Strange Things Happening Every Day

"Strange Things Happening Every Day"
Single by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Released1944
RecordedSeptember 1944
Genre
Length3:38
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Traditional
Audio sample
30 second sample of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Strange Things Happening Every Day"

"Strange Things Happening Every Day" is an African American spiritual that was most famously, and influentially, recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1944. Released as a single by Decca Records, Tharpe's version featured her vocals and electric guitar, with Sammy Price (piano), bass and drums. It was the first gospel record to cross over and become a hit on the "race records" chart, the term then used for what later became the R&B chart, and reached #2 on the Billboard "race" chart in April 1945.[1][2]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 440.
  2. ^ Jason Ankeny, Biography of Rosetta Tharpe, Allmusic.com