Game Preview

3rd Grade Women's HIstory Month Week 3

  •  English    22     Public
    Sister Rosetta Thorpe
  •   Study   Slideshow
  • What instrument did Rosetta play?
    Guitar
  •  25
  • Ms. Bailey and Sister Rosetta Thorpe have both performed on the stage in this very famous venue in NY
    Carnegie Hall
  •  20
  • How old was Rosetta when she moved to Chicago with her mother?
    6
  •  20
  • Where did she learn how a good performer sand and played
    In church
  •  20
  • What was her first husband's Job
    He was a preacher
  •  20
  • What city did Rosetta move to when she grew up?
    New York
  •  20
  • She often upset people with the music she sang in night clubs. Why were some of her listeners upset?
    They felt it was wrong to sing church music in the night clubs.
  •  20
  • What record label signed her?
    Decca Records
  •  20
  • What was the name of the hit song that Rosetta's gospel fans felt was to a man and not to God?
    Rock Me
  •  20
  • Rosetta made history by being the first musician to own a what?
    Tour bus
  •  20
  • Which war did she play for the troops?
    WW2
  •  20
  • How large was Rosetta's largest crowd
    25,000
  •  20
  • In 1944, Rosetta released a song called "Strange things happen every day". It was historic because it is considered the first what?
    Rock and Roll song
  •  20
  • Rosetta 3rd wedding was a big performance in Griffith Stadium in what city?
    Washington DC
  •  20
  • Rosetta retired and lived with her Mother and Husband in what state?
    Pennsylvania
  •  20
  • How old was Rosetta when she toured Europe
    49
  •  20