Here's a fascinating 2011 BBC/PBS documentary on the once-megafamous, now lamentably almost forgotten Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), an amazing singer and pioneer of the electric guitar.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 -- October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. A pioneer of twentieth-century music, Tharpe attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings that were a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic/early rock accompaniment.
