The Woman who Invented Rock n' Roll

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Other Songs Used:
Unfamiliar Territory - Josef Falkenskold
All We've Been Dreaming Of (Instrumental Version) - Particle House
Sound Editing by Graeme Haerther
00:00 Intro
00:54 Title Card
01:01 Unique Sound
01:53 Early Recordings
03:42 Sex and Scandal
05:10 Performances
05:50 Guitar Playing and Legacy
08:19 Tharpe Revival
09:00 Conclusion

[@AwesomeGodinez]

I can just imagine Chuck Berry’s cousin at Sister Rosetta’s concert and getting on the phone like “Chuck, Chuck, it’s your cousin, Marvin, Marvin Berry. You know that new sound you’re looking for, well listen to this.”

[@aristotleasparaguspodcast1129]

Marvin Berry was a real person, he actually was part of a real group that performed a cover version of Earth Angel, so that isn't impossible lol

[@cashcrew]

That heavy lol

[@miles4200_]

Like Back to the future. Yeah

[@JL0ndon]

@Pizza Man what does that even mean? marvin berry? Is your channel real?

[@JL0ndon]

@Pizza Man who’s channel? That’s what I’ve been asking. Are you talking about a channel for Marvin Berry? Or for the OP? Your reply didn’t explain who you were talking about.

[@amparoohoo3532]

Everytime I told someone that rock was invented by a black woman, they'd never believe it. Thank you for this video! Sister Rosetta Tharpe deserves the world!

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Those people are actual idiots (or you are lying) they clearly don’t listen to rock or metal for that matter, this is coming from me. A conservative 21 year old white guy. Rock is electrified blues, it was the basis of bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin to use to create the different sounds of the metal genre and all their influences were black American blues singers which were very popular in the UK

[@heartstrings110]

It’s true. Elvis did a REMAKE of her song, ‘Hound dog.’

[@gigisasz4580]

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Then I guess my Mum who was a famous Blues “Jazz” singer in England during WWll who was singing from her Father’s voice training by age 15 and became a child star on the radio (Carroll Levitt Show) during my GF and GM doing (or starting up) Vaudevillian Acts in the UK doesn’t count?? Yes there were what was called “Negro Spiritual” songs or Gospel from way back then before my Mum was born in the 1920’s in the UK and in the US, which may have influenced her some but her sound in the UK (which was professionally recorded) was what Sarah Vaughan sounded like in the US years later.. so I know that there were many, many, many influences from all over the world at the same time that eventually became Big Band, R&B, Jazz and R&R. The end.

[@thisdayoff2253]

@@heartstrings110 Big Mama Thornton wrote Hound Dog. Another musical legend.

[@Regalman]

@@gigisasz4580 Rock did not come from the UK stop it. Rock was out way before WW2 and goes all the way back to the American plantations. Leave our foundational black american culture alone. Go eat the tea biscuits.

[@sms1511]

Sister Tharpe and so many other black women like Memphis Minnie and Big mama Thorton had such a huge influence on modern music all overlooked and never given their due.

[@1funkyflyguy]

Absolutely true.

[@gregbundy2752]

I do like Big Mama Thornton ♥️🎼🤗

[@Godloveszaza]

Because they were black and plus the people after them were better. We really have to thank the british if it werent for their love of black music rock and roll wouldve never been a thing since america spat on black music.

[@dvt1393]

​@@GodloveszazaI wouldn't say that the artists after them were "better" as much as they were able to build on the foundations set by these pioneers. It usually happens that the trailblazers are overshadowed by those that follow.

[@fishypaw]

The Reddit sub r/guitar has a picture of her on the main page. I didn't really know anything about her though, so thanks for enlightening me. She deserves more recognition.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodBallsack]

eyyyyy that's right!!!

[@holidaycomplex]

they did her dirty with the picture on the sub tho lol

[@RickyMontijo]

fishy paw no shit? Good on em....

[@gb7995]

My favorite thing about this video is that you added to the conversation without taking away. It's so easy to knock Elvis or to put down certain individuals on the "who created Rock 'n' Roll music" debate, but you didn't do that. Without her, we wouldn't be where we are today.

[@CorbCorbin]

Geoffrey Blasiman I’m really not trying to take anything away from her, because I love her music and what she did. But, to say there would be no rock n roll without her is just false. The Elvis quote is only part of the story, as he name Big Momma Thornton as a huge inspiration. Jerry Lee Lewis was listening to a completely different group of musicians, and the piano players like Jelly Roll Morton aren’t usually given the credit they deserve with inspiring the genre, because he was mainly associated with Jazz. Lightning Hopkins was playing leads and rhythms on acoustic, that eventually became what others did in Electric Rock n Roll, in the 30s. He was also forgotten by most people until the 60s. Some say he was the birth, or they’ll go to what Charlie Christian was doing, or many different country session players were doing, as the beginning of rock n roll. Other musician’s styles were just straight copied by songwriters and producers throughout the late 40s and 50s, and used for what became Rock n Roll. Many blues players thought Electric blues music would never be popular, or just disliked the sound, and held out until the 50s. One also needs to hear the uncensored versions of songs that were sold at juke joints, and not only had different lyrics, but everything was more progressive musically. Those go back as far as the 20s. She undoubtedly influenced many, and integral to the genre, but there were others playing who never recorded, and after her there was a generation going Electric with or without inspiration from her. Also, technology pushed the music as much as any one musician did.

[@gb7995]

I didnt imply there wouldnt be Rock music without her, but it absolutely wouldnt be the same today without her

[@CorbCorbin]

Geoffrey Blasiman You’re right. I still think we’d be where we are today, but I do wonder how big a ripple that would be.

[@tho2ea]

Elvis never "stole" the Big Mama Thornton version of hound dog. He actually copied THIS version kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHu0Xpl6l5mAatU by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys. Elvis' version actually bears little resemblance whatever to The original by Thornton, It's glaringly apparent to anyone paying attention that the singing styles and arrangements are very different. Thornton's version was tongue in cheek, full of innuendo evidenced by the fact that she was originally a comedian, NOT a blues singer, with most of the nuance being all but lost on the Presley version. It's all been propagated by ham handed revisionists out to slur Presley's name, but with the goal of giving credit where credit is due to black artists. Elvis always gave credit to black artists personally.

[@dannyanime3468]

ThomEA elvis a vulture

[@carmemwickman5594]

She was amazing and I really hope the legend that she is buried with her Gibson is true, that would be so rock and roll!!!

[@baronsaturday9560]

Yeah, that would be great! :)

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

Man you sound very sarcastic and racist!! i See right through that b*******

[@harvey1954]

That would be a waste of a good guitar. Somebody else could have used it, hopefully someone in her family. My wife is buried in the same cemetery as Tharpe. When she was first buried there she didn't even have a tombstone so I doubt that whoever buried her would have put the guitar in her casket. They had to have a benefit concert at the Keswick Theater to get her a tombstone. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX6zY3Zoqbikha8

[@Goatchild90]

About time my Girl got some credit and no better time than Black History Month to shed some light on a Legend

[@gnarwhal7562]

I just wish Black history weren't relegated to a month

[@cumpilled]

@@gnarwhal7562 dont forget that you can be part of that change, by sharing black stories all year round whenever relevant :)

[@baronsaturday9560]

Joshua - Yeah, without Rosetta Tharpe no Chuck Berry, no Elvis, no Bo Diddley, although they had lots of other influences too... She seems to be the big missing link between gospel, blues, and rock&roll..

[@hensen5309]

Y’all need to watch Morgan Freeman’s interview about Black History month. Black history is American history and shouldn’t be segregated

[@charlottebraby1478]

Musical genius

[@nenrit-elijahgreen3571]

my bi grandma said we can get rock and roll. as a treat

[@imaXkillXya]

She was Punk AF. She was a honey badger.

[@nrdscott]

You mean punk is Tharpe af

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

She was great and she did not invent rock and roll. It was invented in the late '40s by black jump blues musicians as a sacrilegious joke, combining black jump blues with black gospel, the joke being partying and sex are _our_ religion; that was a period when she didn't approve of secular songs, let alone sacrilegious songs. "We're Gonna Rock" Wild Bill Moore 1947 (#3 R&B) "Good Rocking Tonight" Wynonie Harris 1947 (#1 R&B) "Rock And Roll" Wild Bill Moore 1948 "Man Eater" Jay McNeely 1948 "Hole In The Wall" Albennie Jones with Sam Price and his Rockin' Rhythm 1949 "Rock The Joint" Jimmy Preston 1949 (#6 R&B) "Rock That Boogie" Jimmy Smith 1949 "Boogie At Midnight" Roy Brown 1949 (#3 R&B) "Butcher Pete" Roy Brown 1949 "Rockin' All Day" Jimmy McCracklin 1949 "All She Wants To Do Is Rock" Wynonie Harris 1949 (#1 R&B) "Little Red Hen" Johnny Otis 1949 "Jump And Shout" Erline "Rock And Roll" Harris 1949

[@ccolby8593]

Brazilian Atlantis 'strange things happening everyday' recorded in 1944 Electric guitar, rhythm piano, bass,drums. Regardless of the lyrical content, im pretty sure musically, that formula is the base for r&r.

[@monzorella1]

Huh?

[@monzorella1]

@@thebrazilianatlantis165 you are wrong

[@Jamie-mm8cj]

Sad that because she's a black woman she gets no recognition at all. Didn't know she existed until now as I heard about chuck berry way before

[@Noiee_suspirium]

Not just bcs she's black, more like bcs she's a woman, and rnr is mostly rulled by men lol 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@shabrethajennings7291]

@@Noiee_suspirium No because she's black

[@lillierobinson1786]

@@Noiee_suspirium ALL Black people were subjected to American Aphartied. black music culture was appropriated and he origins attributed to white male artists. Yes women were ignored as r n r artists but I totally disagree that her gender was more limiting than her race. It's offensive imo to quantify and speculate on black women's experience and oppression. Usually I find that white women are eager to do that. Stop it

[@Noiee_suspirium]

@@lillierobinson1786 stop being sensitive it literally was just an opinion I had that literally didn't hurt anyone and yeah of course it was racist times but bcs she was a woman it affected even more her career, Jesus.

[@gymrat8164]

@@Noiee_suspirium it has more to with the fact that she’s black than her being a woman. White women in America and more rights than every demographic outside of white men.

[@MichaelHattem]

Really well done. Taught a course on US popular music history and devoted a whole class session to her.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I loved this. Didn't know her life story. What a legend.

[@cat-iq9gt]

it makes me upset we don’t hear more about her! she was such a badass and i’m glad she is getting the credit she deserves! i can’t wait to tell my friends about her!

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

👍💯💯

[@thescoobymike]

Damn and to think I never even heard of her before. Thanks for bringing her exposure to modern music lovers!

[@wickedhouston5538]

some people like to rewrite history

[@harrynac6017]

@@wickedhouston5538 or fill the gaps

[@rodawallace]

Now go search for Bessie Smith, then Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton.

[@irrh]

I first learned about her from the 2001 French film "Amélie" from a moment in which the main character records interesting television clips for her home-bound neighbor. The "Up Above My Head" clip was featured.

[@ddei989]

Same, I remember being absolutely enthralled by her performance just Amelie was in the movie.

[@MikeJBeebe]

Dear Polyphonic, stop being entertaining and awesome; you're wrecking the rest of KZbin for me.

[@MrMikesdaddy]

Exactly Mike....

[@MotesTV]

It's weird I can find a single thing about her early life or anyone that has anything negative to say about her, it's almost like she was the perfect person or like there is some agenda pushing her aggrandizement.

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

​@@MotesTVyou sound mad and disappointed but I would expect that coming from white people anyway you guys are so hateful inside and out so that's nothing new

[@creepingjesus5106]

Yes! A thousand times yes! The BBC documentary got me into her, I've spread the word as best I can, since. I'd love to know though, just how hard her right hand was picking in the earlier work, when she was mostly using reso's. It's a bit more refined by the SG years, but still brutally heavy. It's a sound that commands attention.

[@peacefulpossum2438]

I'm so glad this amazing woman is finally getting some attention. Rock n' roll as we know would not exist without her.

[@bobbyschannel349]

Rock and roll was invented by so many people so many other influences including her it wasn't invented by one person

[@peacefulpossum2438]

@@bobbyschannel349 i didn’t say she invented it. I stand by my statement.

[@Danny-fs1hk]

@@peacefulpossum2438you are spot on!

[@pughoneycutt1986]

I grew up listening to sister Rosetta on the John R show on WLAC in Nashville I'm really happy to see someone else admit that she invented rock and roll

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

👏💯

[@Pheicou]

A biopic of this woman in this day and age would be a hit.

[@timcarr6401]

Who would be able to do the role, sing and play her way?

[@Eloraurora]

Given how exploitative recent biopics of famous women have been (and the colorism pitfall in casting, as in the Nina Simone biopic) I almost think you could do more justice to her story in animation - especially in a more expressive style.

[@timcarr6401]

@@Eloraurora Please elaborate on your "colorism pitfall in casting" line.

[@Eloraurora]

@@timcarr6401 In _Nina,_ the production cast Zoe Saldana to play Nina Simone. The backlash described her as "a black actress in blackface." I worry that, in a risk-averse, big-budget movie-making atmosphere, studios won't put out a proper talent search to find the best possible actress for the role. They'll want a big name to draw in audiences, and most of the 'big name' black actresses are light-skinned and slender. I believe there's _someone_ out there who can do justice to the role, but I don't trust _studio execs_ to give it to her.

[@Eloraurora]

@@timcarr6401 When the movie _Nina_ cast Zoe Saldana to play Nina Simone, they used foundation to significantly darken her skin tone. It offended people. I worry that, because biopics usually rely on 'big name' actors to secure funding, they'd pick someone famous instead of looking for an unknown triple-threat, and possibly end up pulling some similar mess.

[@noacog4u320]

Thanks for making this video because people always talk about me for being black and liking rock when a black woman made it in the first place

[@keepinitkawaii]

Dude same! I was harrassed at a foo fighters concert for being black as if Jimi Hendrix isnt known as the best guitarist in the world 🤷🏾‍♀️ people are daft

[@West-Telecom]

Rock&roll not rock

[@West-Telecom]

@@keepinitkawaii No

[@ancientafricanwarrior9989]

@@West-Telecom rock and roll is Rock

[@West-Telecom]

@@ancientafricanwarrior9989 Rock & roll is the "origin" of rock. But these sayings are completely different. Chuck Berry and Led Zeppelin don't sing the same thing. Don't you know such primitive things ??? Investigate a little first and then talk. Rock & roll was an entertaining genre created by black musicians. Nothing else just for fun. Rock & roll performers entertained the audience, danced, and played rhythmic songs on the guitar. Their audience was dominated by women. Because these songs were to entertain them. The term rock & roll was also coined as "side-playing" music. Over time, white musicians have revolutionized the genre. They formed "rock", synthesized it with European classical genres, with metal, created different forms of this genre. Rock combines great philosophical meaning, power and art. During the Cold War, rock was the anthem of the people. It's just that when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was created, the people who played a big role in its formation did not want to separate rock from rock & roll and create a separate fund for each of them. Because in all cases, one was important in the creation of the other. The creators (Ahmet Ertegun) of the "Hall of Fame" also collaborated with rock and roll performers. That is why the performers of both genres are remembered in the Hall of Fame. However, they are completely different genres.Stop to be COVARD and stop to delete my comments.

[@davidvargas7165]

FINALLY, She get's some recognition

[@gregoryrice2121]

FAKE NEWS Revisonist history. PBS is tax payer funded liberal propaganda

[@alexroberts1641]

@@gregoryrice2121 Excuse me?

[@girlsnightgirIsnight]

Gregory Rice more like finally bringing back to light the history that white supremacy erased

[@anatomicalvenus]

Gregory Rice - Crack? Is it crack that you smoke?

[@anunimportantcomment1983]

@@gregoryrice2121 get some sleep bud you may need it

[@salemflowers4122]

Thank you for finally covering Sister Tharpe. She’s honestly awesome.

[@youtubeuser2894]

I was just about to read up on her just now while having dinner, after hearing about her influence earlier on today. I refresh my KZbin subscription box to find a Polyphonic video on her just uploaded. What are the chances.

[@JoJo-jy2rw]

Serendipity

[@sky1luv793]

The robots have taken over. We're living in the Matrix man. Lol

[@andrewv.l.8908]

Thank you for doing this video. Sister Rosetta Tharpe is incredibly overlooked.

[@PabloRuizMega]

most people think the rolling stones and elvis invented rock and roll it was really sam phillips

[@jebatman756]

She was incredible and deserves a lot of recognition. I don't care about a musician's gender, ethnicity or their sexual orientation, I just care about good music and she certainly was a great musician and pioneer.

[@SlyStone67]

A video on Sly and the family stone would be amazing

[@waynejohanson1083]

I agree

[@keanuismyfather7477]

The existence of the music you listen to is probably owed to this woman. Freaking legend 🤘🏿 🎸

[@theyescapedtheweightofdarkness]

Wow a black bi woman started rock and roll.... And no one talks about it

[@annakubitz]

I actually learned about Sister Rosetta Tharpe in my pop culture class in college and I had never heard of her before that, which is crazy. I'm so glad people are trying to bring attention to her and honor her legacy!

[@ashleighsalinas8526]

This woman was musically gifted! Love her so much

[@curiousone6435]

Sister Rosetta is an American gem. A true philosopher, a power multiplier. Love her.

[@IronheartvsMiles]

she African

[@theoncomingdork]

god damn this woman is now my idol

[@benkenobi_]

She literally is the inventor of rock and roll lol, and never gets any recognition

[@agenri1]

,Who cares? And she didn't really single handed invented Rock n Roll. She influenced some of the guys that came after her but that's it. In that manner I can say that Robert Johnson, Son House, Skip James and all of the old blues players invented Rn'R

[@user-zu2gi3rm7p]

@@agenri1 she paved a way. And if she didn't then you wouldn't hear rock music today. She inspired someone who inspired someone and so on so fortg

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

​@@agenri1and I can say that you're a big liar now go

[@ObservableObserver]

I never heard of her. I just googled her and found out that her induction in the rock and roll hall of fame was just in 2018. For comparison, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley had both of their inductions in 1986, which was the very first year of the hall of fame (32 years(!) before her and both of them named her as a very great influence on their music). That is crazy! I thought, maybe me not knowing her was just showing that I don't know that much about the history of rock and roll and I would be fine with that. I don't claim to be an expert in rock and roll music after all. But the hall of fame claims to be an expert on that specific subject and what they did to her just shows the music industry as a whole purposefully ignored her for many dacades. It's probably not hard to guess why they did that.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

She deserves the recognition more than ever

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

She already has she's in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame and she's the queen of rock and roll

[@RobOwenKing]

"Rosetta rolled her eyes when she played She knew that strange things happen every day And that the white boy hype would eventually fade But the way that she played would remain"

[@sophiejones7727]

so this one's for our sister, who was the first to rock, and played better than a Mr. Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

[@jimbeam8338]

How racist of you

[@Davo32310]

@@jimbeam8338 Whats racist is you responding to Black people responding to white supremacy but not addressing white supremacy

[@radiatorqcpogo3268]

@@jimbeam8338 we all know you're a troll lol

[@upperclassnoobs]

​@@Davo32310 I'm more concerned with Jewish supremacy

[@TheFancifulFish]

Fortunately, Ms. Tharpe gradually began receiving the credit she deserved for her innovation

[@NigelCampbell]

Man, you hitting the nail on the head with these video essays. You have a journalist's eye for detail and the corresponding grip on language. Good stuff!

[@jeffwalker6815]

The 'Nic Tesla' of rock and roll.

[@sirhats1954]

Can you do a video on Doo Wop please?!?!?

[@Alexander-tf8uj]

YES! DO THAT!!

[@briane596able]

Some debate but it’s American’s original pop music

[@blackanimequeen253]

Thank you so much for making this video I've heard of sister Rosetta Tharpe she to me is the first black Rockstar and the first black woman a queer woman in Rock and Roll History black people made rock music thank you so much for making this video I really do appreciate it and because of her rock music and black rock stars we all know in love is still flourishing

[@West-Telecom]

In your dreams. Ok ???

[@blackanimequeen253]

Whatever you wish you could be as

[@lulairenoroub3869]

It's funny how people use "Godparent" to mean progenitor, when it actually means backup parents :p

[@mockturtlesuppe]

Lulaire Noroub This is just me, but I always see “Godfather” as being indicative of someone who did not technically originate a particular style of art, but who was highly and universally influential to those who did. The “fathers” are those who directly developed the style, and the “king” is whomever perfects, popularizes, or legitimizes the style.

[@marchdave1]

I had to look up progenitor

[@lulairenoroub3869]

@@marchdave1 I hope you enjoyed the experience :)

[@harvey1954]

@@mockturtlesuppe But a Godfather is also someone who is picked by parents to ensure their child is brought up in the faith they have chosen.

[@StephenParlow]

The first time I've heard/seen her was "didn't it rain" and I couldn't help but crack a smile seeing her take the stage, and then my smile stayed as she started playing and singing.

[@devzeppilin]

This is the best channel I’ve ever come across on KZbin. I love all the great content and effort put into it; you also cover some of my favorite artists of all-time with sharp accuracy. Please always keep it going!

[@lenseeds2445]

Thanks for bringing this woman's work to people's attention. Great presentation and graphics too. Well done all around.

[@kgrimes4934]

Tharpe was never forgotten in the black community esp in the east and south. She is and always been to gospel music what Bess Smith is to the Blues and Mahalia Jackson is to gospel singing.

[@jessepinkeye2339]

This honor is long overdue. Thank you for making this video!

[@codywhittle7943]

Good Job, man! Your videos are great, and they keep getting better. Keep it up.

[@toyfreaks]

Thanks for letting me know about Rosetta! What an amazing life and legacy. These are the episodes that keep me coming back to Polyphonic!

[@mattgilbert7347]

"Lovecraft Country" just tipped it's hat to Sister Rosetta in episode one's block party scene.

[@unknownguy5001]

Omg Yes!! I've been hoping for this video for long!

[@dukedoge802]

If she was forgotten, a look at who wrote history tells why

[@andrewharper1609]

I knew the name because of an article in one of my old guitar magazines about notable SG players.

[@jacksonh7111]

@@andrewharper1609 that's awesome! i learned of her through a folk-punk singer called Frank Turner, he has a song titled "Sister Rosetta" about her roll in rock n roll music as well as her being written out of history

[@jimbeam8338]

Nice racism

[@Davo32310]

@@jimbeam8338 Nice deflecting white supremacy. Which is the religion that whitewashes and erases Black people out of history on purpose.

[@Clout4k]

@@Davo32310 Amen

[@franug]

thanks man, this is my first time hearing about her and I'm shocked! Such a groundbreaker and a true feminist icon! Loved "can't no man play like me", she sounds like a real rockstar.

[@West-Telecom]

She's not a rockstar.Ok ???

[@TheKillerEmcee]

@@West-Telecom she is.

[@West-Telecom]

@@TheKillerEmcee Then you don't know what the rock is...

[@erraticonteuse]

I first heard of her in a documentary on PBS about women in rock, and I was just glued to the screen the whole time. So brilliant, deserves so much more attention, though her induction to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame was a good start.

[@eliance9648]

It's so funny that you did a video on her because my dad told me about her about 2 years ago and was like she created rock n roll

[@M-1996A1]

I love these videos so much. Thank you.

[@wharfrat74]

Never even heard of Her. Thanx 4 enlightening me. I love it!

[@marcross52-95]

Thanks for sharing. Learned something new today.

[@SoAd45474]

She has been one of my idols for the past 4 or 5 years, amazing woman, glad I was able to learn a few extra things here! That "Up Above My Head" performance is legendary

[@maryboo8732]

What a really awesome video, I've listened to her music but never learned anything about her. What a godmother of rock.

[@MegakeepWorks]

You sir just opened my mind about rock music more than I thought it was. You have my like and subscribe.

[@Nnnnnnnn4018]

Thank you for this... very inspiring 💕

[@ytubeanon]

they should make a Netflix comedy series inspired by her maybe sorta like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel I find it odd that Sister Rosetta Tharpe's name doesn't appear in either the video's title or description

[@mikshin9825]

Uhh her life was tragic and she was abused by her husband so yeah. Comedy.

[@ytubeanon]

@@mikshin9825 you're kinda intentionally obtuse, life isn't all one theme, All in the Family had Edith Bunker experience attempted rape and is considered one of the greatest comedy shows of all-time

[@delphineblue]

Edith Bunker was a FICTIONAL CHARACTER, you moron.

[@Gyrbae]

@@ytubeanon Were you one of the writers for Hunters? Because that was tasteless.

[@ytubeanon]

@@Gyrbae Edith Bunker got attempted raped on a comedy show 40 years ago, get over it virtue-signaller

[@ericlarsen1920]

Keep it up! I love this channel!

[@blygox129]

Yes, finally! This is a video i've been waiting for

[@greghoward3435]

I just discovered her a year ago. She is totally awesome. What a great, wonderful, under rated talent. I never knew that she was a pioneer in rock music. But I now, know how wonderful she is. Amazing!

[@Niki-xj1nn]

OMG WHY DONT I KNOW THIS WOMAN!!!??? SHES SO IMPORTANT!!!!!!!

[@nannyalberte]

I adore your videos. Thank you for keep making them! Also, QUEEN Rosetta!

[@eletronic_dark]

Thanks for the video dude!

[@valerieelana5121]

Thank you so much !!!💝🙏💖🙏

[@noone8418]

I read about her a long time ago. Glad you did this. 👍 If you sold T-shirts with Polyphonic on the front and then the thumbnail of your different episode’s on the back (or reverse) this would be one of the first two I’d get. The second being the Bonzo episode.

[@TheGlobalKickerz]

A vid on prince would be greatly appreciated

[@rizzybone964]

i asked a year ago and still no video :/ i dunno if he likes prince tbh

[@drewmiller910]

Prince is one of the goats

[@nostopit179]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO, SHE NEEDS HER NAME OUT THERE

[@adriantheabstract]

I made a painting about her

[@acmeholloway]

adrian sibley ok

[@TheTophat22]

adrian sibley Ooh ooh can we see it?

[@adriantheabstract]

@@TheTophat22 all of my art is abstract. Did it a few years ago

[@Cabesandia]

@@adriantheabstract I love it!

[@adriantheabstract]

@@Cabesandia thank you!

[@LiciKai]

Someone posted this on a FB post today - 4/21/24. Thanks for it.

[@Davenci_T1st]

Awesome video man, completely reminded me of a song by chance the rapper: Everybody's Something. In it the re is a line that goes "We invented rock before the Stones got through"

[@emilyqueen0113]

She is literally my new favorite person🥺

[@tonifresco6598]

Great work. I’ve been binge watching your videos man keep up the good work! Gained a sub off this one!

[@LittleWing1985]

Rock has always been my favorite genre of music and I grew up in a lot of 50s and 60s rock and roll but I never once hearts of Rosetta Tharpe. That is so cool to learn the real OG of rock n roll.

[@ballhawk387]

Excellent! I was also unaware of Sister Rosetta. Man, oh man, did she rock!

[@chandlerredhead27]

Great vid! Please do one on The Rutles!!

[@justmike2944]

Very cool video . i saw the P.BS. show when it aired . Still don't know why she isn't more appreciated. Big momma Thornton is another overlooked talent from the golden age of rock and roll

[@jaymo8206]

Wow I don't think I've heard of her before even though I love the blues and listen to the old stuff from the 20's, 30's 40's and 50's. Maybe I've heard some of her tunes on a blues tune before I but didn't know it was her. Now that I know, I wanna know and listen to her more! Thanks Polyphonic.

[@TheLaziiness]

Finally omg I’m so glad she’s getting this recognition

[@agenri1]

On some obscure KZbin channel? Yeah..most of the guys who into blues and jazz already knew who she was

[@Gallywomack]

She was also a big star in her day - she had plenty of recognition. Lots of big stars from the 30s & 40s aren’t really remembered today.

[@merelymayhem]

great video!!

[@ailecdreifuss8627]

Why call her "the gradmother.." she is the creator, the inventor of the sound !!!

[@bobbyschannel349]

Not the creator, so many people influence that music

[@IronheartvsMiles]

because white's are racist, common sense

[@IronheartvsMiles]

@@bobbyschannel349 yeah all black

[@goldhillproductions]

Brilliant as always. I'd love it if you were to cover either the Belleville Three in Detroit and the advent of Techno, or the origins of House Music is Chicago. I know there are other videos on KZbin which delve into those topics, but I'd be fascinated to see your take on either...

[@Nathan-cg6iv]

the musical biopic i did not know i need

[@alejandrarodriguezsanchez6667]

well done in this video!!!

[@MarkArandjus]

People argue about the KING of rock and roll, but there is no dispute about who is the QUEEN. I knew about her and some of her songs, but I've actually never seen photos of her when she was young and did not recognize her from the thumbnail. She was gorgeous!

[@dominiclaurence7879]

It almost feesl like '"queen" is even too little. She didn't reigned over it, she created it. It's more a goddess-kinda type.

[@alexmanchester4218]

She made rock n roll sound so smooth

[@theoneleggedchef]

This gave me goose bumps! I love her! 🥰

[@MSorge13]

Thanks!

[@leirbagguitbox6477]

And they're still so many pioneers of Rock and Roll yet to be discovered ...

[@francisdedumo3323]

I noticed about her a few years ago. But I never thought that Sister Rosetta Tharpe started Rock N Roll by herself

[@ewanmartel9797]

I just found out about Sister Rosetta Tharpe over the Christmas break, Q on CBC did a segment on her. Cool to see her getting more recognition

[@stigbengtsson7026]

Great tallent, started before anyone know about rock'n roll. She was great 👍😎👍

[@sgtchewy]

Wow, i had no idea who she was until this video. I'm pretty stunned right now. I'll do more research and question my rock history because she needs a place in there. Just awesome!

[@JesusLove3573]

Another video 🙌🏻

[@patrickrobinson317]

Great Video !!!! Great Reporting !!!!