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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

1915 - 1973

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the Godmother of rock and roll". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sister Rosetta Tharpe has received more than 2,847,483 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Sister Rosetta Tharpe is the 678th most popular musician (down from 549th in 2019), the 3,500th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,893rd in 2019) and the 221st most popular American Musician.

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  • 52.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sister Rosetta Tharpe ranks 678 out of 2,662Before her are Bob Sinclar, Tito Jackson, Don Felder, Herb Alpert, Jenő Hubay, and Erroll Garner. After her are Adam Levine, Tim Buckley, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Scotty Moore, Mike Rutherford, and Fritz Busch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Sister Rosetta Tharpe ranks 106Before her are André Frossard, Marais Viljoen, Jo Van Fleet, Robert Monroe, Mariano Rumor, and John Profumo. After her are Ken Aston, James Tiptree Jr., Albert O. Hirschman, Henry Kuttner, Caterina Boratto, and Raúl Alberto Lastiri. Among people deceased in 1973, Sister Rosetta Tharpe ranks 116Before her are Dean Corll, Alexander Vandegrift, Joseph Szigeti, Karel Ančerl, Salchak Toka, and Fuad Chehab. After her are Johannes Aavik, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Paul van Zeeland, Âşık Veysel, Lauri Lehtinen, and Yaakov Dori.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sister Rosetta Tharpe ranks 3,500 out of 18,182Before her are Akon (1973), Julie Harris (1925), Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Edward Gorey (1925), Sally Hemings (1773), and Erroll Garner (1923). After her are Adam Levine (1979), Edward Bellamy (1850), Steve Perry (1949), Deke Slayton (1924), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), and Carmen Electra (1972).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Sister Rosetta Tharpe ranks 221Before her are Jerry Garcia (1942), Kenny Loggins (1948), Tito Jackson (1953), Don Felder (1947), Herb Alpert (1935), and Erroll Garner (1923). After her are Adam Levine (1979), Tim Buckley (1947), Scotty Moore (1931), The Big Bopper (1930), Paul Kantner (1941), and Ahmad Jamal (1930).