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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mavis_StaplesMavis Staples - Wikipedia

    Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers, of which she is the last surviving member.

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Mavis-StaplesMavis Staples | Biography, Songs, & Facts | Britannica

    Sep 2, 2024 · Mavis Staples, American gospel and soul singer who was an integral part of the Staple Singers as well as a successful solo artist. Her live performances were legendary, as captured in the album Hope at the Hideout (2008), and she won a Grammy Award for the album You Are Not Alone (2010).

  4. www.youtube.com › channel › UCxsKK76Hq0GrWQTBigSZ5AgMavis Staples - YouTube

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    But when Staples arrived in Woodstock for the Ramble, the ever-resilient Helm was in the midst of a genuine renaissance. The cancer was in remission, his voice had returned, and he’d won a pair of GRAMMY Awards for his two most recent solo albums (he’d take home his third less than a year later).

  6. www.nytimes.com › 2024/06/25 › artsMavis Staples Is an American Institution. She’s Not Done Singing...

    Jun 25, 2024 · June 25, 2024. On a rainy April day in Chicago, Mavis Staples sat in the restaurant of the towering downtown Chicago building where she’s lived for the past four years. For two hours, she talked...

  7. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2022/07/04The Gospel According to Mavis Staples - The New Yorker

    Jun 27, 2022 · Mavis Staples has been a gospel singer longer than Elizabeth II has worn the crown. During concerts, sometimes, she might take a seat and rest while someone in her band bangs out a solo for a...

  8. www.npr.org › 2021/09/06 › 1033695866'Summer Of Soul': Singer Mavis Staples - NPR

    Sep 7, 2021 · Mavis Staples was a teenager when she began performing with her family, The Staple Singers. The quartet was led by her father, Pops Staples. By the late 1950s, The Staple...

  9. www.npr.org › 2016/12/10 › 505021392For Mavis Staples, The Music Of The Civil Rights Era Couldn't Be...

    Dec 10, 2016 · Mavis Staples joined NPR's Michel Martin to talk about developing an iconic voice at a young age, dealing with racism on the road and why she's a big fan of...

  10. www.npr.org › sections › world-cafeMavis Staples On World Cafe : World Cafe : NPR

    Feb 20, 2019 · Mavis Staples is one of America's defining voices of freedom and peace. Her family's gospel group, The Staples Singers, led by her father Roebuck "Pops" Staples, marched with Dr....