Strange Things Happening Every Day
"Strange Things Happening Every Day" | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Sister Rosetta Tharpe | ||||||||
Released | 1944 / 1945 | |||||||
Recorded | 1944 | |||||||
Genre | Blues, Gospel, Spiritual | |||||||
Length | 3:38 | |||||||
Label | Decca Records | |||||||
|
"Strange Things Happening Every Day" is a traditional African American spiritual.
It was most famously, and influentially, recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in late 1944, becoming a hit record in 1945. Released as a single by Decca Records, Tharpe's version featured her vocals and electric guitar, with Sammy Price (piano), bass and drums. It was the first gospel record to cross over and become a hit on the "race records" chart, the term then used for what later became the R&B chart, and reached #2 on the Billboard "race" chart in April 1945.[1][2] The recording has been cited as an important precursor of rock and roll.[3]
In recent years, versions of the song have also been recorded by Michelle Shocked, Johnny Cash, Linda Gail Lewis, and Tom Jones.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jason Ankeny, Biography of Rosetta Tharpe, Allmusic.com
- ↑ Dan DeLuca, Sister Rosetta Tharpe got rock rolling long before Elvis, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 26 February 2007
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>