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2. Mai 2024 · The Staple Singers’ transition to soul and rhythm and blues began in the late 1960s, when they signed with Stax Records—the same label on which Staples recorded her solo debut, Mavis Staples, in 1969.
Vor einem Tag · Mavis Staples has earned the legacy that most R&B singers only dream of. From making some of the foundational songs of the genre back in the early 1960s to still sounding as breathtaking as ever towards the end of her career, her work with both The Staples Singers and her own solo career is what many people still think of when they think of the sounds of classic R&B. With years of output under ...
26. Apr. 2024 · Mavis Staples marched with Dr. King in the 1960s and played at the White House for Barack Obama, spanning two defining points in American history.
Vor 5 Tagen · In 1962, Mavis Staples and her family took the stage at Mandel Hall for the University of Chicago Folk Festival. In between bluegrass bands and bluesmen, the gospel group shook the crowd with their spiritual sound. The next year, The Staple Singers would meet the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—a ...
26. Apr. 2024 · Mavis Staples turns 85 on July 10 this year. Twenty years ago, in 2004, Staples released her sixth studio album, Have a Little Faith, on Alligator Records. For close to a decade, Staples had not released any new music, and during those years her father, “Pops” Staples, died, and her sister Cleotha was seriously ill. On Have a Little Faith Staples delivers stirring vocal performances of ...
17. Apr. 2024 · Over her long career, Staples won other musicians, including Bob Dylan and Prince as admirers, and her solo work, which had never quite found its course among the shifting winds of musical...
17. Apr. 2024 · The clan’s musical signatures have been Pops Staples’ gospel-based songwriting and bluesy guitar, Mavis Staples’ rich, raspy vocals and the supple, ringing harmonies of Cleotha and Yvonne Staples. All three women are the daughters of Pops and Oceola Staples. Until 1969, son Pervis also belonged to the group, which was configured as a quartet for more than half a century, with Pops and ...
