# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sister-rosetta-tharpe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:24:13.086Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sister-rosetta-tharpe"
name: "Sister Rosetta Tharpe"
slug: "sister-rosetta-tharpe"
description: "Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was rooted in a pentecostal church and became the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, later being referred to as \"the original soul sister\" and \"the Godmother of Rock and Roll\". She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Tina Turner, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis."
tagline: "American gospel musician (1915–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe_(1938_publicity_photo_-_headshot).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1915-03-20"
deathDate: "1973-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 25300
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump