The staple singers

In April 1965, the Staple Singers recorded a concert in support of that year's civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama, to the Capitol in Montgomery. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the marches, Legacy Recordings is releasing Freedom Highway Complete ??? Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church, a newly expanded edition of that historic concert. Play the video above for a special preview of the never-before-heard track "Jesus Is All."

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Ms. Staples was a background voice and business manager for her family’s pop and soul group, whose 1970s hits included “I’ll Take You There.”

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (Dec. 28, 1914 – Dec. 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s & 70s, he was a songwriter, guitarist & singer. He was the patriarch and member of The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha. In 1998 he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1999 the Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The Staple Singers

I'll Take You There by Greg Kot - “A biography that will send readers back to the music of Mavis and the Staple Singers with deepened appreciation and a rene...

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Bob Dylan proposed marriage to her, but she turned him down. Because Mavis Staples was focused on her music. As lead singer for the the Staples Singers, Mavis was the dynamic lead to a Gospel turned secular family group labeled "God's Greatest Hitmakers." Led by Staples patriarch and guitarist Pops Staples, Mavis was the family cook. As in burn, burn, burn.