Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll! : presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience
004-008.
Summary
"Award-winning author Tonya Bolden and acclaimed illustrator R. Gregory Christie deliver an inspiring true story about the life, career, and impact of 20th-century blues and gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was a trailblazer for rock-and-roll. Includes a timeline of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's life, author's note, and a list of sources. Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The godmother of rock & roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she grew into a rock & roll trailblazer in a time when women were rarely seen rocking out. Her guitar picking was like nobody else's!"--Publisher marketing.
Subjects
- Blues musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Gospel singers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women singers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American women singers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Rock music > History and criticism > Juvenile literature..
- Rhythm and blues musicians.
- Gospel singers.
- African American women.
- Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 > Biography > Juvenile literature.