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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother Of Rock & Roll

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During the 1940s, 50s and 60s, Southern-born, Chicago-raised and New York-made Sister Rosetta Tharpe introduced the spiritual passion of her gospel music into the secular world of popular rock 'n roll, inspiring the male icons of the genre. This flamboyant African-American gospel superstar, with her spectacular virtuosity on the newly electrified guitar, was a natural-born performer and a rebel -- one of the most important singer-musicians of the 20th century. She is acknowledged as a major influence not only on generations of black musicians -- including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Isaac Hayes and Etta James -- but also on white stars such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother Of Rock & Rol
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The Day Carl Sandburg Died
Harper Lee: Hey Boo
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Cab Calloway: Sketches
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune
Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect And The Painter
James Levine: America's Maestro
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Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Glenn Gould: Genius Within
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A Letter To Elia
Cachao: Uno Mas
Merle Haggard: Learning To Live With Myself
The Doors: When You're Strange
I.m. Pei: Building China Modern
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound
Trumbo
Garrison Keillor: The Man On The Radio In The Red
Neil Young: Don't Be Denied
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Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
Carol Burnett: A Woman Of Character
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned
George Stevens: A Filmaker's Journey
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Julia! America's Favorite Chef
Henry Luce And Time-Life's America: A Vision Of Em
Judy Garland: By Myself
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James Brown: Soul Survivor
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan And The Blacklist: None
Robert Capa: In Love And War
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
Joni Mitchell: Woman Of Heart And Mind
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