<I>Gospel Songs</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Recorded by
content: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
label: Distributed by
content: Mercury Records, American, founded 1945
label: Manufactured by
content: EMI Records Ltd, British, 1972 - 2013
notes: label: Description
content: A 45 rpm record album titled “Gospel Songs” recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.2a) has a yellow label with white and red text. The album sleeve (2014.98.2b) features a photographic image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe playing a guitar and singing. The black-and-white image is printed in shades of grey and red. Large white lettering covers the bottom left corner of the image reading [Sister Rosetta Tharpe / GOSPEL SONGS]. Along the top of the sleeve, song titles are printed in black text against a plain white background: [JERICHO / I SHALL KNOW HIM / UP ABOVE MY HEAD THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR / 99-1 2 WON'T DO]. The back of the sleeve features a printed biography of Tharpe in French.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Gospel (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.98.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: record covers
label: Type
content: 45 rpm records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl, ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (record): 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (album jacket): 7 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (18 × 18 cm)