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Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio

First released: Nov 1948, Length: 2:31
1947-11-24

Creators (6)

Instruments

  1. George "Pops" Foster (24 Nov 1947) double bass
  2. Sammy Price (24 Nov 1947) piano
  3. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (24 Nov 1947) guitar
  4. Wallace Bishop (24 Nov 1947) drums (drum set)

Vocals

  1. Marie Knight (24 Nov 1947)
  2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (24 Nov 1947)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air (24 Nov 1947)

    Arranger

    1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Nov 1947)

    Writer

    1. [traditional]

    Composer

    1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Lyricist

    1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Links (1)

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/35764

Releases containing this recording (23)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Gospel Train 1958 Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1958 compilation
  2. Intégrale Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 2 : 1943–1947 2000 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  3. The Original Soul Sister 21 Oct 2002 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  4. The Gospel of the Blues 16 Sep 2003 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  5. Martin Scorsese Presents Red, White and Blues: A Film by Mike Figgis 2003 Various Artists
  6. The Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll 1946–1954 13 Apr 2004 Various Artists
  7. Blowing the Fuse: 27 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1949 08 Nov 2004 Various Artists
  8. From Blues to Gospel 2005 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  9. Up Above My Head 10 Mar 2008 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  10. Essential Gospel Anthology 30 Mar 2009 Various Artists
  11. Roots of Soul 01 Jun 2009 Various Artists
  12. Gospel: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection 19 Sep 2011 Various Artists
  13. Up Above My Head: 50 of Her Greatest Recordings on 2CDs 2012 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  14. Gospel Train 2018 Sister Rosetta Tharpe Expanded Edition
  15. Bring Back Those Happy Days: Greatest Hits & Selected Recordings 1938-1957 18 Oct 2019 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  16. Gospel Train: The Marie Knight Story 2021 Marie Knight
  17. As Good as It Gets: Black Gospel Various Artists
  18. The Roots of Black Gospel (disc 3) Various Artists

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Red, White & Blues 09 Sep 2003 Various Artists
  2. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Warming by the Devil's Fire 09 Sep 2003 Various Artists

Single

  1. Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air / My Journey to the Sky Nov 1948 Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with Sam Price Trio

Other

  1. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 3: 1946-1947 2006 Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Mojo Presents: True Faith 17 Oct 2017 Various Artists