'' Respect Yourself '' - The Staple Singers Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) Cleotha Staples (April 11, 1934 — Feb. 21, 2013) Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) Pervis Staples (born 1935) Yvonne Staples (October 23, 1937 – April 10, 2018) "Respect Yourself" is the name of a classic soul song by American R&B/gospel group The Staple Singers. Released in late 1971 from their album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, the song became a crossover hit. The Staple Singers' versi