Tharpe heard Marie Knight’s “rich contralto” voice at a gospel
program in Harlem and invited her to tour together. “There was magic in the
combination of Rosetta and Marie.” Their recording of this song “captured
people’s budding hope that the late 1940's and early 1950's would bring about
sorely overdue change.” They separated soon after Marie’s mother and children
died in a fire the following year (Shout,
Sister, Shout!).
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