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Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll!: presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll

Rock and roll Rosetta (portion title)
Roll, Rosetta, roll (portion title)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll (portion title)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock and roll (portion title)

Bolden, Tonya (author.). Christie, R. Gregory 1971- (illustrator.).

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!"--

Record details

ISBN: 0062994387
ISBN: 9780062994387
Physical Description: print
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023