outside of Philadelphia. Once, she had been the biggest star in gospel music.

Mainly, Chapman, Johnson, West and the rest of the “Shout Sister Shout” team hope the show will embody the message on Tharpe’s epitaph after she died in 1973 in Philadelphia at 58: ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, in 1915. After becoming a star in her mother’s church in Chicago – one of the few that allowed women to preach, ...

Theater; Cleveland Play House's bio musical on Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 'Marie and Rosetta,' is packed with history but short on magic (review) Published: ; Jan. 31, 2018, 12:00 p.m.

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A new biopic on Cotton Plant native Sister Rosetta Tharpe is in the works, and this one’s got some serious artistic muscle behind it: Oscar-nominated director Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Mick Jagger ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was gospel's first national star and the first gospel musician to play night clubs like the Cotton Club. A new biography is in the works, and musicians continue to record ...

Lizzo Set To Star In Sister Rosetta Tharpe Biopic, With Forest Whitaker Among Producers. Lizzo will take on the role about the revolutionary singer and guitar player's life.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last April, and now a play has been written, exploring her career and rumored bisexuality. Marie and Rosetta plays at the ...