The Staple Singers
| The Staple Singers | |
 The Staple Singers i TV-programmet Soul Train med programledaren Don Cornelius, 1974. | |
| Bakgrund | Chicago, Illinois United States |
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| Genrer | Soul, blues, funk, R&B, gospel, pop |
| År som aktiva | 1948–94 |
| Skivbolag | United, Vee-Jay, Checker, Riverside, Stax, Epic, Columbia, Discos CBS, CBS Records, American Recording Company, Curtom, United Artists, WEA, Warner Bros., Atlantic, Sony Music |
| Artistsamarbeten | Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Ross Singers, The Band |
| Tidigare medlemmar | |
| Roebuck "Pops" Staples Cleotha Staples Mavis Staples Pervis Staples Yvonne Staples | |
Utmärkelser
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Staple Singers var en amerikansk gospel-, soul- och R&B- sånggrupp. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914–2000) bildade gruppen tillsammans med sina barn Cleotha (1934–2013)[2], Pervis (1935–2021[3]) och Mavis (1939–). Yvonne (1937–2018)[4][5] ersatte brodern Pervis 1970. Gruppen är mest känd för låtarna "Respect Yourself", "I'll Take You There", "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" och "Let's Do It Again, som de hade hits med under 1970-talet. Trots att deras familjenamn är Staples, använde gruppen "Staple" kommersiellt.
Diskografi
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Tidiga album
[redigera | redigera wikitext]- Uncloudy Day (Vee-Jay, 1959)
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Vee Jay 1961)
- Gospel Program (Epic 1961)
- Hammers and Nails (Epic 1962)
- Great Day (Epic 1963)
- 25th Day of December (Epic 1963)
- Spirituals (Epic 1965)
- Amen! (Epic 1965)
- Freedom Highway (Epic 1965)
- Pray On (Epic 1966)
- Why (Epic 1966)
- This Little Light (Epic 1966)
- For What It's Worth (Epic 1967)
- What the World Needs Now Is Love (Epic 1968)
- Soul Folk in Action (Stax 1968)
- We'll Get Over (Stax 1970)
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Album på topplistor
[redigera | redigera wikitext]| År | Titel | Högsta listplacering | Skivbolag | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | USA | KAN | |||
| 1971 | The Staple Swingers | 117 | 9 | - | Stax |
| 1972 | Be Altitude: Respect Yourself | 19 | 3 | 72 | |
| 1973 | Be What You Are | 102 | 13 | - | |
| 1974 | City in the Sky | 125 | 13 | - | |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | 20 | 1 | 87 | Curtom |
| 1976 | Pass It On | 155 | 20 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 1977 | Family Tree | - | 58 | - | |
| 1978 | Unlock Your Mind | - | 34 | - | |
| 1984 | Turning Point | - | 43 | - | Private I |
| "-" anger album som inte platsat på topplistan, eller ej släppts. | |||||
Singlar på topplistor
[redigera | redigera wikitext]| År | Titel | Högsta listplacering | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US R&B |
CAN |
UK | ||
| 1967 | "Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)" | 95 | — | — | — |
| "For What It's Worth" | 66 | — | — | — | |
| 1970 | "Love Is Plentiful" | — | 31 | — | — |
| 1971 | "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)" | 27 | 6 | 60 | — |
| "You've Got to Earn It" | 97 | 11 | — | — | |
| "Respect Yourself" | 12 | 2 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | "I'll Take You There" | 1 | 1 | 21 | 20 |
| "This World" | 38 | 6 | 85 | — | |
| 1973 | "Oh La De Da" | 33 | 4 | — | — |
| "Be What You Are" | 66 | 18 | — | — | |
| "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" | 9 | 1 | 79 | 27 | |
| 1974 | "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" | 23 | 3 | 33 | — |
| "City in the Sky" | 79 | 4 | — | — | |
| "My Main Man" | 76 | 18 | — | — | |
| 1975 | "Let's Do It Again" | 1 | 1 | 7 | — |
| 1976 | "New Orleans" | 70 | 4 | 84 | — |
| "Love Me, Love Me, Love Me" | — | 11 | — | — | |
| 1977 | "Sweeter Than the Sweet" | — | 52 | — | — |
| "See a Little Further (Than My Bed)" | — | 77 | — | — | |
| 1978 | "I Honestly Love You" | — | 68 | — | — |
| "Unlock Your Mind" | — | 16 | — | — | |
| 1979 | "Chica Boom" | — | 82 | — | — |
| 1984 | "H-A-T-E (Don't Live Here Anymore)" | — | 46 | — | — |
| "Slippery People" | 109 | 22 | — | — | |
| "This Is Our Night" | — | 50 | — | — | |
| 1985 | "Are You Ready?" | — | 39 | — | — |
| "Nobody Can Make It on Their Own" | — | 89 | — | — | |
| "-" anger singlar som inte platsat på topplistan, eller ej släppts. | |||||
Referenser
[redigera | redigera wikitext]- ^ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-ID: staple-singers.[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ Cleotha Staples Obituary legacy.com accessdate July 20, 2018
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/arts/music/pervis-staples-dead.html
- ^ . https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/obituaries/yvonne-staples-singers.html.
- ^ ”Yvonne Staples of the Staple Singers dead at 80”. Chicago Sun Times. Arkiverad från originalet den 11 april 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180411091445/https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/yvonne-staples-of-the-staples-singers-dies-at-80/. Läst 16 februari 2020.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, p. 3105 0857125958 Colin Larkin - 2011.