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bostonfly · 4 months

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Listen/purchase: I'll Take You There by The Staple Singers

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oldshowbiz · 4 months

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The Staples Singers could be a commercial success.

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ms-cellanies · 1 year

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I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS WOMAN. Damn but whether on her own or with her family , The Staples Singers, she BRINGS IT.

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jacobwren · 10 months

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The Band - The Last Waltz - The Weight feat. the staples singers

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one-album-wonders · 1 year

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Central Regional - Group N

The March Madness of American Rock Bands tournament begins with our geographically largest regional. Vote for your favorite band! The top two vote recipients move on to the next round.

The Staples Singers (Chicago IL)

The Four Tops (Detroit MI)

The Replacements (Minneapolis MN)

The JB's (Cincinnati OH)

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guessimdumb · 3 months

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The Staple Singers - Power of Love (1968)

Recorded as the Staples were moving to secular music, there's still a strong gospel sound backing Mavis' powerful and gritty vocals. Cool guitar by Pops, as well.

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moviesiveseenandwanttoremember · 2 years

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Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Waltz” April 26, 1978.

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readyforevolution · 1 year

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On their way back to Chicago after a series of shows in Mississippi in November 1964, the Staples Singers pulled into a Memphis gas station to fill up. Pops Staples was in the bathroom when the young attendant finished filling the tank. After Mavis Staples paid him, she asked the attendant to bring her a receipt. The attendant responded that if she wanted a receipt, she had to come inside to get it, adding an epithet that starts with an “n.” When Pops returned to the car, Mavis told him what had happened. Pops went into the station to get the receipt and told the attendant that he owed his daughter an apology. Instead of apologizing, the attendant insulted Pops as well. Pops was prematurely gray, which may have contributed to the attendant’s misjudgment of him, and of course the attendant could not have known that Pops had been a boxer as a young man. The end result was that Pops gave the attendant exactly what he had earned—a good thumping.

After the Staples drove away the attendant phoned the Memphis police, claiming he had been beaten and robbed by a carload of black people. He described the car, which the Memphis police soon found. They pulled the Staples family over, arrested them and took them to the Memphis police station. Mavis later said she has never been afraid in her life that she was that day as they were being taken into the station. In the car the police had found a box full of cash (the group’s earnings from their shows) which seemed to confirm the story that they were thieves. But as they were being arraigned, a janitor in the station recognized them. “These are the Staples Singers,” he told the cops. “They’re a famous gospel group.” Realizing what had happened, the cops got the group’s autographs, apologized, and let them go. Whether the attendant was charged with making a false report is unknown, but we can hope that he at least was given the shaming he deserved.

In 1968 the Staples Singers signed with Stax Records and crossed over into R&B and pop. In 1971 their single “I’ll Take You There” went to #1. Throughout the group’s existence they sold millions of records. Mavis Staples, at age 81, is still performing.

Roebuck “Pops” Staples died in Chicago at age 85 on December 19, 2000.

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oldshowbiz · 1 year

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Starring Roy Thinnes and the Staples Singers

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lisamarie-vee · 5 months

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#the staple singers #1970s #b&w #rock and roll hall of fame #love is plentiful

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omegaremix · 10 days

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Spring 2001 Mixtape.

All City: “Move On You” (RMX)

Roots Of Orchis: “Building Peaks”

Einsturzende Neubauten: “Was Ist Ist”

Nobodys, The: “Fuck You Too”

Pharcyde: “Oh, Shit!”

Isaac Hayes: “Buns O’ Plenty”

Sonic Youth & Yamatsuka Eye: No

AxCx: “Morbid Flowers”

Devola: “Pigeon Fight”

Chicks On Speed: “Mind Your Own Business”

Starflyer 59: “Wherever You Go”

Fidel Villeneuve: “I Wish I Was Dead”

April March: “Chick Habit”

Mr. Oizo: “Flat Beat”

Boards Of Canada: “Petina”

Ahmad Jamal: “I Say A Simple Little Prayer”

Sea And Cake, The: “Afternoon Speaker”

Company Flow: “Linda Tripp”

Heat, The: “Play The Drums”

Alter Ego: “Nude Restaurant” (Exploding Plastic Strings RMX)

Staple Singers, The: “Let’s Do It Again”

DJ Scud: “Mash The Place Up”

Smiths, The: “Panic”

Tristeza: Dream Signals In Full Circles

Chris Connelly: “Destestimony III”

Jean-Jacques Perrey: “E.V.A.”

Isaac Hayes: “A Few More Kisses To Go”

April March & The Makers: “Sometimes, Sometimes”

Einsturnzende Neubauten: “Fiat Lux / Maifestspiele / Hirnlego”

Camera Obscura: “Theory Of Sex As An Art Form”

Download: Effector

Unsane: “Vandal-X”

Elastica: “Mad Dog”

Autechre: “Flutter”

Gil-Scott Heron: “We Almost Lost Detroit”

Yoshinura Sunahara: “The New World Break”

Dorothy Ashby: “The Windmills On Your Mind”

Cutthroats 9: “Dirty”

Marvin Gaye: “After The Dance”

Chicks On Speed: “Stop Records Advert”

Donny Hathaway: “Singing This Song To You”

David Axelrod: “The Warning”

Company Flow: “Funcrusher Plus”

Wu-Tang Clan: “Cutting Heads”

Isaac Hayes: “Hung Up On My Baby”

Vision Of Disorder: “Pretty Hate”

Einsturzende Neubauten: “Styropor”

Geoff Farina: “The Rights”

Devola: “Well-Oiled Machine”

Peaches: “Fuck The Pain Away”

Johnny Rebel: “We Is Non-Violent…”

Death Cab For Cutie: “Company Calls Epilogue” (ALT)

Slits, The: “Typical Girls”

Ida: “Shrug”

Pharoah Sanders: “The Creator Has A Master Plan”

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musickickztoo · 11 months

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Mavis Staples *July 10, 1939

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goodblacknews · 10 months

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MUSIC MONDAY: "I'll Take You There" - The Best of Mavis Staples (LISTEN)

by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) Mavis Staples is eighty-four years old as I peck these words. She has been a gospel and soul singer longer than Elizabeth II wore the crown. Many R&B vocalists started in gospel music, though she and her family have always kept a foot in both worlds. The Staple Singers have brought their spirituality, and…