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Rock and Roll's Real Founder Had No Headstone

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Chuck Berry called his career "one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impression." Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Little Richard all owe her their sound. And for over three decades, she lay in an unmarked grave. Black History Unfiltered tells the real story of rock and roll's forgotten founder. ???? Did you know her name before today?

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Born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, on March 20, 1915; performing onstage with her mother's traveling gospel group from early childhood — Wikipedia, Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Mental Floss, "The Gospel Singer Who Became the Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll"
Pioneering the use of heavy electric guitar distortion as a lead instrument in the late 1930s and 1940s — Wikipedia; Blues Chronicles, "Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll"
"Strange Things Happening Every Day" (1944) cited by music historians as one of the earliest rock and roll recordings — The Urban Herald, "Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The godmother of rock and roll history tried to forget"
Direct influence on Chuck Berry (who said his career was "one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impression"), Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and later Keith Richards and Eric Clapton — Wikipedia; The Daily Beast, "Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Forgotten Mother of Rock-and-Roll"; Guitar Girl Magazine
Buried in an unmarked grave from 1973 after her husband, Russell Morrison, couldn't afford a headstone, until a 2009 benefit concert funded one — Guitar Girl Magazine; Blues Chronicles; Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an "Early Influence" in 2018, decades after first becoming eligible — Wikipedia; Blues Chronicles

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