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Shout Sister Shout

Another chance to hear Ruby Turner tell the extraordinary story of the guitar-playing gospel singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Ruby Turner tells the extraordinary story of the guitar-playing gospel singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Rosetta was one of the most innovative gospel musicians of her time. In her music you can hear blues, R & B and rock 'n' roll and she influenced the likes of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

When she married, 20,000 people attended the wedding in a baseball stadium, yet when she died she was buried in an unmarked grave.

Ruby Turner charts her rise to fame and popularity and subsequent demise in a documentary that was first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2009.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Nov 2020 02:30

Music Played

  • The Clash

    Capital Radio

    • Essential Clash.
    • Columbia.
    • 72.
  • Elliott Smith

    Son Of Sam

    • Dreamworks.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 3 Mar 2009 22:30
  • Fri 2 Nov 2012 04:00
  • Tue 20 Aug 2013 00:00
  • Wed 21 Aug 2013 00:00
  • Tue 6 May 2014 01:00
  • Thu 19 Feb 2015 02:00
  • Fri 20 Feb 2015 02:00
  • Thu 3 Dec 2015 02:00
  • Fri 4 Dec 2015 02:00
  • Sun 26 Mar 2017 02:00
  • Sun 30 Aug 2020 02:00
  • Tue 3 Nov 2020 02:30
  • Wed 4 Nov 2020 02:30