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Included on the group's 1972 album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, "I'll Take You There" features lead singer Mavis Staples inviting her listeners to seek Heaven.The song is almost completely a call-and-response chorus, with the introduction and bassline being lifted—uncredited—from "The Liquidator", a 1969 reggae hit written by Harry Johnson and performed by the Harry J Allstars.
The Staple Singers with Soul Train host Don Cornelius in 1974. The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21, 2013), [1] Pervis (November 18, 1935 ...
Staple Sisters - harmony and backing vocals; Terry Manning - guitars, lead guitar, fuzz guitar, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, vibraphones, marimbas, harmonica; Eddie Hinton - guitar on "I'll Take You There" Raymond Banks - guitar on "I'll Take You There"
Freedom Highway is a 1965 album by The Staple Singers (Epic LN24163/ BN26163). [1][2][3] The title song was written for the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights and reflects not only on the actions of the activists but what suffering they had endured to get there, even referencing the murder of Emmett Till at Tallahatchie River. [4 ...
Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers, of which she is the last surviving member. During her time in the group, she recorded the hit singles "I'll Take You There" and "Let's Do It Again". [1]
The Staple Singers gained a huge audience with their first No. 1 hit, “I’ll Take You There” in 1972 and followed with top 40 hits “Respect Yourself,” “Heavy Makes You Happy,” and ...
The Staple Swingers is a soul album by the Staple Singers, released on June 15, 1971. It was the first Staple Singers album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals. Pervis Staples was replaced by his sister Yvonne Staples prior to the recording of the album.
Be What You Are is a soul album by the Staple Singers, released on December 8, 1973.It reached number 13 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart. The first single, "Be What You Are", fared poorly; however, the follow-up, "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)", was a top ten hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the R&B Singles chart.