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Thursday music corner: Electric guitar pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-73) was an early acolyte of the distortion pedal, and her music had a profound effect on the development of the British blues explosion of the 1960s. She was also an early protagonist in the rise of pop-gospel music, and after her death was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Here she performs at the then-disused Wilbraham Road station in Manchester for Granada TV on a double-bill with Muddy Waters, which was seen by an estimated TV audience of 10 million.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Didn’t It Rain (Live in Manchester, 1964)

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