Her music and style of guitar playing had ... “Elvis loved Sister Rosetta,” Gordon told Rolling Stone in 2017, noting he was especially fascinated by her unique playing style.

Arkansas native Rosetta Nubin Tharpe was one of gospel music’s first superstars, the first gospel performer to record for a major record label (Decca), and an early crossover from gospel to secular ...

A gospel superstar, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) combined traditional gospel music with virtuoso guitar solos on her Gibson SG to create a groundbreaking sound that would ...