biography
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Tharpe, Sister Rosetta
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née Nubin
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1915–73)
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| biography:
| Gospel musician, born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, USA. She began singing and playing guitar in church, and by 1938 was a featured soloist in Cotton Club revues backed by Cab Calloway and Lucky Millinder. Beginning in 1944, she developed a huge following in the burgeoning Gospel market, which she maintained for the rest of her life. |
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