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Pops Staples

Winona, United States

Pops Staples is credited on 105 releases across 57 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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105

Pressings credited

57

Albums

7

Decades active

187

In collections

Biography

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s", he was a songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha.

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Credited work

105 releases · 57 albums · active 1969–2024

  • Performance · 187
  • Production · 16
  • Other credits · 2

Studios: Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Paisley Park Studios · Streeterville Studios

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