Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Rock Me
2:36
2That's All
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1938-10-31)
recording of:
That's All (on 1938-10-31)
writer:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1938-10)
2:35
3This Train
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1939-01-10)
recording of:
This Train (on 1939-01-10)
composer:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
version of:
This Train (This Train Is Bound for Glory)
2:43
4Bring Back Those Happy Days
2:55
5There Is Something Within Me
2:27
6Stand By Me
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1941-03-13)
recording of:
Stand by Me (on 1941-03-13)
writer:
Charles Albert Tindley
2:54
7Shout, Sister, Shout!
2:44
8Rock Me
alto saxophone:
Billy Bowen (jazz saxophonist) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08) and Tab Smith (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
baritone saxophone:
Ernest Purce (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
double bass:
George Duvivier (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
guitar:
Trevor Bacon (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
piano:
Raymond Tunia (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
tenor saxophone:
Michael Hadley (from 1943-07 until 1943-08) and Sam “The Man” Taylor (US jazz/blues saxophonist 1916-1990) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
trombone:
Joe Britton (trombonist) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08), Gene Simon (trombonist) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08) and George Stevenson (Jazz trombone player) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
trumpet:
Joe Guy (trumpet) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08), Frank Humphries (from 1943-07 until 1943-08), Joe Jordan (ragtime/jazz musician/composer) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08) and William "Chiefie" Scott (jazz trumpeter, 1940s-1950s) (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
orchestra:
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
conductor:
Lucky Millinder (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
recording of:
Rock Me (from 1943-07 until 1943-08)
writer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
2:49
9I Want A Tall Skinny Papa
2:54
10Singing In My Soul
double bass:
Abe Bolar (on 1944-09-22)
drums (drum set):
‘Doc’ West (on 1944-09-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1944-09-22)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1944-09-22)
recording of:
Singing in My Soul (on 1944-09-22)
writer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
2:57
11I Claim Jesus First
double bass:
Abe Bolar (on 1944-09-22)
drums (drum set):
‘Doc’ West (on 1944-09-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1944-09-22)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1944-09-22)
recording of:
I Claim Jesus First (on 1944-09-22)
writer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
2:43
12Strange Things Happening Everyday
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-09-22)
double bass:
Abe Bolar (on 1944-09-22)
drums (drum set):
‘Doc’ West (on 1944-09-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1944-09-22)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1944-09-22)
recording of:
Strange Things Happening Every Day (on 1944-09-22)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1944-09)
publisher:
Regent Music (BMI)
arrangement of:
Strange Things Happening Every Day
32:53
13Two Little Fishes And Five Loaves Of Bread
double bass:
Abe Bolar (on 1944-09-22)
drums (drum set):
‘Doc’ West (on 1944-09-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1944-09-22)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1944-09-22)
recording of:
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread (on 1944-09-22)
writer:
Bernie Hanighen
2:58
14Jesus Is Here Today
bass guitar and double bass:
Ben Moten (on 1946-05-02)
drums (drum set):
Ed Bourne (on 1946-05-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1946-05-02)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1946-05-02)
recording of:
Jesus Is Here to Stay (on 1946-05-02)
writer:
Samuel Blythe Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (in 1946-05) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1946-05)
2:52
15Jonah
bass guitar and double bass:
Ben Moten (on 1946-05-02)
drums (drum set):
Ed Bourne (on 1946-05-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1946-05-02)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1946-05-02)
recording of:
Jonah (on 1946-05-02)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1946-05)
3:02
16Didn't It Rain
bass guitar and double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1947-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1947-07-01)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-07-01)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1947-07-01)
vocals:
Marie Knight (US gospel/R&B vocalist) (on 1947-07-01) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-07-01)
recording of:
Didn't It Rain (on 1947-07-01)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
H. Knight (in 1947) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1947)
2:40
17Stretch Out
bass guitar and double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1947-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1947-07-01)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-07-01)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1947-07-01)
vocals:
Marie Knight (US gospel/R&B vocalist) (on 1947-07-01) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-07-01)
recording of:
Stretch Out (on 1947-07-01)
writer:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1947)
2:46
18Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1947-11-24)
drums (drum set):
Wallace Bishop (on 1947-11-24)
guitar:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-11-24)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1947-11-24)
vocals:
Marie Knight (US gospel/R&B vocalist) (on 1947-11-24) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-11-24)
recording of:
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air (Sister Rosetta Tharpe version) (on 1947-11-24)
lyricist and composer:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1947-11)
publisher:
Princess Music Publishing Corp
is based on:
Up Above My Head
2:34
19My Journey To The Sky
bass guitar and double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1947-11-24)
drums (drum set):
Wallace Bishop (on 1947-11-24)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-11-24)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1947-11-24)
vocals:
Marie Knight (US gospel/R&B vocalist) (on 1947-11-24) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-11-24)
recording of:
My Journey to the Sky (on 1947-11-24)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1947-11)
3:14
20Down By The Riverside
bass guitar and double bass:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1948-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Herbert Cowans (jazz drummer) (on 1948-12-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1948-12-02)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1948-12-02)
choir vocals:
The Dependable Boys (on 1948-12-02)
arranger:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1948-12)
recording of:
Down by the Riverside (on 1948-12-02)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:32
21Sing And Shout
bass guitar:
James D. Richardson (on 1953-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Theodore Saunders (on 1953-10-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1953-10-17)
organ:
Annette Weber (organist) (on 1953-10-17)
piano:
James Roots (jazz pianist, organist) (on 1953-10-17)
recording of:
Sing and Shout (on 1953-10-17)
writer:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1953-10)
3:21
22Nobody's Fault But Mine
bass guitar:
James D. Richardson (on 1953-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Theodore Saunders (on 1953-10-17)
guitar:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1953-10-17)
organ:
Annette Weber (organist) (on 1953-10-17)
piano:
James Roots (jazz pianist, organist) (on 1953-10-17)
vocals:
Marie Knight (US gospel/R&B vocalist) (on 1953-10-17) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1953-10-17)
recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song) (on 1953-10-17)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:25
23Don't Leave Me Here To Cry
guitar:
Leroy Kirkland (on 1953-11-11)
lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1953-11-11)
orchestra:
Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (on 1953-11-11)
conductor:
Leroy Kirkland (on 1953-11-11)
recording of:
Don't Leave Me Here to Cry (on 1953-11-11)
writer:
Leroy Kirkland (in 1953-11)
3:08
24What Have I Done?
guitar:
Leroy Kirkland (on 1953-11-12)
lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1953-11-12)
orchestra:
Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (on 1953-11-12)
conductor:
Leroy Kirkland (on 1953-11-12)
recording of:
What Have I Done? (on 1953-11-12)
writer:
Phil Medly and Bill Sanford (Songwriter)
2:56
25Don't You Weep, O Mary, Don't You Weep
bass guitar:
William 'Bill' Pemberton (on 1956-02-23)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (on 1956-02-23)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-02-23)
piano:
David Martin (US jazz pianist, active 1930s-1950s; also cellist) (on 1956-02-23)
choir vocals:
The Harmonizing Four (gospel quartet) (on 1956-02-23)
lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1956-02-23)
recording of:
Don't You Weep, O Mary Don't You Weep (on 1956-02-23)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
S. Lee
2:31
26I've Done Wrong
bass guitar:
William 'Bill' Pemberton (on 1956-02-23)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (on 1956-02-23)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-02-23)
piano:
David Martin (US jazz pianist, active 1930s-1950s; also cellist) (on 1956-02-23)
choir vocals:
The Harmonizing Four (gospel quartet) (on 1956-02-23)
lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1956-02-23)
recording of:
I've Done Wrong (on 1956-02-23)
writer:
S. Lee
2:46
27Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do
2:01
28Let's Be Happy
2:19