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Roebuck "Pops" Staples (Dec. 28, 1914 – Dec. 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s & 70s, he was a songwriter, guitarist & singer. He was the patriarch and member of The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha. In 1998 he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1999 the Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Cleotha Staples, the oldest Staples sibling, has passed away at the age of 78. Roebuck ‘Pop’ Staples formed The Staple Singers to sing in churches in 1948. They went professional in 1952 when they signed their first recording contract. Pop formed the group with his children Cleotha (born 1934), Pervis (born 1935), Yvonne (born 1936)

Pervis Staples, a co-founder of the great gospel group the Staple Singers, has died at the age of 85.

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Ms. Staples was a background voice and business manager for her family’s pop and soul group, whose 1970s hits included “I’ll Take You There.”

Blues & Soul magazine, May 4, 1976 — Gladys Knight

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