Cover image for Little Rosetta and the talking guitar : the musical story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll
Title:
Little Rosetta and the talking guitar : the musical story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll
Author:
Pinkney Barlow, Charnelle.
Format:
Books
ISBN:
9780593571064
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Abstract:
Decades before Elvis Presley, Billy Haley and the Beatles revolutionized popular music, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a Black guitar player from Cotton Plant, Arksansas.
Subject:
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Guitarists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Gospel musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Rock music -- History -- Juvenile literature.