By 1942, Billboard magazine columnist Maurie Orodenker had begun using the term " rock and roll " in descriptions of upbeat recordings such as " Rock Me " by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

* March 20 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer ( died 1973 )

Cotton Plant was the birthplace of Sister Rosetta Tharpe ( b. 1915 ), who began to perform as a gospel singer in churches in the area from the age of four.

Artists signed to American Decca in the 1930s and 1940s included Louis Armstrong, Charlie Kunz, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Jane Froman, The Boswell Sisters, Billie Holiday, The Andrews Sisters, Ted Lewis, Judy Garland, The Mills Brothers, Billy Cotton, Guy Lombardo, Chick Webb, Louis Jordan ( the No. 1 R & B artist of the 1940s ), Bob Crosby, Bill Kenny & The Ink Spots, Dorsey Brothers ( and subsequently Jimmy Dorsey after the brothers split ), Connee Boswell and Jack Hylton, Victor Young, Earl Hines, Claude Hopkins, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the original ' soul sister ' of recorded music.

Decca throughout the 1930s and early-to-mid 1940s was a leading label of blues and jump with such best selling artists as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Louis Jordan ( who was the best selling R & B artist of the 1940s ).

** Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel singer ( d. 1973 )

From the very beginning of gospel music, COGIC members have influenced its rise including: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Madame Earnestine Washington, Evangelist Goldia Haynes, and Elder Utah Smith.

* Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe ( March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973 ) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist.

It was also the first gospel song to make Billboards Harlem Hit Parade ( later known as Race Records, then R & B ) Top Ten — something that Sister Rosetta Tharpe accomplished several more times in her career.

In 2008, a concert was held to raise funds for a marker for her grave and January 11 was declared Sister Rosetta Tharpe Day in Pennsylvania.

Brixton band Alabama 3 ( of Sopranos theme fame ) named a track after Sister Rosetta on their debut album Exile on Coldharbour Lane ( 1997 ), as well as recording a version of her song Up Above My Head.

In 2007, UK indie rock band The Noisettes released the single " Sister Rosetta ( Capture the Spirit )" from their album What's the Time Mr. Wolf?

Also in 2007, singers Alison Krauss and Robert Plant recorded a duet version of the song " Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us ", written by Sam Phillips.

* Sister Rosetta Tharpe ( 1960 )

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* Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel and rock singer

After graduating, Boyd worked as a production and tour manager for music impressario George Wein, which took Boyd to Europe to organise concerts with Muddy Waters, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

*" Strange Things Happening Every Day " by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, recorded in 1944 with pianist Sammy Price, was a boogie-woogie flavored gospel song that " crossed over " to become a hit on the " race records " chart, the first gospel recording to do so.

* Sister Rosetta Tharpe's " Strange Things Happening Every Day " ( 1944 )

* Sister Rosetta Tharpe ( Cotton Plant )

Later gospel artists, such as Roberta Martin and Clara Ward, were heavily influenced by her piano playing ; Dranes ' nasal singing style also had an impact on artists such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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He grew increasingly fascinated with the strange phenomenon of nobody ( including himself and his friends ) actually discussing race relations or exploring the mostly untold stories of the black experience in the punk scene, despite the plethora of accomplished black artists like Mick Collins, Fishbone, Vaginal Davis, and Bad Brains, and indeed punk rock's origins as an offshoot of rock and roll itself and the pioneering work of innovators like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Jimi Hendrix.

He has appeared in several documentaries including Rejoice and Shout ( 2011 ) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll ( 2011 ).

He has also produced reissues and career over-views of Edna Gallmon Cooke, The Fairfield Four, and his good friend Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

When he was fifteen John H. Mercer turned out his first song, a jazzy little thing he called `` Sister Susie, Strut Your Stuff ''.

Capp was also involved with the Sister Kenny Foundation, which pioneered new treatments for polio in the 1940s.

Sister Anne, Potter ’ s version of the story of Bluebeard was written especially for her American readers but illustrated by Katharine Sturges.

stood for " Mother Father Sister Brother "; to the tough black areas where they came from it was understood to stand for " Mother Fuckin Son of a Bitch ".

The first novel to expose the complex play that the genre allows was Aphra Behn's Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister, which appeared in three volumes in 1684, 1685, and 1687.

An Italian nun named Sister Benedetta Carlini was documented to have seduced many of her sisters when possessed by a Divine spirit named " Splenditello "; to end her relationships with other women, she was placed in solitary confinement for the last 40 years of her life.

The first film to address lesbianism with significant depth was The Killing of Sister George in 1968, which was filmed in The Gateways Club, a longstanding lesbian pub in London.

She was christened the U. S. Navy's official " Little Sister "; the Army named two cannons after her and made her an honorary colonel.

It was in Tours in 1843 that a Carmelite nun, Sister Marie of St Peter reported a vision which started the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus, in reparation for the many insults Christ suffered in His Passion.

At the same time " Sister MacDonald " insisted that Vegemite was essential for " infant welfare " in magazines.

Saint Veronica was mentioned in the reported visions of Jesus by Sister Marie of St Peter, a Carmelite nun who lived in Tours, France, and started the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.

Although glam rock went into a steep decline in popularity in the second half of the 1970s it was a direct influence on acts that rose to prominence later, including Kiss and American glam metal acts like Quiet Riot, W. A. S. P., Twisted Sister and Mötley Crüe.

Princess Margaret was portrayed by Lucy Cohu in the Channel 4 TV drama The Queen's Sister ( 2005 ), by Trulie MacLeod in the TV drama The Women of Windsor ( 1992 ), and by Hannah Wiltshire in the TV drama Bertie and Elizabeth ; she is portrayed silently in the second series première of Ashes to Ashes ( 2009, set in 1982 ) and subsequently complains off-camera about one of the principal characters.

It was “ Sister ” who came to her rescue, suggesting that she should teach dance.

When Sister Lúcia was asked in an interview why the Blessed Virgin appeared as Our Lady of Mount Carmel in her last apparition, she replied: " Because Our Lady wants all to wear the Scapular ...

In the United States, there was one remaining active Shaker community, at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, which as of January 2011 has only five members: Sister June Carpenter, Brother Arnold Hadd, and Sister Frances Carr ( and two other brothers ).

He was later followed to India by Sister Nivedita.

He was accompanied by Sister Nivedita and Swami Turiyananda.

Following the annulment of their marriage, Anne was given a generous settlement by the King, and thereafter referred to as the King's Beloved Sister.

Henry and Anne became good friends — she was an honorary member of the King's family and was referred to as " the King's Beloved Sister ".

-One catholic school in the Philippines, which is founded by Sister Teresinha Schroeder, a St. Catherine Sister, was named after Blessed Regina Protmann.