Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. She attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar that was extremely important to the origins of rock and roll.
Queen of Rock 'N Roll
"RHYTHM & BLUES"
The Kings of Rhythm are an American rhythm and blues and soul group formed in the late 1940s in Clarksdale, Mississippi and led by Ike Turner through to his death in 2007.
"Country"
"Mother Maybelle Carter", A significant influence on country guitar, Mother Maybelle earns her place among the best female guitarists thanks to her invention of the style known variously as thumb brush, the church lick, and, most famously, as Carter Family picking.
"Smooth Jazz"
Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially oriented crossover jazz that became dominant in the 1980s and early 1990s.
"Alternative"
Alternative rock is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1980s.
"Reggae"
"Bob Marley", Robert Nesta Marley OM was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.
"Religious"
Religious music (also sacred music) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual.
"Classical"
Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical and secular music.
"Rap & Hip-hop"
Marshall Bruce Mathers III, known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclaimed as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
"KEM"
Kim Owens, better known by his stage name Kem, is an American R&B/Soul singer–songwriter and producer. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Kem was raised near Detroit, Michigan.
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