Sister Rosetta Tharpe is nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. It may well be that someone has written a blog post about her but if so I missed it. So as best I can, here’s her story. Bob Dylan: “Sister … Continue reading Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Starting in the mid-50’s until his untimely death in 1964, Sam Cooke had an impressive string of pop and soul hits. In fact, according to Wikipedia, he had thirty U.S. top 40 hits between 1957 and 1964, plus three more posthumously. His music is so … Continue reading Sam Cooke – (1) The King of Soul
Music Enthusiast - At the junction of rock, blues, R&B, jazz, pop,and soul 