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Staple Singers

LC control no.no 91019308
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Corporate name headingStaple Singers
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Variant(s)Staples (Musical group)
Staples Singers (Musical group)
See alsoMember: Staples, Cleotha
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Member: Staples, Mavis
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Member: Staples, Pervis
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Member: Staples, Pops
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Beginning date1948
LocatedChicago (Ill.)
Field of activityGospel music Soul music
Found inIts Will the circle be unbroken [SR] 197-?: labels (The Staple Singers) container (founded by Roebuck and Oceola Staples and their children, 1948, Chicago)
Southern, E. Biog. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians (Staple Singers, The; gospel group, fl. 1950s-70s)
All-music guide, Aug. 16, 2001 (The Staple Singers; Roebuck "Pop" Staples, Cleotha Staple, Mavis Staples, Pervis Staples, Yvonne Staples)
Family tree, p1977: label (the Staples)
Folksongs of Illinois, #1 [SR] 2007: container (Staples Singers)
New Grove Dict. of American Music, 1986: p. 296 (Staples Singers; also known simply as The Staples)
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