Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe” recorded by Little Richard and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.17a) has a yellow label with black lettering. The front of the album sleeve (2014.98.17b) has the title of the album in orange lettering at top [Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe]. Below the title is a large color photographic image of Little Richard wearing a silver and blue sequined outfit, standing and playing hthe piano. A guitar player is partially visible in the background. The back of the sleeve is white with black text. The title is printed in large letters at the top, followed by the track listing [Little Richard - "Certainly Lord" / Little Richard - "Does Jesus Care" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Shine For Jesus" / Little Richard - "Just a Closer Walk" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "God Leads Us Along" / Little Richard - "I've Just Come From the Fountain" / Little Richard - "Tell God My Troubles" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "I Do - Don't You?" / Little Richard - "Precious Lord" / Little Richard - "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley"]. Below the track listing is a biography of Little Richard on the left and a black-and-white photograph of Richard performing with a band.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Recorded by: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
• Recorded by: Little Richard, American, 1932 - 2020
• Distributed by: Marble Arch Records, British, 1964 - 1994
• Manufactured by: Pye Records, British, 1953 - 2013
• Type: record covers
• Type: long-playing records
• Medium: vinyl, ink on paper
• Dimensions: Diameter (record): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (album jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (31.5 × 31.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2014.98.17ab
• 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

Sources and reuse

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.