| "Strange Things Happening Every Day" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| Released | 1944 |
| Recorded | September 1944 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:38 |
| Label | Decca |
| 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]