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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 ...
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 ...
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 was remembered as a great brother, a great singer, and a great person after he died at age 85. He was laid to rest Monday.
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 (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.
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.
Mavis Staples was insistent, fired up, growling those words on stage at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, CA last Thursday, her blue duster shaking around her tensed, compact body. “I won’t ...