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Staples, Pops

LC control no.n 92085815
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingStaples, Pops
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Variant(s)Staples, Roebuck
See alsoCorporate body: Staple Singers
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Birth date19141228
Death date20001219
Place of birthWinona (Miss.)
Place of deathDolton (Ill.)
Field of activityGospel music Soul music
Profession or occupationSinger Gospel musician Soul musician
Found inHis Peace to the neighborhood [SR] p1992: label (Pops Staples)
Staples, P. Father, Father [SR] p1994: label (Pops Staples) insert (Roebuck "Pops" Staples)
New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.: v. 4, p. 296 (Roebuck "Pops" Staples; b. 12-2-15, Winona, Miss.)
Guinness enc. of pop. mus.: p. 2363 (Roebuck "Pops" Staples; b. 12-28-15, Winona, Miss.)
New York Times, Dec. 22, 2000 (Pops Staples, 85, of the gospel group Staple Singers; d. Dec. 19, 2000, Dolton, Ill.; b. Dec. 28, 1914, Winona, Miss.)
Associated languageeng