Gospel Songs: Museum Object and Cultural History
Gospel Songs: Date: 1950s. Recorded by: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973. Distributed by: Mercury Records, American, founded 1945.
The object in the museum catalogue
A 45 rpm record album titled “Gospel Songs” recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.2a) has a yellow label with white and red text. The album sleeve (2014.98.2b) features a photographic image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe playing a guitar and singing. The black-and-white image is printed in shades of grey and red. Large white lettering covers the bottom left corner of the image reading [Sister Rosetta Tharpe / GOSPEL SONGS]. Along the top of the sleeve, song titles are printed in black text against a plain white background: [JERICHO / I SHALL KNOW HIM / UP ABOVE MY HEAD THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR / 99-1 2 WON'T DO]. The back of the sleeve features a printed biography of Tharpe in French.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1950s
- Recorded by: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
- Distributed by: Mercury Records, American, founded 1945
- Manufactured by: EMI Records Ltd, British, 1972 - 2013
- Type: record covers
- Type: 45 rpm records
- Medium: vinyl, ink on paper
- Dimensions: Diameter (record): 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (album jacket): 7 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (18 × 18 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Gospel (Music)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2014.98.2ab
- 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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