🎵#AmericanHistory #BLACKHistory | The GODMOTHER OF ROCK and ROLL. A musical pioneer. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born March 20, 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas) - crossed the line between the sacred and the secular. A singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. A pioneer of twentieth-century music - she attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings that were a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic/early ROCK accompaniment. She became gospel music’s first crossover artist and its first great recording star, referred to later as “the original soul sister”. She was an early influence on figures such as Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.

She performed her music of “light” in the “darkness” of the nightclubs and concert halls with big bands behind her, Tharpe pushed spiritual music into the mainstream and helped pioneer the rise of pop–gospel beginning with her 1939 hit “This Train.” She laid the foundation of rock and roll music and is known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll. “Didnt it raaaaaain children…!” All hail! #HappySunday #SisterRosettaTharpe #GodmotherOfRockAndRoll #MusicHistory #Musician #Guitarist #SacredandSecular #Power #MyMuse #Rock #Gospel #Blues #RockAndRoll #Guitar #HappySunday #Inspiration #LookAtThatStyle #WhyHasntSheBeenInductedIntoTheRockAndRollHallOfFame #PBS