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Pops Staples
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American gospel and R&B musician (1914–2000)
Film & TV
Winona, Mississippi, USA
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 an accomplished 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.
Known for
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self - Performer (archive footage)2021
- Real Life — Mr. Tucker2018
- Blues at the BBC — Self2009
- Wag the Dog — Pops Staples1997
- Remembering Chicago Again — Self1995
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest1993
- True Stories — Mr. Tucker1986
- The Last Waltz — Self1978
- The Klansman — The Staple Singers1974
- The Midnight Special — Self1972
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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 70s," he was an accomplished 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. Roebuck Staples was born on a cotton plantation near Winona, Mississippi, the youngest of 14 children. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pops+Sta
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Winona
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Child
- Mavis Staples
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Pop Staples 2000.jpg
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- member of
- The Staple Singers
- date of birth
- 1915-12-02
- date of death
- 2000-12-19
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons category
- Pops Staples
- place of burial
- Oak Woods Cemetery
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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