Don Cornelius, second from right, and the Staple Singers, in a 1974 publicity photo taken on the set ofSoul Train Wikipedia For too long now, the Staple Singers haven’t received the level of respect ...
In 1975, the Mississippi family act known as the Staples Jr. Singers, whose members were all teenagers at the time, released their debut album When Do We Get Paid. The Staples Jr. Singers never had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few groups in American music history carry the cultural, spiritual, and social weight of The Staple Singers. Led by Roebuck “Pops” Staples and anchored by the powerful, soulful voice ...
Hallelujah! Some of the seminal musical voices of the civil rights movement are enjoying a revival in advance of this month's 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s protest marches from Selma, ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Staple Singers emerged into the public consciousness in the early 1950s and ...