Sister Rosetta Tharpe ca. 1941 "Four Or Five Times"

[7jack7]

Thank God for the Devil's music!

[jhs1848]

Wonderful song; it seems so fresh. Do you know who speaks at the end (to say "That's all there is; there isn't any more")?

[harryoakley]

@jhs1848 Yes, I ad this line, spoken by Oliver Hardy, in "Sons Of The Desert", after every film I upload.

[jhs1848]

@harryoakley Thank you. It makes a nice touch.

[dontknowreally]

Wonderful stuff - thanks so much!

[jonno52]

Wow this is something else. Thanks for posting. Just swings.

[angelsspeakhebrew]

Is that Fats Waller on piano???

[harryoakley]

@angelsspeakhebrew - It is Lucky Millinder's pianist of that time, Bill Doggett.

[angelsspeakhebrew]

@harryoakley

Thanks for that info and for posting this video. My Mom first starting performing Sister Rosetta's "(I Want A) Tall Skinny Papa" in the 40's while in highschool and I was looking to see if I could find video of it for her. I found the audio easily but seems to be no video of that song. I sent her the link today to hear the song and it made her so happy. She's 83. Thanks again!

[davidpalmquist]

Delightful.



[ph4720631]

LOOK at those dancing girls WHEW!!

[ph4720631]

top notch A-1 material. watched it 4 or 5 times.

[madFlam1]

people smiled funny back then

[MrJimddddd]

That's Lucky Millinder's band behind her.

[harryoakley]

We know that - it is written in the in the text.

[BrunoEspo]

thats all there is...there isn't anymore..

[CharlestonAlley]

nice lindy hop archive.

[chrisb1953]

She can play a pretty mean guitar also - check out "Up Above My Head". Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top was no doubt inspired.

[russinroll]

smile, bealtiful, wonderful...love ya....lord tanks to give us rosseta...

[caroljm36]

Wow, she gets some resonance doesn't she??

[BCThunderthud]

Wow, I love it. I have a couple Lucky Milllinder CDs and 5 or 6 Sister Rosetta CDs but I've only heard this song performed by Bill Carlisle. Similarly sublime but quite different.

[harvey1954]

I wonder if Queen Latifah has been asked to star in the Sister Rosetta Tharpe bio? She already sings so all she needs is to learn some licks on a Gibson SG.

[Hornilope]

thanks for uploading! why is ratings off?? id rate it 6/5

[knulla08]

Marvelous, thanks! Storyville released a lot of this stuff on videos etc.

[rrowlands]

Really! Queen Latifah should do a Biodrama about her! I would LOVE that!

[BashaaniN]

@rrowlands Nah... I think Queen Latifah should play Mahalia Jackson and then Fantasia can play Sis. Come to think of it Fantasia's vocal quality even though more powerful does sound like Sis when she was younger...

[customkey]

Yes, they're swinging! That's my old boss on drums, David "Panama" Francis.

[mangeldeth]

Awesome.

[Cleopatra1985]

Fantastic!

[Gracieljones]

Rosita's cds &dvd's should be played all of the time.

This music is lively and clean

[lindyhop4life]

Jesus this really swings! As much as I love Lucky Millinder post war jump blues, his swing stuff is sooo much better! Check him out with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band!

[TheEmperorSeesAll]

There was some cool vintage Lindy Hopping going on in there too!

[klarskinn]

Wonderful! I love SRT and I check her carrier out.. Where did you find this?

friendly

Anders Åborg

[harryoakley]

I "found" it in my 16mm jazzfilm collection!

[Individuell83]

@harryoakley

lucky you :D

do you have more of this?

[AntonMadness]

@harryoakley

Thanks for digitalizing and sharing!!!!!

[amosraymond]

Classy!

[blessedover]

Sister was the best