"Rock Me," Performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe performing one of her first Decca hits, “Rock Me.” Tharpe was born Rosetta Nubin at Cotton Plant (Woodruff County) on March 20, 1915.

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