Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Woman Who Invented Rock & Roll (featuring Lynnée Denise and Reagan Gomez)

Who really invented rock n roll? The facts are clear—it was Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Black queer gospel-influenced rock and roll Beyoncé of the 1930s and ‘40s. Music legends like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash stole her musical style without proper acknowledgement or credit. In a renaissance of sound, celebrity and high drama we salute the legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media. This episode features: Lynnée    Lynnée Denise Honey     Reagan Gomez Special thanks to our voice actors: Juju     Noleca Radway Devon     Danielle Solomon Ballroom Commentator  Ronie Rieves Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola Senior Producer  Janicia Francis Managing Producer  JoAnn DeLuna Production Coordinator  Homero Radway Production Assistant  Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson Writers  Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence Audio Engineer   Marcellino van Callias Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas Music Supervisor  Patricia Kihoro Theme Song  Freedom by Pharell Williams Music featured in this episode includes: My Man and I - Sister Rosetta Tharp This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharp Plays Rock Me Growl - Sister Rosetta Tharp Didn’t it Rain - Sister Rosetta Tharp Tall Skinny Papa - Sister Rosetta Tharp Strange Things Happening Every Day Don’t Be Cruel -Elvis Presley Getaway Rock - Elliot Holmes Coconut Rock - Speedy The Spider Almost Like Falling In Love - Kayla NYFW - Blue Steel Vogue - Blue Steel Agents - Alex Dovo Order the book Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters by Lynnée Denise https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477321188/ For more information about the  book and Lynnée Denise’s recent projects  please visit https://linktr.ee/lynneedenise And for general information about DJ Scholarship visit www.djlynneedenise.com Twitter: @lynneedenise Instagram: @lynneedenise Radio Show The Black Atlantic/Black Fantastic  https://1btn.fm/dj/the-black-atlantic-black-fantastic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices