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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]
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.
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"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.
Pervis Staples sang gospel songs with his father, the guitar-playing Roebuck "Pops” Staples, and sisters Mavis, Yvonne and Cleotha in Chicago churches before gaining a national following when ...
Cleotha Staples, Mavis Staples, Yvonne Staples – lead and backing vocals; Roebuck "Pops" Staples – vocals, guitar; Terry Manning – melodica, [3] guitar, [3] harmonica, [3] vibraphone; The Memphis Symphony Orchestra – strings, horns; Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section; Dale Warren – arrangements; the Bar-Kays – horn arrangements; Technical
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 ...
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