Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train 

@Proles Fighting Over Saucepans Actually, there are so many. Brother Joe May. Archie Brownlee. The voices are so unbelievable it boggles the mind

didn't know much about her … until I watched this … amazing, just amazing !

No arguably about it. Rock and roll started with Charley Patton and Sister Rosetta.

Not true.. only racist black people dnd white liberals push this lie..

amen amen amen

"Amen!"

And she does set the standard , very very high. .

She really wasn’t.. Rock n roll started before and it has roots in white southern music and blues..

@VictorLugosi someone did not do their proper homework or they working extra hard at upholding a narrative for their fragile sense of racial importance... lmaooooo

Oh, that would be AWESOME! :D

This is a genius idea. We need to barrage Queen Latifa's social media!

Damn, that's good casting...

or starring India

Oh yeas, most def...

Didn’t..

​@@VictorLugosiDid

@@vigadotibrand1677 double did

Only God is Divine.

I thought divine was a big white drag queen?

Let's all pray for our friend Herby here.

I have no problem if you pray for me, but you’ll just be talking to yourself.

@Herby Ragan.....It actually takes MORE faith to be an atheist......Let's assume life on Earth evolved from the most basic single cell organism that you can possibly imagine.....Even that basic organism had to be fully functional at the moment it first came into being.....Otherwise it would've ceased to exist shortly after.......At a very minimum the organism had to have a fully formed and functioning barrier ( like a cell wall or skin ) to separate the inside of the organism... from the rest of the outside world..... It also had to be able to divide itself into another fully functioning copy of itself or reproduce offspring right away....or it would 've been the first...and last of it's kind.......It also had to be able to convert energy ( like sunlight ) into some kind of usable food source....since EVERY living organism on earth requires some type of power source to move, grow, reproduce, etc......Think about it....even the most basic organism you can possibly imagine had to have at least a few fully functioning systems in order to exist and reproduce itself on day one....... Just consider the POSSIBILITY that this basic organism could've been created by a supreme being (that we can't fully comprehend)...and then go from there...........And yes....I will still pray for you.....Ha ha ha.

I love her performances and have wanted to see her personality in an interview but cant find any. She has alot of charisma. I would of loved to meet her.

Sister Rosetta invented rock& roll guitar!

I second this!

Sister Rosetta Tharpe did a great performance of "Didn't It Rain" in the UK in 1964, on the Granada Television Network. She arrived at a small, old-style train station, after a heavy rain storm, with a large crowd of teens and young adults in attendance. The train station served as a stage for the band members that performed for this TV special. The video footage is available for viewing here on RU-vid.

Larry Ressler That’s right it was Thursday, May 7 1964 at a disused Railway Station in Chorlton just outside Manchester. Was and always will be a truly amazing and inspiring woman.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3NFywQdeKSo.html

Julian Richards Thank you!

Finally! This pioneer of rock was LONG overdue.

She should’ve been the First person inducted...

@@jdsteppenzyde First year inductees - Chuck Berry - James Brown - Ray Charles - Sam Cooke - Fats Domino - Everly Brothers - Buddy Holly - Jerry Lee Lewis - Lil Richard - Elvis **** I agree, It's the woman thing. 1st Woman Inducted - Aretha Franklin And than like 10 a years - 50 men - 1 woman.

MaryIBEW Thank you. Wow. I understand why those names were in the first inductees, but Sister should have been in that first list. She was a pioneer, and influenced so many stars. I’m sure she would’ve been happy to soothe souls and proclaim for the Lord. Her approach was just soooo much better than the Pope.

@@jdsteppenzyde I was pointing out how woman in general are left out. There is no rhyme or reason the way they pick them.

It was filmed near Manchester, in the Northwest of England, & the track remained open to rail traffic throughout the performance, with Sister Rosetta on one platform, & the audience on another platform, with the live track between them!!

Love that version!

Thanks for the info......hadn' t reallt heard much about her until recently......amazing voice

@@jamespasifull Muddy Waters recorded there as well on the same tour

@@billmavin1998 Same show, apparently! Plus, it's rumoured, a young Eric Clapton & Jimmy Paige were in the audience!! 😲

Jan, for how long? Was she a recent discovery, or has it been a while?

Tim Carr I’ve been listening to her music since I was 10 years old and I am 61 now. I’m from a musical family, bluegrass and gospel music and she has always been one of my favorites ❤️

@@jansummerford1050 I remember my parents playing her 78s as a child (68 now)

Jan, you have me beat. I just discovered her about two years ago. But when Barbara Lynn was featured here a few days ago, I was praising Sister Rosetta. Then, lo and behold, Ms. Tharpe gets a spot tonight.

The song she does there is "Didn't It Rain." Jimmy was a latecomer, Chuck Berry and others from the early 50s drew inspiration from her.