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 ...

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe died from a stroke in 1973, aged 58. Her epitaph reads: “She would sing until you cried and then she would sing until you danced for joy.

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.

Rosetta Tharpe was born in Cotton Plant, Ark., on March 20, 1915, to Katie Bell Nubin Atkins, an evangelist, singer and mandolin player for the Church of God in Christ. Her father was Willis Atkins.

The woman featured is none other than Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the “Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” who has one of the more enviable legacies in music. Her musical disciples and descendants ...

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.

The song is about Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Brant found videos of her on YouTube, “which fueled my interest even further. What an out-of-time quality those videos have.

The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe — the singer and guitarist often called the godmother of rock-and roll — was untold for so long that any attempt to bring it to life had to be seismic.