Didn't It Rain / Stretch Out: Museum Object and Cultural History
Didn't It Rain / Stretch Out: Date: 1947. Recorded by: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973. Recorded by: Marie Knight, American, 1920 - 2009.
The object in the museum catalogue
A 33 1/3 rpm record album with the songs “Didn't It Rain” and “Stretch Out” recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marie Knight and Sammy Price. The album label is black with gold lettering with [Decca] printed in large stylized script at the top center of each side.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1947
- Recorded by: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
- Recorded by: Marie Knight, American, 1920 - 2009
- Recorded by: Sammy Price, American, 1908 - 1992
- Published by: Decca Records, British, founded 1929
- Manufactured by: Decca Records, British, founded 1929
- Type: long-playing records
- Medium: vinyl, ink on paper
- Dimensions: Diameter: 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Gospel (Music)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2014.98.12
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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