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2. Mavis Staples - Wikipedia

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   Website. mavisstaples.com. 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 ...

3. The Staple Singers - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. We'll Never Turn Back - Wikipedia

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   Professional ratings. We'll Never Turn Back is the seventh studio album by American gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples, released April 24, 2007 on ANTI- Records. Recorded in 2007 and produced by roots rock and blues musician Ry Cooder, it is a concept album with lyrical themes relating to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Upon ...

5. Mavis Staples will celebrate her 85th birthday in Inglewood - AOL

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   To mark her 85th birthday, Mavis Staples will perform at YouTube Theater with friends and admirers, including Chris Stapleton, Michael McDonald and Norah Jones.

6. Freedom Highway (The Staple Singers album) - Wikipedia

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   Mavis Staples reprised the song in 2008 on Live: Hope at the Hideout, which was released on November 4, 2008, the same day that Barack Obama won the presidential election. [ 6 ] Staples, joined by Jeff Tweedy , performed "Freedom Highway" on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert at Chicago's Auditorium Theater on August 22, 2024, on the occasion ...

7. Hard Times Come Again No More - Wikipedia

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   Mavis Staples' version opens the second episode of Ken Burns' 2019 PBS documentary miniseries, Country Music. Bill Frisell recorded the song for his 2019 album Harmony. The song is performed by Petra Haden. Arlo Guthrie, Vanessa Bryan and Jim Wilson release a track of the song on July 31, 2020 (C) 2020 Rising Son Records & Jim Wilson [14]

8. Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dies at 85 - AOL

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   Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in The Staple Singers, died Thursday, May 6, 2021, at his home in Dalton, Ill., a spokesman for sister Mavis Staples ...

9. If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) - Wikipedia

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   If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) " If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) " is a song by the Staple Singers. Released from their album Be What You Are, the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard magazine 's Hot Soul Singles chart in 1973. It peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. [1]