Etta Baker
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“Washington Blues” and “I’m Going Away” by Elizabeth Cotten (1965) – YouTube
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Sylvia Robinson – “Love is Strange” (Mickey and Sylvia)
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Bea Booze – “See See Rider”
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Deborah Coleman – I Got To Know – YouTube
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Thank you to David Rowinski (@bolekaja1001 on Twitter) for the tip on Deborah Coleman!
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Sometimes I forget that some people don’t know the full impact that black women had on rock n roll. If you didn’t know it was epic. Without the talent and energy of many wonderful women the state of music today would be blander than Cliff Richard eating a cucumber sandwich.
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Grace Jones – “Little Drummer Boy”
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Darlene Love – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Early Influencer award to be given by Rock and Roll HOF
From Rolling Stone:
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, the Cars and Nina Simone will all join the class of 2018. Sister Rosetta Tharpe will be given an Early Influence award.
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Nina Simone died in 2003 and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who has experienced a huge resurgence of interest in the past decade, died in 1973. The Hall of Fame is likely to bring in artists they inspired to perform their music.
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