The Staple Singers

vocals (family group), guitar · Chicago

Family group formed around Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914-2000) and his children Cleotha, Pervis, Mavis, and Yvonne, the Staple Singers sang in Chicago churches from 1948. After an acoustic folk gospel sound recorded for Vee-Jay and Riverside, they moved to Epic and then Stax, where they became a voice of the civil rights movement.

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