The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers are an American gospel vocal band that until the 1980s brought into the charts of the 1960s a number of singles.
History
The band was found in 1951 together, as a blues guitarist Roebuck " Pops " Staples sang along with his daughters Cleotha and Mavis and his son Pervis front of a church congregation in Chicago. They signed only at United Records, then Vee -Jay in 1960 and finally in the jazz and folk -oriented label Riverside Records. This started a short time in which the Staples mainly made folk recordings, and which was continued later at Epic. Why ( Am I Treated So Bad ) and Stephen Stills Cover For What It's Worth came in 1967 in the lower regions of the charts.
In 1968 the band signed with Stax Records. The first two albums Soul Folk in Action and We'll Get It Over was produced by Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the MG's acted as backing band. In 1970 Pervis Staples then the Singers, the substitute found in his sister Yvonne Staples. New producer was Al Bell, who led the band's music towards radio. Overall, the Staple Singers 12 hits at Stax, including Heavy Makes You Happy ( Sha -Na- Boom Boom ) and I'll Take You There, the number one of the singles charts had reached. After Stax encountered financial difficulties, Curtis Mayfield signed the band to his label, Curtom Records, where they had a Number 1 hit Let's Do It Again.
In 1979, the band at Warner Brothers not quite as much success, then signed in 1984 with Private I and came five times in the R & B charts. In 1994, the Staple Singers, along with Marty Stuart and the song The Weight participating in the Sampler Rhythm, Country & Blues. 1999 were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. " Uncloudy Day" appeared in the list Wire The Wire 's " 100 Records That Set The World On Fire (While No One Was Listening ) ".
Pops Staples died on 19 December 2000, his daughter Cleotha (* April 11, 1934 ) on 21 February 2013.