This week’s show celebrates the Godmother of rock ‘n roll who was finally paid tribute with her 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s sanctified electric guitar work not only touched on the cusp of soul and blues, but it foretold what was to come less than a decade later. There were the R&B bands, which she would dabble in (much to the chagrin of her followers), that would also have an impact…but it was her sound that influenced and inspired Elvis, Wanda Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many others, even to this day. We’ll take a deep dive into the music and story of this legend including some of those who she would draw her own inspirations from. Tune in.
| No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Down By the Riverside | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) |  |
| 3 | Fisk Jubilee Singers | Ezekiel Saw De Wheel | Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken | |
| 4 | Thomas A. Dorsey | If You See My Savior | Halleluja Gospel & Prayers | |
| 5 | Golden Gate Quartet | Blind Barnabas | Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats | |
| 6 | Memphis Minnie | I Called You This Morning | Queen Of Country Blues | |
| 7 | Sister O. M. Terrell | God's Little Birds | Country Gospel 1946-1953 | |
| 8 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Didn't It Rain? | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3 | |
| 9 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Four or Five Times | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 | |
| 10 | Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio | Trouble In Mind | Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 | |
| 11 | Marie Knight | Gospel Train | 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 | |
| 12 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) | |
| 13 | Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers | Nobody's Fault But Mine | Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 14 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Beams of Heaven | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 | |
| 15 | Phoebe Snow | Beams of Heaven (feat. The Holmes Brothers) | Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 16 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Intro – Didn't It Rain | Newport Jazz Festival 7/3/64 | |
| 17 | Marie Knight | Didn't It Rain | Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 18 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 99 1/2 Won't Do | Gospel Train | |
| 19 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Fly Away | Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 20 | Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith | When I Lay This Body Down | Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 | |
| 21 | Mahalia Jackson | His Eye Is On The Sparrow | Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns | |
| 22 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Two Little Fishes | Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 23 | Fern Jones | Strange Things Happening Every Day | The Glory Road | |
| 24 | Brittany Howard | That's All Live | That's All – RRHOF | |
| 25 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | That's All | Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution | |
| 26 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Red Foley | Have a Little Talk With Jesus | 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 | |
| 27 | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us | Raising Sand | |
| 28 | Gospel Hebrews | Jesus Is All Over Me | Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 29 | Louis Armstrong | Down By The Riverside | Louis And The Good Book | |
| 30 | The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir | I Want To Ride That Glory Train | Shakin' The Rafters | |
| 31 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | The Natural Facts | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) | |