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Title: Gospel hymns, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Creator: Tharpe, Rosetta, d. 1973, singer
Bell, Katie, gospel preacher
Publication Information: Decca Records (Firm)
New York, NY, USA
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Gospel Music History Archive
Rights Information: Contact Dr. Daniel Walker at drdanielwalker@gmail.com
Dr. Daniel Walker, c/o Black voice News, Post Office Box 1581, 4290 Brockton Avenue, Riverside, California 92502
Private collections
Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone:909-543-8424.
drdanielwalker@gmail.com
Description: Phonograph record. Sister Rosettta Tharpe. [Cover page]: "Gospel Hymns. Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Decca Records". Image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe playing acoustic guitar in front of a colorful gothic arch stained glass window. [Page 2]: "Gospel songs". Notes by Alan Lomax about the the songs and the singer. A photograph of Sister Rosetta Tharpe is shown.
[Disc 1]: "Decca
Manufactured by Decca records, Inc., New York, U.S.A.
(72379)
Album no. A-527
8 sides-1
Vocal with guitar
Forgive me Lord and try me one more time (Katie Bell)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
48021 A" -- on one side. "Decca
(72378)
8 sides-2
Jesus taught me how to smile (Rosetta Tharpe)
48021 B" -- on the other side.
[Disc 2]: "Decca
(71526)
God don't like it
48022 A" -- on one side. "Decca
(72380)
8 sides-4
What is the soul of man (Katie Bell)
48022 B" -- on the other side.
[Disc 3]: "Decca
(71523)
8 sides-5
Let that liar alone (Taylor)
48023 A" -- on one side. "Decca
(72016)
8 sides-6
What's the news (Rosetta Tharpe)
48023 B" -- on the other side.
[Disc 4]: "Decca
(72377)
8 sides-7
Nobody knows, nobody cares (Rosetta Tharpe)
48024 A" -- on one side. "Decca
(71524)
8 sides-8
The devil has thrown him down (Rosetta Tharpe)
48024 B" -- on the other side.
[Catalogue of other recommended Decca records]: Lists other albums by Sister Rosetta Tharpe as well as albums by other Decca Records artists Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday.
Type: image
Format: 4 sound discs : analog, mono.
Gospel Music
phonograph records
Identifier: gmha-m70 [Legacy record ID]
gmha-walker-lp-rtharpe-gospel~01...~12
http://doi.org/10.25549/gmha-m70
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/gmha-walker-lp-rtharpe-gospel~01.jpg
Subject: African American gospel singers
Tharpe, Rosetta, d. 1973
Source: gmha-m1 [Source (legacy collection record ID)]
Relation: Daniel Walker (Riverside, CA)
Gospel Music History Archive

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