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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is a person from the US, active from 1915.

Person US 1915–1973 gospel guitarist blues
TOTAL PLAYS
220
SONGS PLAYED
66
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2008-06-22 06:08 · Radio 2 — "Down by the Riverside"
LAST PLAYED
3 days ago · Radio 2 — "Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 153 70%
Radio 2 67 30%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Didn't It Rain 30 2025-05-04
2 Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air 18 2026-05-18
3 Strange Things Happening Every Day 16 2026-03-09
4 O Little Town Of Bethlehem 14 2025-12-21
5 This Train 12 2022-07-09
6 Rock Me 11 2026-05-18
7 I Shall Know Him 8 2026-03-16
8 Strange Things Happening Everyday 8 2024-07-30
9 Up Above My Head 8 2020-01-20
10 Sit Down 7 2024-03-19
11 Throw Out the Life Line 7 2022-03-13
12 My Journey to the Sky 6 2022-03-08
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-18 20:44 Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air Radio 2
2026-05-18 20:06 Rock Me Radio 2
2026-05-17 11:58 Rock Me 6 Music
2026-05-17 09:26 Rock Daniel (VD129) 6 Music
2026-03-16 21:12 I Shall Know Him Radio 2
2026-03-09 21:03 Strange Things Happening Every Day Radio 2
2026-01-05 21:03 Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air Radio 2
2026-01-04 00:03 Strange Things Happening Every Day Radio 2
2025-12-21 11:12 O Little Town Of Bethlehem 6 Music
2025-10-23 20:20 Shout Sister Shout 6 Music
2025-09-22 20:17 Take My Hand Precious Lord Radio 2
2025-08-03 16:44 Strange Things Happening Every Day 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

66 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Ain't No Grave Hold My Body Down — 1 ▶
All Over This World — 2 ▶
Beams Of Heaven — 3 ▶
Blow Ye The Trumpet Of Zion — 1 ▶
Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down — 1 ▶
Can't No Grave Hold MY Body Down — 1 ▶
Didn't It Rain — 30 ▶
Didn't It Rain (Recorded Live At the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1957) — 1 ▶
Didnt It Rain — 1 ▶
Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend — 1 ▶
dont take everybody to be your friend — 1 ▶
Down by the Riverside — 3 ▶
He's The Lily Of The Valley — 1 ▶
How Far from God — 1 ▶
I Looked Down the Line (and I Wondered) — 1 ▶
I Shall Know Him — 8 ▶
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa — 2 ▶
I Want A Tall Skinny Papa — 1 ▶
In the Garden (feat. The Rosettes) — 1 ▶
Is Everybody Happy — 1 ▶
Jericho — 1 ▶
Jesus Is Here to Stay — 1 ▶
Let It Shine — 2 ▶
Let That Liar Alone — 1 ▶
Lily of the Valley — 1 ▶
My Journey to the Sky — 6 ▶
No Room in the Church for Liars — 1 ▶
Nobody's Fault But Mine — 1 ▶
O Little Town Of Bethlehem — 14 ▶
Precious Lord, Hold My Hand — 1 ▶
Rock Daniel — 1 ▶
Rock Daniel (VD129) — 1 ▶
Rock Me — 11 ▶
Rock Me (1938) — 1 ▶
Saviour, Don't Pass Me By — 3 ▶
Shout Sister Shout — 5 ▶
Shout, Sister, Shout — 1 ▶
Shout, Sister, Shout! — 1 ▶
Singing For My Soul — 2 ▶
Singing in My Soul — 4 ▶
Singing My Soul — 1 ▶
Sit Down — 7 ▶
Strange Things Happen Every Day — 1 ▶
Strange Things Happening Every Day — 16 ▶
Strange Things Happening Everyday — 8 ▶
Stretch Out — 1 ▶
Take My Hand Precious Lord — 1 ▶
That's All — 3 ▶
The Devil Has Thrown Him Down — 1 ▶
The Gospel Train — 2 ▶
The Lonesome Road — 1 ▶
The Lord Followed Me — 2 ▶
The Natural Facts — 1 ▶
This Train — 12 ▶
Throw Out the Life Line — 7 ▶
Travelin' Shoes — 1 ▶
Two Little Fishes & Five Loaves of Bread — 1 ▶
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread — 1 ▶
Up Above My Head — 8 ▶
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air — 18 ▶
Up Above My Head, I Hear Music — 1 ▶
Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air — 1 ▶
What Is the Soul of Man — 1 ▶
When I Move to the Sky — 1 ▶
When Was Jesus Born — 1 ▶
you gotta move — 1 ▶