CHICAGO (AP) — In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples’ smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel group The Staple Singers. Staples, ...
The Staples Singers (Pervis is between his two sisters Cleotha and Mavis). Their father, Roebuck ‘Pops’ Staples, is front-center *Pervis Staples, who along with his father and sisters, comprised the ...
Mavis Staples is just a kid, plopped cross-legged on the living room floor. Her father, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, is strumming his old six-string, teaching his youngest daughter and her siblings Yvonne, ...
In the decade since gospel/soul patriarch Roebuck "Pops" Staples died, his daughter Mavis has had her ups and downs over the loss of her beloved father. Mavis Staples quit performing and recording for ...
CHICAGO -- One of the greatest soul singers of the last half-century is named "Bubbles." It says so in Mavis Staples' living room, where a certificate hangs honoring "Bubbles" for co-producing the ...
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