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Oct 8, 2018 · Mavis Staples, Steve Cropper-guitar, Billy Preston-Keyboards, Randy Jacobs-guitar, Freddie Washington- Bass James Gadson - Drums, Bobbye Hall- Percussion. J...
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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1993 CD release of "Soul Mission" on Discogs.
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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.
4 days ago · The Staple Singers became a gospel fulcrum of the civil rights movement and, later, a force for bending genres — mixing funk, rock and soul inside their spiritual mission, an all-American alchemy.
Listen to Some Sweet Day on Spotify. Soul Mission, Mavis Staples · Song · 1993.
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4 days ago · The Staple Singers became a gospel fulcrum of the Civil Rights movement and, later, a force for bending genres — mixing funk, rock and soul inside their spiritual mission, an all-American alchemy. The band’s mightiest singer and sole survivor since the death of her sister Yvonne in 2018 and brother, Pervis , in 2021, Mavis remained in high demand, a historical treasure commanding a ...
Hailed by NPR as “one of America’s defining voices of freedom and peace,” Staples is the kind of once-in-a-generation artist whose impact on music and culture would be difficult to overstate. She’s both a Blues and a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer; a civil rights icon; a GRAMMY award-winner; a chart-topping soul/gospel/R&B pioneer; a ...
