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Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Object Details

Recorded by
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
Little Richard, American, 1932 - 2020
Distributed by
Marble Arch Records, British, 1964 - 1994
Manufactured by
Pye Records, British, 1953 - 2013
Description
A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe” recorded by Little Richard and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.17a) has a yellow label with black lettering. The front of the album sleeve (2014.98.17b) has the title of the album in orange lettering at top [Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe]. Below the title is a large color photographic image of Little Richard wearing a silver and blue sequined outfit, standing and playing hthe piano. A guitar player is partially visible in the background. The back of the sleeve is white with black text. The title is printed in large letters at the top, followed by the track listing [Little Richard - "Certainly Lord" / Little Richard - "Does Jesus Care" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Shine For Jesus" / Little Richard - "Just a Closer Walk" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "God Leads Us Along" / Little Richard - "I've Just Come From the Fountain" / Little Richard - "Tell God My Troubles" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "I Do - Don't You?" / Little Richard - "Precious Lord" / Little Richard - "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley"]. Below the track listing is a biography of Little Richard on the left and a black-and-white photograph of Richard performing with a band.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
1970
Object number
2014.98.17ab
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Type
record covers
long-playing records
Medium
vinyl, ink on paper
Dimensions
Diameter (record): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
H x W (album jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (31.5 × 31.5 cm)
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Media Arts-Audio Recordings
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Gospel (Music)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Mass media
Rhythm and blues (Music)
Rock and roll (Music)
Singers (Musicians)
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.98.17ab
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd503bfe412-267a-43ee-94d3-4cbba9f5e0e0

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