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   Mavis Staples. Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers, of which she is the last surviving member.

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   1 day ago · Akilah Townsend for The New York Times. On a rainy April day in Chicago, Mavis Staples sat in the restaurant of the towering downtown Chicago building where she’s lived for the past four years ...

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   • Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American gospel and soul singer who was an integral part of the Staple Singers as well as a successful solo artist. The Staple Singers, 1971. At age 11, Staples joined the Staple Singers, a family gospel-singing group led by her father, Roebuck (“Pops”) Staples.

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   • Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers, of which she is the last surviving member. During her time in the group, she recorded the hit singles "I'll Take You There" and "Let's Do It Again".

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   When did Mavis Staples become a singer?

   • The Staple Singers’ transition to soul and rhythm and blues began in the late 1960s, when they signed with Stax Records —the same label on which Staples recorded her solo debut, Mavis Staples, in 1969.

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   Is Mavis Staples still singing?

   • Mavis Staples Is an American Institution. She’s Not Done Singing Yet. After more than seven decades onstage, the gospel and soul great decided last year that it was time to retire. Then she realized she still had work to do. Mavis Staples plans to release her first album since 2019 next year. “‘Just because I’m 85, they think I can’t do it?

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   Did Prince and Mavis Staples get together?

   • BIANCULLI: One of the many fans of Mavis Staples was Prince, who invited her to record on his label. In 1989, he co-produced an album for her with Al Bell, who made many of The Staple Singers' records for the Stax label in the '70s. It seemed an unlikely pairing, Prince and Mavis Staples. After all, she was best known for gospel music.

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   May 2, 2024 · Mavis Staples, American gospel and soul singer who was an integral part of the Staple Singers as well as a successful solo artist. Her live performances were legendary, as captured in the album Hope at the Hideout (2008), and she won a Grammy Award for the album You Are Not Alone (2010).

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8. www.npr.org › summer-of-soul-singer-mavis-staples'Summer Of Soul': Singer Mavis Staples : NPR

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   Sep 7, 2021 · Mavis Staples was a teenager when she began performing with her family, The Staple Singers. The quartet was led by her father, Pops Staples. By the late 1950s, The Staple...

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10. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2022/07/04The Gospel According to Mavis Staples | The New Yorker

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    Jun 27, 2022 · A legendary singer on faith, loss, and a family legacy. By David Remnick. June 27, 2022. At eighty-two, Staples asked God why she was still alive. “The only reason I could see is to sing my...

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    1 day ago · She’s Not Done Singing Yet. June 25, 2024. in News. 528. SHARES. VIEWS. On a rainy April day in Chicago, Mavis Staples sat in the restaurant of the towering downtown Chicago building where she’s lived for the past four years. For two hours, she talked about the Civil Rights movement and faith. And finally, she mentioned her old flame Bob Dylan.