Pops Staples
Biography
Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s", he was a songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Last Waltz
1978
True Stories
1986
Sounds From True Stories
1986
Sweet Child
1968
Protest Songs 1924-2012
2021
Arkansas Traveler
1992
My Very Special Guests
1979
Pass It On
1976
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
1975
The Pentangle
1968
Staple Singers - Live
1983
Everybody Rockin'
1981
Jammed Together
1969
The Impressions
1963
One True Vine
2013
Freedom Highway
1965
Credited work
214 releases · 57 albums · active 1969–2024
- Performance · 537
- Production · 62
- Other credits · 36
Studios: Chicago Trax Recording Studio · Ocean Way Recording · Dreamland Recording Studios · Windmill Lane Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Staple Singers
- Mavis Staples
- The Pentangle
- John Lee Hooker
- Albert King
- The Band
- Eric Bibb