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Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21, 2013), [1] Pervis (November 18, 1935 – May 6, 2021), [2] [3] and Mavis (b. July 10, 1939).
Begun by Mavis’s guitarist father, Roebuck, in the early 1950s, the Staple Singers included her sisters Cleotha and Yvonne (the latter joined after the group had been performing for a while) and her brother Pervis (who left in the early 1970s).
The Staple Singers sono stati un gruppo musicale statunitense di gospel, soul e R&B. Fu Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914-2000), il patriarca della famiglia, formò il gruppo insieme ai figli Cleotha (1934-2013), Pervis (1935), Yvonne (1936-2018 [1] ) e Mavis (1939).
13 mag 2021 · Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman announced Wednesday. He was 85.
He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha.
14 mag 2021 · Pervis Staples, who sang harmony and also provided quieter forms of support during the rise to gospel stardom of his family’s group, the Staple Singers, died on May 6 at his home in Dolton, Ill.
20 lug 2021 · In 1994, at the 37th Annual GRAMMY Awards, the Staple Singers’ solo album Father Father, featuring Roebuck (Pop) Staples, the patriarch of the family, won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album – or Contemporary Blues Recording.
