Sister Rosetta Tharpe Is The Rock & Roll Pioneer Everyone Should Know About

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Queer musician Sister Rosetta Tharpe is FINALLY getting her place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, and you know what?Rosetta was a singer/songwriter who rose to fame in the '30s and '40s by fusing gospel with seriously funky rhythms, helping give birth to rock and roll. Sadly, her contribution often gets forgotten by mainstream audiences.

Sadly this wonderful partnership didn’t last. During one gig, poor Marie’s mother and two small children were killed in a house fire. Marie was devastated and moved away from Rosetta, and Rosetta started focusing on her solo music.After she and Marie parted ways, Rosetta hatched an amazing plan. She’d have a public wedding and a concert afterwards, obvs charging tickets for the whole. It all took place in the Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C.

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