Respect Yourself

The Staple Singers · 1972 · Album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (Stax)

Context

Track from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (Stax, 1972), produced by Al Bell with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section. It was one of the album's two hits, along with I'll Take You There.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Gospel, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Gospel: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• I'll Take You There (1972)
• Uncloudy Day (1956)

Sources

• EN: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

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