The Staple Singers City In The Sky

Shop the Stax Online Store: Pick up exclusive collectible items, plus music from your favorite Stax artists and legends. From their gospel beginnings through the folkrock era to their soul music peak, the Staple Singers traveled a long, artisticallyrich road into the mainstream of American music, spreading messages of peace, equal rights and love. When the Staples comprised of family patriarch Roebuck Pops Staples and daughters Cleotha, Mavis and Yvonne joined Stax in 1968, they were working alongside major rock acts at forums like the Fillmore West and East. Over the next few years, The Staple Singers saw 12 chart hits, including Respect Yourself and I ll Take You There, both off their 1972 breakthrough album, Be Altitude: Respect Yourself. The Staples continued to record through 1994, when they found a new audience with their cover of The Bands The Weight for MCA Records compilation Rhythm, Country Blues. Mavis Staples, who received her first GRAMMY Awar