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Personal life. Staples was briefly married to Spencer Leak in 1964; they divorced when Staples would not end her music career to stay home. She has no children. In the 2015 documentary Mavis! she reveals that Bob Dylan once proposed to her, and she turned him down. Awards and honors
Hace 2 días · Mavis Staples plans to release her first album since 2019 next year. ... Its lines about enduring and overcoming cruelty suggested her life’s thesis, so she thought it might be her finale.
2 de may. de 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).
Mavis Staples (Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 10 de julio de 1939) es una cantante, actriz y activista estadounidense que ha grabado y tocado tanto con su banda familiar, The Staple Singers, como en solitario.
27 de jun. de 2022 · Staples developed a crush on Sam Cooke, who lived nearby, and routinely encountered the stars of the gospel world, including her role model, Mahalia Jackson. “My name is Mavis,” she shyly told...
7 de sept. de 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 Singers was one of...
10 de dic. de 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 Chance The Rapper.
