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First child to Roebuck "Pops" Staples and his wife Oceola Staples, Cleotha was born in Drew, Mississippi, in 1934. [6] Two years later, Roebuck moved his family from Mississippi to Chicago . [ 1 ] Roebuck and Oceola's children, son Pervis and daughters, Mavis and Yvonne, were born in Chicago. [ 6 ]
Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman announced Wednesday. Pervis Staples died May 6 ...
Be What You Are is a soul album by the Staple Singers, released in September 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.
Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s", [ 1 ] he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer.
Mavis Staples is a recipient of a 2006 National Heritage Fellowship, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. [34] Staples was named No. 56 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2008 list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. [35]
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Mavis Staples – vocals; Pops Staples – vocals; Cleotha Staples – harmony and backing vocals; Yvonne Staples – harmony and backing vocals; Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Jimmy Johnson – guitar; David Hood – bass guitar; Barry Beckett – keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano; Roger Hawkins – drums; Additional musicians
For Men Only was a men's magazine published from 1954 to the late 1970s. It began as a men's adventure digest-sized magazine, but became a pornographic magazine in the 1970s. It was published by the New York-based company Magazine Management (under various other names), which later became known as Marvel Entertainment .