Sister Rosetta Tharpe: America's Greatest Gospel Singing and Guitar Playing Star

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Description: A souvenir program from a Sister Rosetta Tharpe concert tour in England. The program has a blue cover with a white image and black text. The image depicts Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing. She is standing with a guitar strapped to her shoulder with her arms outstretched. Her eyes are closed. Black text at the bottom of the cover reads “JAZZSHOWS / present / Sister ROSETTA THARPE / America’s Greatest / GOSPEL SINGING and / GUITAR PLAYING STAR / SOUVENIR / PROGRAMME / ONE SHILLING.” The program has eight pages and gives biographical information on Rosetta Tharpe as well as the rest of the band members performing on the tour. The places listed in the program that the tour performed at are “London, Bournemouth, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Newcastle, Harrogate, Bradford, Leeds.” The back cover features an advertisements for a Sister Rosetta Tharpe album and for the 1958 "Floating Tour of Jazz."

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald

1958

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Blues (Music); Gospel (Music); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Jazz (Music); Mass media; Rock and roll (Music); Singers (Musicians)

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