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  • VARIOUS - Simply Funk: 4 CDs Of Essential Funk Classics

    Artist: VARIOUS Title: Simply Funk: 4 CDs Of Essential Funk ClassicsLabel: Simply Cat: SIMPLYCD 041F

  • The Staple Singers: I'll Take You There / I'm Just Another Soldier

    Die Staple Singers bereichern die Sammlung an Stax-Singles um ein weiteres Exemplar. I'll Take Yo

  • The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself

    The Staple Singers recorded this tune at Muscle Shoals with the studio's humble session band who bac

  • Jazz Fest Picks, First Weekend - from Gambit and Where Y’At

    New Orleans publications are starting to release their lists of recommended performances at Jazz Fes

    • Biography The Staple Singers

    The Staple Singers
    The Staple Singers were a American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (born 1934), Pervis (b. 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis (b. 1939). The family began appearing in Chicago-area churches in 1948, and signed their first professional contract in 1952. Preiser, David (2002). Uncloudy Day [LINK: CD] liner notes. New York:Koch Jazz. During their early career they recorded in an acoustic gospel-folk style with various labels: United Records, Vee-Jay, Riverside, and then Epic Records in 1965. Career It was on Epic that the Staple Singers began moving into mainstream pop markets, with "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) in 1967. In 1968, the Staple Singers signed to Stax and released two albums with Steve Cropper and Booker T & the MG's — Soul Folk in Action and

    Discography

    Mama, How Can I Ever Repay You?
    Mama, How Can I Ever Repay You?


    The Very Best Of The Staple Singers, Vol. 1
    The Very Best Of The Staple Singers, Vol. 1


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