Object Details
- Description
- A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe” recorded by Little Richard and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.17a) has a yellow label with black lettering. The front of the album sleeve (2014.98.17b) has the title of the album in orange lettering at top [Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe]. Below the title is a large color photographic image of Little Richard wearing a silver and blue sequined outfit, standing and playing hthe piano. A guitar player is partially visible in the background. The back of the sleeve is white with black text. The title is printed in large letters at the top, followed by the track listing [Little Richard - "Certainly Lord" / Little Richard - "Does Jesus Care" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Shine For Jesus" / Little Richard - "Just a Closer Walk" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "God Leads Us Along" / Little Richard - "I've Just Come From the Fountain" / Little Richard - "Tell God My Troubles" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "I Do - Don't You?" / Little Richard - "Precious Lord" / Little Richard - "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley"]. Below the track listing is a biography of Little Richard on the left and a black-and-white photograph of Richard performing with a band.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Recorded by
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
- Little Richard, American, 1932 - 2020
- Distributed by
- Marble Arch Records, British, 1964 - 1994
- Manufactured by
- Pye Records, British, 1953 - 2013
- Date
- 1970
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
- Medium
- vinyl, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Diameter (record): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
- H x W (album jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (31.5 × 31.5 cm)
- Type
- record covers
- long-playing records
