Sister Rosetta Tharpe: the original soul sister. From: Sing Out! | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Gilmore, Lea | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sing Out Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The line wrapped around the corner. Women in big hats and white gloves, men in suits with freshly shined shoes and children in their Sunday best, standing in line waiting to be part of the soon to be standing room only crowd that would fill the neighborhood Pentecostal church. Soon the familiar syncopated rhythms of a music that began in the cotton fields and matured in the sanctified church were heard, as a small woman, dressed to the nines and strumming a guitar let out a joyful ...

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