75 Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973) with the Dependable Boys “A Wonderful Time Up There (Gospel Boogie)” 1947

“The song originated with a popular Atlanta-area group, the Homeland Harmony Quartet” in 1945. Lee Roy Abernathy published the song and said, “I felt it was one way of reaching distant places where no ministers go” (Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music). Many artists recorded “Gospel Boogie” but none quite like Rosetta Tharpe. “With a Gibson SG in her hands, Sister Rosetta could raise the dead. And that was before she started to sing” (Richard Williams, theguardian.com). 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe "A Wonderful Time Up There"