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THE STAPLE SINGERS
Chicago, Illinois, USA
* 1951

Line-Up (1981):

Roebuck "Pops" Staples - voc
Cleotha Staples - voc
Yvonne Staples - voc
Mavis Staples - voc

Former Members:

Pervis Staples (voc, 1951-68)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Staple Singers	1960
2.	Uncloudy Day	1960
3.	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	1961	VeeJay
4.	Hammer and Nails	10/1962
5.	For What It's Worth	1968
6.	Pray On	1968
7.	Soul Folks In Action	1968	Stax
8.	Gospel Soul	1969
9.	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?	1969
10.	Best	1970
11.	We'll Get Over	1970
12.	Heavy Makes You Happy	1971
13.	Staple Swingers	4/1971	Stax
14.	Be Altitude: Respect Yourself	1972
15.	Use What You Got	9/1973	Fantasy
16.	Be What You Are	10/1973	Stax
17.	This Time Around	1974
18.	City In The Sky	27.09.1974	Stax
19.	My Main Man	12/1974	Stax
20.	The Best Of The Staple Singers	17.10.1975	Stax
21.	Let's Do It Again & Curtis Mayfield	31.10.1975	Curtom
22.	Pass It On	1976
23.	Family Tree	19.08.1977	Warner Bros
24.	Unlock Your Mind	1978
25.	The Turning Point	11/1984	Epic
26.	The Staple Singers	1985
27.	Best Of Staple Singers	26.10.1998
28.	Too Close	25.05.1999
29.	Good News - The Collection	10.07.2001	Music Club
30.	In the Spirit	09.08.2005	Direct Source
31.	Stax Profiles	25.04.2006	Stax
32.	The Staple Singers	05.06.2006	Stax
33.	In the Praise of Him	05.09.2006	Collectables
34.	This Is Gospel: The Staple Singers	09.01.2007	Calvin
35.	Staple Singers: Platinum Artist Series	22.05.2007	St. Clair
36.	Very Best of the Staple Singers	19.06.2007	Stax
37.	25th Day of December	18.09.2007	Riverside
38.	Best of the Vee-Jay Years	25.09.2007	Shout! Factory
39.	Freedom Highway	29.01.2008	Sbme Special Mkts
40.	Collector's Edition	16.09.2008	Madacy Special Mkts
41.	Platinum Gospel: Staple Singers	27.09.2011	SMC
42.	One True Vine	22.06.2013	Antenna Farm
43.	Freedom Highway Complete: Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church	24.03.2015	Epic
44.	Faith and Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976	13.11.2015	Concord
45.	This Little Light	29.04.2016	Riverside
46.	This Land	29.04.2016	Riverside

Mavis Staples:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Only For The Lonely	1970	Stax
2.	Mavis Staples	1970
3.	Oh What A Feeling	1979
4.	Time Waits For No One	1989
5.	The Voice	1993
6.	Spirituals And Gospels - Dedicated To Mahalia Jackson & Lucky Peterson	21.10.1996	Verve
7.	Have a Little Faith produced by: Jim Tullio	17.08.2004	Alligator
8.	We'll Never Turn Back produced by: Ry Cooder	24.04.2007	Anti-
9.	Live: Hope at the Hideout	04.11.2008	Anti-
10.	You Are Not Alone	14.09.2010	Anti			69
11.	One True Vine	25.06.2013	Anti			67
12.	Your Good Fortune	21.04.2015	Anti
13.	Livin' On A High Note	26.02.2016	Anti-
14.	If All I Was Was Black produced by: Jeff Tweedy	17.11.2017	Anti
15.	We Get By	5/2019	Anti
16.	Carry Me Home & Levon Helm	5/2022	Epitaph

Roebuck "Pops" Staples:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Peace In The Neighborhood	1992
2.	Father Father	7/1994	Virgin
3.	Friendship	03.02.2015	Anti
4.	Don't Lose This	16.02.2015	Anti

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Why (Am I Treated So Bad)	5/1967	Epic		95
2.	For What It's Worth	8/1967	Epic		66
3.	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha Na Boom Boom) (v GB 9.4.71)	1/1971	Stax		21
4.	You've Got To Earn It	7/1971	Stax		97
5.	Respect Yourself	10/1971	Stax		12
6.	I'll Take You There	3/1972	Stax	30	1
7.	This World	7/1972	Stax		38
8.	Oh La De Da	3/1973	Stax		33
9.	Be What You Are	6/1973	Stax		66
10.	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)	10/1973	Stax	27	9
11.	Touch A Hand, Make A Friend	2/1974	Stax		23
12.	City In The Sky	16.08.1974	Stax		79
13.	My Main Man	11/1974	Stax		76
14.	Let's Do It Again	10/1975	Curtom		1
15.	New Orleans	2/1976	Curtom		70
16.	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) / I'll Take You There	09.12.1977	Stax
17.	Slippery People	9/1984	Private I	46
18.	Small Town	2/1986
19.	I'll Take You There / Respect Yourself (reissue)	14.10.2002	S12
20.	Going Away / Spring Fever (club mix) & Hilltribe	15.09.2003	Hilltribe
21.	Balearica 8 EP (Don't Stop The Music / Slippery People / Discocaine / AEO (parts 1 & 2)) & Eric's Friends & Brian Briggs & Bits And Pieces	01.05.2012	Balearica
22.	Amen! / Why	06.05.2016	Real Gone Music

Mavis Staples:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Never, Never Let You Go & Eddie Floyd	7/1969	Stax		107
2.	I Have Learned To Do Without You	8/1970	Volt		87
3.	Endlessly	1972
4.	Tonight I Feel Like Dancing	06.07.1979	Warner Bros
5.	I'll Take You There & BeBe & CeCe Winans	05.11.1991	Capitol		90
6.	Slippery People	14.04.2017	Blackbird Production Partners
7.	Nina Cried Power EP & Hozier	06.09.2018	Island	87	60
8.	Anytime	4/2019	Anti
9.	I'll Be Gone & Norah Jones	10/2019	Blue Note

Awards:

1999 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Uncloudy Day")
2001 Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame
2002 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Respect Yourself")
2005 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Various:

Roebuck "Pops" Staples:

Awards:

1994 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Blues Album ("Father Father')

Mavis Staples:

Compilation Appearances:

"Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking" on compilation "Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan" (25.3.03, Columbia, & Bob Dylan)
"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" on live CD "Lightning in a Bottle" (21.9.04, Columbia/Legacy)
"Men Are Just Like Street Cars" on live CD "Lightning in a Bottle" (21.9.04, Columbia/Legacy, & Natalie Cole & Ruth Brown)
"Eyes On The Prize" on OST "My Blueberry Nights" (25.2.08, Parlophone/Blue Note)

appeared on the LP:

John Mayall: Wake Up Call (31.5.93, Silvertone)
Blind Boys Of Alabama: Go Tell It on the Mountain (16.9.03, Real World)
Los Lobos: The Ride (4.5.04, Hollywood)
Dr John: N'Awlinz: Dis, Dat or D'udda (13.7.04, Blue Note)
John Scofield: That's What I Say (7.6.05, Verve)
Marty Stuart: Soul's Chapel (30.8.05, 30.8.05, Superlatone)
North Mississippi Allstars: Keys To The Kingdom (1.2.11)
Van Morrison: Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue (24.3.15, RCA)
Gorillaz: Humanz (28.4.17)
Sheryl Crow: Threads (30.8.19)

Awards:

2005 W.C. Handy Awards

- Blues Album ("Have A Little Faith")
- Soul Blues Album ("Have A Little Faith")
- Soul Blues Artist

2010 Grammy Awards - Best Americana Album ("You Are Not Alone")
2015 Grammy Awards - Best American Roots Performance (track "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean")

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	10.04.1971	14	New Pop Singles	single review
1971	0	17.07.1971	16	Pop Albums	album review
1973	31	04.08.1973	25	New Singles	single review
1975	50	13.12.1975	45	Soul Food	album review
1977	50	10.12.1977	20	Singles - Soul	single review
1981	31	01.08.1981	14
1984	40	17.11.1984	28	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	28.09.1973	20	Albums	album review
1974	0	02.02.1974	37	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1974	0	16.02.1974	29	Thrills
1974	0	28.09.1974	11	Albums	album review
1975	0	06.12.1975	25	Platters	album review