# The Best Sister Rosetta Tharpe Guitar Solos

> The 12 best Sister Rosetta Tharpe guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Strange Things Happening Every Day (1944), then Didn't It Rain and Up Above My Head.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe was playing distorted, swinging electric guitar solos in gospel settings decades before rock and roll had a name, and figures from Chuck Berry to Keith Richards and Eric Clapton drew on her. Her fiery single-note runs and showmanship earned her the title of rock and roll's godmother and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Informed by: [Guitar World - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, electric guitar trailblazer](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/sister-rosetta-tharpe-electric-guitar-trailblazer), [Guitar World - Sister Rosetta Tharpe solo compilation](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/sister-rosetta-tharpe-solo-compilation), [Premier Guitar - Forgotten Heroes: Sister Rosetta Tharpe](https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/forgotten-heroes-sister-rosetta-tharpe), [Paste - The 7 Best Sister Rosetta Tharpe Live Recordings](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/sister-rosetta-tharpe/the-7-best-sister-rosetta-tharpe-live-recordings)

1. [Strange Things Happening Every Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-strange-things-happening-every-day/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1944
2. [Didn't It Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-didn-t-it-rain/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1948
3. [Up Above My Head](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-and-marie-knight-up-above-my-head/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1947
4. [That's All](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-that-s-all/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1938
5. [This Train](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-this-train/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1939
6. [Rock Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-rock-me/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1938
7. [Down by the Riverside](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-down-by-the-riverside/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1948
8. [Trouble in Mind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-trouble-in-mind/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1949
9. [Shout, Sister, Shout](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lucky-millinder-and-his-orchestra-shout-sister-shout/) — Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1941
10. [Nobody's Fault But Mine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-nobody-s-fault-but-mine/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1941
11. [The Lonesome Road](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-the-lonesome-road/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1938
12. [My Man and I](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-my-man-and-i/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1938

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