The Staple Singers

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American vocal group R&B group gospel group soul music group

The Staple Singers were an influential American gospel, soul, and R&B group known for their socially conscious songs and distinctive family harmonies.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Staple Singers 1
The Staples Singers 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American vocal group ⓘ
R&B group ⓘ
gospel group ⓘ
soul music group ⓘ
activePeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
associatedAct Booker T. & the M.G.'s NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mavis Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfFormation 1950 ⓘ
familyRelationship group composed of Staples family members ⓘ
foundedBy Roebuck "Pops" Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasMember Cleotha Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mavis Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pervis Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roebuck "Pops" Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yvonne Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced gospel-influenced R&B artists ⓘ
soul music artists ⓘ
influencedBy blues ⓘ
gospel music tradition ⓘ
locationOfFormation Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricalFocus civil rights ⓘ
socially conscious themes ⓘ
spiritual themes ⓘ
notablePerformance participation in civil rights rallies ⓘ
notableRecognition induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableSongCharacteristic family vocal harmonies ⓘ
notableWork I'll Take You There NERFINISHED ⓘ
If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Let's Do It Again NERFINISHED ⓘ
Respect Yourself NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Curtom Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ
Riverside Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stax Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vee-Jay Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
RockAndRollHallOfFameInductionYear 1999 ⓘ
vocalStyle call-and-response ⓘ
lead-and-harmony structure ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mavis Staples → associatedAct → The Staple Singers ⓘ
The Last Waltz concert by The Band → featuredGuestPerformer → The Staple Singers ⓘ
subject surface form: The Last Waltz (concert)
this entity surface form: The Staples Singers
Vee-Jay Records → signedArtist → The Staple Singers ⓘ
Uncloudy Day → hasNotableRecordingBy → The Staple Singers ⓘ
People Get Ready → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → The Staple Singers ⓘ
Jim Stewart → associatedAct → The Staple Singers ⓘ
Stax studio → recordedArtist → The Staple Singers ⓘ
Heaven Help Us All → hasCoverVersionBy → The Staple Singers ⓘ
Roger Hawkins → associatedWith → The Staple Singers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Staple Singers