Staple Singers Lets Do It Again Vinyl
| The Staple Singers | |
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 The Staple Singers with Soul Train host Don Cornelius in 1974. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| Years active | 1948–1994 |
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| Past members | Roebuck "Pops" Staples Cleotha Staples Mavis Staples Pervis Staples Yvonne Staples |
The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (Apr xi, 1934 – February 21, 2013),[1] Pervis (November xviii, 1935 – May 6, 2021),[2] [3] and Mavis (b. 1939). Yvonne (Oct 23, 1937 – April 10, 2018)[4] [5] replaced her brother when he was drafted into the U.S. Army, and once again in 1970. They are best known for their 1970s hits "Respect Yourself", "I'll Accept You In that location", "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)", and "Let's Do Information technology Again". While the family unit name is Staples, the grouping used "Staple" commercially.
History [edit]
Kickoff child to Roebuck "Pops" Staples and his married woman Oceola Staples, Cleotha was born in Drew, Mississippi, in 1934.[6] Two years afterwards, Roebuck moved his family from Mississippi to Chicago.[i] Roebuck and Oceola'southward children, son Pervis and daughters, Mavis and Yvonne, were born in Chicago.[6] Roebuck worked in steel mills and meatpacking plants while his family unit of four children grew upwards.[seven] The family began actualization in Chicago-area churches in 1948.[4] Their first public singing appearance was at the Mount Zion Church, Chicago, where Roebuck's blood brother, the Rev. Chester Staples, was pastor.[8]
They signed their first professional contract in 1952.[9] During their early career, they recorded in an acoustic gospel-folk style with various labels: United Records, Vee-Jay Records (their "Uncloudy Day" and "Volition the Circle Exist Unbroken?" were best sellers), Checker Records, Riverside Records, and and so Epic Records in 1965. "Uncloudy Mean solar day" was an early influence on Bob Dylan, who said of information technology in 2015, "It was the most mysterious affair I'd ever heard... I'd think virtually them fifty-fifty at my schoolhouse desk...Mavis looked to exist about the same age every bit me in her picture show (on the cover of "Uncloudy Day")...Her singing just knocked me out...And Mavis was a corking singer—deep and mysterious. And even at the young age, I felt that life itself was a mystery."[ten]
The Staples' move to Epic had a run of albums, including the live in-church Freedom Highway album produced by Billy Sherrill; the championship runway of which was a civil rights motion protest song penned by Pops Staples. Information technology was on Epic that the Staple Singers developed a manner more than accessible to mainstream audiences, with "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) in 1967. In 1968, the Staple Singers signed to Stax Records and released two albums with Steve Cropper—Soul Folk in Action and We'll Get Over, Pervis returning for them.[eleven] After Cropper left Stax, Al Bell produced their recordings, conducting the rhythm sessions at the famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and cutting the overdubs himself with engineer/musician Terry Manning at Memphis'southward Ardent Studios,[12] moving in a more funk and soul direction.
"For most of this decade, Roebuck Staples—born December 28, 1914, about One Twelvemonth & two weeks after Frank Sinatra—has been the oldest performer with direct access to the hit parade by some twenty-five years, so here's your chance to listen your elders. It's Mavis's lowdown, occasionally undefined growl that dominates, of grade; you should hear how secular she gets with an O.V. Wright blues that got buried on The Staple Swingers. But Pops's unassuming moralism sets the tone and his guitar assures the flow."
—The Best of the Staples Singers review in Christgau'due south Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981)[xiii]
The Staple Singers' first Stax hit was "Heavy Makes Y'all Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)" in early 1971. Their late 1971 recording of "Respect Yourself", written by Luther Ingram and Mack Rice, peaked at number two on the Billboard R&B nautical chart and number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both hits sold over one million copies and were each awarded a gilt disc past the Recording Manufacture Association of America.[xiv] The song'due south theme of self-empowerment had universal appeal, released in the period immediately following the intense American civil rights movement of the 1960s. In 1972, "I'll Take You lot There" topped both Billboard charts.[15] In 1973, "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)" reached number nine on the Hot 100 and number one on the R&B chart.
After Stax'due south 1975 defalcation, The Staple Singers signed to Curtis Mayfield's label, Curtom Records, and released "Let's Do It Again", produced by Mayfield; the song became their second number-one pop striking in the U.S., and the album was also successful. In 1976, they collaborated with The Band for their film The Last Waltz, performing on the song "The Weight" (which The Staple Singers had previously covered on their kickoff Stax album). However, they were non able to regain their momentum, releasing simply occasional minor hits. The 1984 album Turning Signal featured a encompass of the Talking Heads' "Glace People", which reached the Elevation 5 on the Trip the light fantastic toe chart. In 1994, they over again performed the song "The Weight" with state music artist Marty Stuart for MCA Nashville'due south Rhythm, Country and Blues compilation, somewhat re-establishing an audience. The song "Respect Yourself" was used by Fasten Lee in the soundtrack to his movie Crooklyn, made in 1994.
Pops Staples died of complications from a concussion suffered in December 2000.[16] Cleotha Staples died in Chicago on Feb 21, 2013, at the historic period of 78, later suffering from Alzheimer'due south disease for over a decade.[17] Mavis Staples has continued to carry on the family tradition and continues to add together her song talents to both the projects of other artists and her own solo ventures. She appeared at Glastonbury in 2015[xviii] and 2019,[19] and her 2016 anthology Livin' on a High Note includes a simple acoustic version of a Martin Luther King sermon in the rail "MLK Song".[twenty] Yvonne Staples died on April 10, 2018, at the historic period of 80.[21] Pervis Staples died suddenly in his abode in Dolton, Illinois, on May half dozen, 2021, at the historic period of 85.[22]
Documentary [edit]
The 2015 documentary film Mavis! recounts the history of The Staple Singers and follows Mavis Staples' solo career afterward Pops Staples' death. Directed past Jessica Edwards, the moving-picture show premiered at the 2015 South past Southwest Pic Festival and was circulate by HBO in February 2016.[23]
Awards [edit]
The Staple Singers were inducted into the Stone and Curl Hall of Fame in 1999[24] and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2018.[25] They were likewise honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Drew, Mississippi.[26] In 2005, the grouping was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[27]
Discography [edit]
Early albums [edit]
- A Gospel Program (with The Caravans) (Gospel/Savoy MG-3001, 1958)
- Uncloudy Day (Vee Jay VJLP-5000, 1959)
- Volition the Circumvolve Be Unbroken (Vee Jay VJLP-5008, 1960)
- Swing Depression (Vee Jay VJLP-5014, 1961)
- Hammer and Nails (Riverside RLP-3501, 1962)
- The Twenty-Fifth Day of December (Riverside RLP-3513, 1962)
- This Country (Riverside RM-3524, 1963)
- Swing Low Sweetness Chariot (Vee Jay VJLP-5030, 1963)
- Amen! (Ballsy BN-26132, 1965)
- Freedom Highway (Epic BN-26163, 1965)
- This Piffling Light (Riverside RM-3527, 1965)
- Why (Epic BN-26196, 1966)
- Pray On (Epic BN-26237, 1967)
- For What Information technology'southward Worth (Ballsy BN-26332, 1967)
- What the World Needs Now is Love (Ballsy BN-26373, 1968)
- Soul Folk in Action (Stax STS-2004, 1968)
- We'll Get Over (Stax STS-2016, 1969)
Source:[28]
Charted albums [edit]
| Year | Championship | Elevation nautical chart positions | Record characterization | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United states of america [29] | Us R&B [29] | Tin [30] | |||
| 1971 | The Staple Swingers | 117 | 9 | — | Stax |
| 1972 | Exist Distance: Respect Yourself | xix | 3 | 72 | |
| 1973 | Exist What You lot Are | 102 | thirteen | — | |
| 1974 | Metropolis in the Heaven | 125 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | Let's Practice It Again | 20 | 1 | 87 | Curtom |
| 1976 | Pass Information technology On | 155 | twenty | — | Warner Bros. |
| 1977 | Family Tree | — | 58 | — | |
| 1978 | Unlock Your Mind | — | 34 | — | |
| 1984 | Turning Point | — | 43 | — | Private I |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||
Charted singles [edit]
| Yr | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [29] | Usa R&B [29] | AUS [31] | CAN [30] | UK [32] | ||
| 1967 | "Why? (Am I Treated And so Bad)" | 95 | — | — | — | — |
| "For What It's Worth" | 66 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1970 | "Love Is Plentiful" | — | 31 | — | — | — |
| 1971 | "Heavy Makes Yous Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)" | 27 | 6 | — | 60 | — |
| "You've Got to Earn Information technology" | 97 | 11 | — | — | — | |
| "Respect Yourself" | 12 | 2 | — | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | "I'll Take You There" | ane | ane | — | 21 | 20 |
| "This World" | 38 | half dozen | — | 85 | — | |
| 1973 | "Oh La De Da" | 33 | 4 | — | — | — |
| "Exist What You Are" | 66 | 18 | — | — | — | |
| "If You lot're Ready (Come Go with Me)" | 9 | ane | — | 79 | 34 | |
| 1974 | "Bear on a Paw, Make a Friend" | 23 | three | — | 33 | — |
| "City in the Sky" | 79 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| "My Main Man" | 76 | 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1975 | "Let'due south Do It Again" | 1 | 1 | 97 | 7 | — |
| 1976 | "New Orleans" | 70 | 4 | — | 84 | — |
| "Beloved Me, Love Me, Love Me" | — | xi | — | — | — | |
| 1977 | "Sweeter Than the Sweetness" | — | 52 | — | — | — |
| "See a Little Further (Than My Bed)" | — | 77 | — | — | — | |
| 1978 | "I Honestly Dearest You lot" | — | 68 | — | — | — |
| "Unlock Your Mind" | — | sixteen | — | — | — | |
| 1979 | "Chica Boom" | — | 82 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | "H-A-T-Due east (Don't Live Here Anymore)" | — | 46 | — | — | — |
| "Slippery People" | 109 | 22 | — | — | 78 | |
| "This Is Our Night" | — | 50 | — | — | — | |
| 1985 | "Are Y'all Ready?" | — | 39 | — | — | — |
| "Nobody Can Make It on Their Own" | — | 89 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did non nautical chart or were not released. | ||||||
References [edit]
- ^ a b Cleotha Staples Obituary Legacy.com accessdate July twenty, 2018
- ^ Blistein, Jon (12 May 2021). "Staple Singers Co-Founder Pervis Staples Dead at 85". Retrieved fifteen June 2021.
- ^ Traub, Alex (14 May 2021). "Pervis Staples, Who Harmonized With the Staple Singers, Dies at 85". Nytimes.com . Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Stack, Liam (11 April 2018). "Yvonne Staples, Member and Director of the Staple Singers, Dies at 80". The New York Times. p. A25. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ O'Donnell, Maureen. "Yvonne Staples of the Staples Singers dies at 80". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved Apr x, 2018.
- ^ a b Cleotha Staples: Vocalist with the Staples Singers, The Contained, accessdate July 20, 2018
- ^ Gary Kramer, Liner notes to Riverside l.p. Hammer and Nails, 1962.
- ^ H.R.R. Liner notes to original Vee Jay l.p. Uncloudy Twenty-four hour period, 1959.
- ^ Preiser, David (2002). Uncloudy Solar day [CD liner notes]. New York: Koch Jazz.
- ^ Interview with Bob Dylan. i newspaper (London) Feb 3rd 2015
- ^ Liner notes to Stax LPs Soul Folk in Activity, 1968 and We'll Get Over, 1969
- ^ Rob Bowman Stax: 50th Anniversary Celebration (Beverly Hills) 2007, and meet also Rob Bowman, Soulsville U.s.: The Story of Stax Records in that location cited.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: South". Christgau'due south Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X . Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Volume of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 303. ISBN0-214-20512-half-dozen.
- ^ Billboard Publications Inc. Billboard R&B/Soul and Billboard Hot 100 charts, 10.9.1971 and 4.ane.1972, cited by Rob Bowman, above.
- ^ "R&B pioneer Pops Staples dies". 2000-12-21. Retrieved 2020-12-02 .
- ^ Obituaries, The New York Times, February 24, 2013; The Guardian newspaper (London), Feb 24, 2013.
- ^ "Glastonbury 2015 - Mavis Staples". BBC Music Events . Retrieved 2020-12-02 .
- ^ "Glastonbury 2019 - Mavis Staples". BBC Music Events . Retrieved 2020-12-02 .
- ^ The Times newspaper, (London), February nineteen, 2016.
- ^ "Yvonne Staples of the Staple Singers dead at lxxx". suntimes.com.
- ^ Limbong, Andrew (2021-05-xiii). "Pervis Staples, Founding Member Of The Staple Singers, Dies At Age 85". NPR. Retrieved 2021-05-13 .
- ^ "Critic reviews for Mavis!". metacritic.com. February 28, 2016. Retrieved January three, 2020.
- ^ "Inductee Explorer - Rock & Curlicue Hall of Fame". rockhall.com.
- ^ "Staple Singers". Gospel Music Hall of Fame . Retrieved April five, 2018.
- ^ "Staple Singers". Mississippi Blues Trail.
- ^ "Staple Singers". GRAMMY.com. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-12-02 .
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Pop Music, p. 3105 0857125958 Colin Larkin - 2011.
- ^ a b c d "US Charts > Staple Singers". Billboard . Retrieved November eighteen, 2012.
- ^ a b "Tin can Charts > Staple Singers". RPM . Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Volume 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.Southward.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 290. ISBN0-646-11917-half dozen.
- ^ Dafydd Rees, Barry Lazell & Roger Osborne 40 Years of New Musical Express Charts (London) 1992. Entries for June 17, 1972, & July half-dozen, 1974.
External links [edit]
- The Staple Singers at VH1
- The Staple Singers at AllMusic
wilkinsonfookistand.blogspot.com
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staple_Singers
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