*Yvonne Staples, who rose to fame alongside her family members in the legendary soul group Staple Singers, died Tuesday in her Chicago home, the Sun-Times reported. She was 80. Bill Carpenter, a ...
For over fifty years, the music of The Staple Singers has played an electrifying part in American culture--and it all started with just one man. Known simply as Pops Staples, the family's musical man ...
CHICAGO (AP) — In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples’ smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel group The Staple Singers. Staples, ...
Their hit, "I'll Take You There," climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's biggest crossover success.
Mavis Staples is just a kid, plopped cross-legged on the living room floor. Her father, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, is strumming his old six-string, teaching his youngest daughter and her siblings Yvonne, ...
In 1962, Mavis Staples and her family took the stage at Mandel Hall for the University of Chicago Folk Festival. In between bluegrass bands and bluesmen, the gospel group shook the crowd with their ...
Omnivore Recordings has announced a new live record from The Staple Singers, Africa 80, which features performances from their first ever tour in Africa. The album will be released on CD and Digital ...