Swingin', Shoutin', Really Movin' Gospel

Object Details

Recorded by: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973; Little Richard, American, 1932 - 2020
Distributed by: Guest Star Records, American, founded 1954
Manufactured by: Synthetic Plastics Company, American

Description: A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “Swingin', Shoutin', Really Movin' Gospel” recorded by Little Richard and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.14a) has a purple label with white and black lettering. Across the top of the album sleeve (2014.98.14b) is the title in large block letters in a color gradient going from red to yellow: [Swingin', Shoutin', Really Movin'] followed by [GOSPEL] in blue and [LITTLE RICHARD] in red. Below, in smaller black type is [with SISTER ROSETTA THARPE]. The cover features a large color photograph of Little Richard covering the bottom two thirds of the cover. He is wearing a dark suit with white shirt and pocket square and a light-colored pattern tie. He is looking up and has his left hand slightly raised with his palm facing up. He is standing behind what appears to be a pulpit or lectern, with a microphone in stand just beside it.; The back of the sleeve is white with black text divided into thickly blocked sections, with [Gospel] in decorative font at the top, next to a Guest Star Records logo. At center left is the tracking listing [SIDE A / Certainly Lord / Does Jesus Care / Shine For Jesus / Just a Closer Walk / God Leads Us Along]. At center right is the track listing [SIDE B / I've Just Come From The Fountain / Tell God My Troubles / I Do - Don't You / Precious Lord / Jesus Walk This Lonesome Valley].

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

ca. 1964

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)

Place made: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Second Floor, 2 050

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd555c2c81d-1417-464f-95b6-9b1b77127734