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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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"Sister" Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) was a pioneering U.S. Gospel singer and songwriter who attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and early rock accompaniment. She became the first great recording star of Gospel music, first surfacing on the pop charts in 1939 with "This Train", her version of the traditional gospel standard. Born Rosetta Nubin on the 20th March 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas

Top songs

  1. My Journey to the Sky
  2. Strange Things Happening Every Day
  3. Didn't It Rain
  4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  5. This Train
  6. Rock Me
  7. Jericho
  8. Down by the Riverside
  9. Precious Memories
  10. Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
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  1. Up Above My Head
  2. Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend
  3. That's All
  4. When They Ring The Golden Bell
  5. Beams Of Heaven
  6. I Want a Tall Skinny Papa
  7. Nobody's Fault But Mine
  8. Rock Daniel (VD129)
  9. Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down
  10. Trouble In Mind
  11. I Shall Know Him
  12. Shout Sister Shout
  13. Stand By Me
  14. Sit Down
  15. 99 1/2 Won't Do
  16. Jonah
  17. All Alone
  18. God Don't Like It
  19. Singing in My Soul
  20. Fly Away
  21. Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread
  22. My Man And I
  23. How About You
  24. Jericho - C2C Remix
  25. How Far from God
  26. Can't No Grave Hold MY Body Down
  27. Shout, Sister, Shout!
  28. Strange Things Happening Everyday
  29. When I Move to the Sky
  30. Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air
  31. Silent Night
  32. The Lonesome Road
  33. Two Little Fishes Five Loaves Of Bread
  34. All Over This World
  35. Pure Religion
  36. The Devil Has Thrown Him Down
  37. Shout, Sister, Shout
  38. Jesus Is Here Today
  39. The Natural Facts
  40. Rock Daniel
  41. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
  42. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
  43. Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves of Bread
  44. Bring Back Those Happy Days
  45. Peace in the Valley
  46. Crying in the Chapel
  47. Let That Liar Alone
  48. I Claim Jesus First
  49. Lay Down Your Soul
  50. Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air
  51. What Is the Soul of Man?
  52. I Want Jesus to Walk Around My Bedside
  53. What He Done for Me
  54. Heaven Is Not My Home
  55. Jericho (C2C Remix)
  56. Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey
  57. Sleep on Darling Mother
  58. I Saw the Light
  59. There Is Something Within Me
  60. The Lord Followed Me
  61. I Want to Live So God Can Use Me
  62. Family Prayer
  63. Forgive Me Lord and Try Me One More Time
  64. Stretch Out
  65. Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares
  66. Saviour Don't Pass Me By
  67. I Heard My Mother Call My Name
  68. There'll Be Peace In The Valley For Me
  69. The End Of My Journey
  70. Four Or Five Times
  71. Precious Lord, Hold My Hand
  72. Teach Me to Be Right
  73. Father Prepare Me
  74. What Is the Soul of Man
  75. I'm in His Care
  76. God's Mighty Hand
  77. Go Ahead
  78. I Can Hear The Angels
  79. Can't Sit Down - Live
  80. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Live
  81. Strange Things Happen Every Day
  82. Ain't No Grave Hold My Body Down
  83. Jesus Is Here to Stay
  84. Never Alone
  85. Sin is to Blame
  86. Look In The Good Book Brother
  87. Last Mile of the Way
  88. Nothing Between
  89. Everybody's Gonna Have a Wonderful Time up There
  90. When I Take My Vacation In Heaven

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