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Mavis Staples
Chicago, United States · b. 1939-07-10
Mavis Staples is credited on 164 albums across 605 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
164
Albums
605
Pressings
8
Decades active
413
In collections
Biography
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Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939, Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American gospel, R&B and soul singer and civil rights activist. She has recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers, and also as a solo artist. She is the daughter of Pops Staples and sister of Cleotha Staples, Pervis Staples and Yvonne Staples.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
164 albums · 605 pressings · active 1959–2026
- Performance · 867
- Other credits · 87
- Production · 39
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Winterland · Shangri-La, Malibu, CA · The Village Recorder · MGM Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Run The Jewels 4
2020
The Last Waltz
1978
Humanz
2017
Wasteland, Baby!
2019
Graffiti Bridge
1990
Mavis Staples
1969
We Are
2021
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
1972
Witness
2017
A Musical History
2005
Be What You Are
1973
Open
1967
The Twenty-Fifth Day Of December
1962
The Blues Don't Lie
2022
If All I Was Was Black
2017
New Power Generation
1990
Only For The Lonely
1970
We Get By
2019
The Last Waltz
2009
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (A Martin Scorsese Picture)
2005
Motherland
2001
Pass It On
1976
Sad And Beautiful World
2025
Livin' On A High Note
2016
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