[78-L] Mother's Day was: Father's Day - musicians and songs

Philip Fukuda 78rpm at sbcglobal.net
Wed May 15 15:27:02 PDT 2013


Actually, Mother's Day just passed, so I'll add Sister Rosetta Tharpe to the list. Her mother, Katie Bell Nubin, was an evangelist for the Church of God in Christ.

I think Rosetta's first husband was a COGIC preacher as well.

Philip




> From: Craig Ventresco <craigventresco at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Father's Day - musicians and songs
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> Aretha Franklin.
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Sharpen those pencils....but instead of songs about
> fathers or
> > grandfathers [go ahead and send 'em]  what I'm
> really looking for is a
> > listing of the musicians whose fathers were preachers.
> > My meager list is:
> > WC Handy
> > Fats Waller
> > Nat Cole
> > John Charles Thomas
> >
> > Surely there are others to join this ecumenical list.
> > Add others who nearly qualify, i.e - Jolson's father
> was a cantor, right?
> >
> >
> > Rodger
> >
> >
> >
> > For Best Results use Victor Needles.
> >
> 


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