Lizzo is set to make her movie debut in Amazon MGM Studios’ music biopic, Rosetta, the “Godmother of Rock and Roll,” Sister ...

Lizzo stars in Amazon’s ‘Rosetta,’ honoring rock pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. See how the film reclaims her legacy at ...

She married minister Thomas A. Thorpe in 1934. The marriage was short-lived; after their divorce, Rosetta kept the last name, changing the spelling to “Tharpe” for use as her stage name. Later, in the ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, guitar-playing American gospel singer, gives an impromptu performance in a lounge at London Airport, following her arrival from New York on Nov. 21, 1957. AP PHOTO ...

When I dug deeper, I realized it was Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Elvis didn't just take a song; he adopted her style." Sister Rosetta Tharpe was known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll.

When Sister Rosetta Tharpe died in 1973, at the age of fifty-eight, she was buried in an unmarked grave outside of Philadelphia. Once, she had been the biggest star in gospel music.

As she rose to early fame, Sister Tharpe — who took her stage moniker from a variation of her first husband's last name — stood almost alone in the American pop culture landscape. Her first ...

She was recording in the late 1930s.” Sister Rosetta Tharpe didn't just sing gospel, she altered it. Instead of using a piano, like male gospel singers before her, she played an electric guitar.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a pioneer in many ways - her high spirited gospel music, accompanied by her own rocking electric guitar presaged rock and roll, breaking colour and gender barriers as ...

The name and music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Mar 20, 1915 - Oct 9, 1973) has been making the rounds in this centennial year of her birth. The American ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the most influential gospel-rockers of the '30s and '40s. But until recently, her grave remained completely unmarked, bereft of a proper memorial.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is set to be posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame on May 5. Gayle Wald says the musician would be tickled by the honor.