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Sister Rosetta Tharpe brought a roaring electric guitar into gospel before rock and roll had a name, shaping the sound that later filled stadiums.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973)

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Tharpe came out of Black Pentecostal music with a voice built for church and a guitar attack that pointed straight at rock. The later story of the genre often centred men with louder publicity, but listen backwards and she is there first: bending sacred music through amplification, rhythm and showmanship. Influence is not always a straight line. Sometimes it is a current others learn to name later.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, rock and roll’un adı yokken gospel’e gürleyen bir elektro gitar getirdi ve sonradan stadyumları dolduracak sesi biçimlendirdi.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973)

Tharpe Siyah Pentekostal müzikten geldi; sesi kilise için, gitar çalışı ise doğrudan rock'a işaret edecek güçteydi. Türün sonraki hikâyesi çoğu zaman daha çok tanıtılan erkeklerin çevresinde anlatıldı; ama geriye doğru dinleyince önce o vardır: kutsal müziği amplifikasyon, ritim ve sahne gücüyle büker. Etki her zaman düz bir çizgi değildir. Bazen başkalarının adını sonradan koyduğu bir akıntıdır.

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