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This TV performance was recorded in 1964 in the UK, and was broadcast on the Granada Television Network. Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a Gospel singer and guitarist. She made her first recordings in 1938, the same year that Robert Johnson died. She started out playing acoustic guitars, and then moved up to playing electric guitars. You definitely will need to react to her early-1960s syndicated TV performance of the song, "Up Above My Head". Her guitar solo on that song is incredible. Sister Rosetta Tharp is a posthumous inductee in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as an "Early Influence".

Yes she was the FIRST of something, actually a lot. She was a child star back in the 1920ies i gospel music. She was early on guitar. An inventive player. Early on electric guitar. She was the first who had tour coach. She was first black woman who had white, male background singers. She was the first to hold a stadium concert. Among other inventive things. You need her history, to see other guitar numbers and to hear her sing together with Marie Knight. THAT is dynamite.

First woman to play it like that!!! First PERSON to do it. Elvis, Chuck, all of them loved her.

Mother of the blues guitar along with that powerful voice

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer & guitarist. She attained popularity in the 30's-40's with her gospel recordings & was referred to as "the original soul sister" & "the Godmother of rock & roll". She influenced early rock & roll musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley & Jerry Lee Lewis. Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique & used heavy distortion on her electric guitar. Her style of playing influenced British guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck & Keith Richards. Some of her songs are "Rock Me", "That's All", "My Man & I", "The Lonesome Road", "This Train", "Down By The Riverside", "Strange Things Happening Every Day" etc.

She is on tour in ENGLAND during this video. People including Keith Richards and Eric Clapton drove up to see her in the rain!

1964....She's on tour in ENGLAND. Stones and others brought her, Middy, Howlin Wolf to UK.

Big influence on all the 50’s rockers, especially Chuck Berry.

She was a gospel singer, but she played electric guitar. She inspired many of the early rock and roll musicians. This is 1964, in England. The promoter set the gig in an old railway station, thinking that it would be a good thematic link. To people in England, trains symbolized America. She started playing electric in the 40s, but she started performing as a child.

She is an absolute favourite! Thanks Nic.

She was the fusion of jazz, gospel, and rock and roll, all in one. Take me to church if she is there!

I know this video is years old, but I'm glad you did it. There's something unexplainable in this old blues that just doesn't exist anymore.

She's rocking in heaven

This is from a concert in Manchester, Northern England, in 1964.

So you can know how they got such good sound. She had been in show business for 25 years and had plugged into plenty of sub standard sound systems. She had way ahead of her time equipment, PROOF of this if you look, you will notice that she has a transmitter in her pocket, both her mic and guitar are wireless.

She was a wonderful Gospel singer/player who created riffs before Chuck Berry did. She had blues too.

Rumour has it, that in that audience, were two young guitarists, Eric Clapton, & Jimmy Paige!!! 😲😲😲 I wonder what happened to THEM?!?! 🤔

What a beautiful experience this was. So grateful for you. 🎁

January 11th Pennsylvania state holiday Sister Rosetta Tharpe Day

Love Sister Rosetta Tharpe ❤

No 60s. The SONG is earlier but THIS recording is from a tour she did in the UK in 1964.

Deserves to be in Hall of Fame

Bless You!

Love her iconic '61 Gibson SG

It's criminal that this has only had 1,600 odd views...

You might be thinking of Big Mama Thornton, who recorded Hound Dog in 1952, three years before Elvis Presley's watered-down version was a hit.

I think she started playing ELECTRIC GUITAR with her gospel music.

Just waiting for someone to do a movie with Queen Latifa - it would be great

There's a great movie about her life if you're interested. She was first popular in the 30's and 40's . This clip in 1964 ...she died 9 years later in 1973

This video was filmed in 1964. However this song was originally released by her in 1948!!!! Here is the original recording. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aHmiE82Ynkk.html So that's why she's been called godmother of rock. She's 12 years older than Chuck Berry.

She mentored Janice and many others

She is the godmother of rock and roll she is the one who invented rock and roll if it wasn't for her rock music even metal music wouldn't even be in existence that's what I love about her yeah rock and roll is black people's music not white not being racist but just telling the truth that's all oh almost forgot when she invented the rock and roll sound it was in the 30s she's been around that long

This was filmed in the 60’s for Grenada TV. When she was older. Sister was born in 1915. Rock and roll was born, straight out of the sanctified, Holiness churches. From her childhood, Sister traveled with her mother; who was an evangelist with the Church of God in Christ. Sister, was who all these young rockers grew up listening to. Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and later… all the European rockers.

Love this song!

I take from your expressions you like it very much .

She wrote Hound Dog

She is the godmother of rock and roll

Love her, amazing

It's very sad to know,That she was rich,yet she is unknown to society and is buried,in unknown grave,and her last husband was,her manager.How is this possible for her not to be acknowledged. In Hall of fame,and worse layer to rest in an,unmarked grave,

This is awesome! Thank you!

👏🏻👏🏻loved her 🙂 Bless you 🤧💕

It's in ENGLAND. It's raining. Scuzzy setting. White audience. It's 1964. Gospel Rock/Blues.

Those whites in England LOVED her lol.

1964, Manchester, England.

Probably 1964 in England. Part of the American Folk and Blues concerts

She was wonderful ❤❤

Fun fact this is one of the first performances using a wireless microphone

This song was originally recorded in 1947.

I love that lady and when I got turned onto her I fell in love. She, Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald are music to my ears. Did I mention I am just a white man living a white trash life?

This is groovy. Didn't know this lady & thought it may have been the 1973 Lord's Prayer but that was Sister Janet Mead.

she was played by Yola in the Elvis movie, check her out too!!!!

1964, england

Nope 1961 onwards, the Gibson SG (which she is playing) didn’t come out until 1961.

Check out the gospel video of " Marion Williams" ( Packin Up)

Tharpe is the correct spelling, 1964 is the year.

English Tv 1960s

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And gospel.

Rosetta brings to much charisma. It's very dated in some ways, ahead of its time in some ways, it's proto-rock and soulful and gospel and all around awesome.

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We get stuck with Taylor swift today instead of this marvelous woman

SHOW SOME RESPECT AND SPELL HER NAME CORRECTLY.

Listen to her singing "I can hear the angels calling" it's killer.

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