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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.
14 de dic. de 2021 · The two soon divorced however, as Staples refused to end her music career in order to stay home. They had no children, and Staples never re-married. She and Bob Dylan did court for almost seven years. Dylan even proposed, but Mavis reluctantly turned him down.
Pervis Staples died suddenly in his home in Dolton, Illinois, on May 6, 2021, at the age of 85, leaving Mavis as the band's last surviving member. Documentary. The 2015 documentary film Mavis! recounts the history of The Staple Singers and follows Mavis Staples's solo career after Pops Staples's death
7 de sept. de 2021 · We're concluding our "Summer Of Soul" series today, listening back to performers who were featured in the Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, with interviews from Mavis...
27 de jun. de 2022 · By David Remnick. June 27, 2022. At eighty-two, Staples asked God why she was still alive. “The only reason I could see is to sing my songs,” she said. Photograph by Paola Kudacki for The New...
3 de feb. de 2014 · Have a Little Faith was her first release after Pops Staples died in 2000, and Mavis charged $40,000 on her credit cards to make it happen. The blues label Alligator later released the album. 10.
Hace 5 días · The Staple Singers’ transition to soul and rhythm and blues began in the late 1960s, when they signed with Stax Records—the same label on which Staples recorded her solo debut, Mavis Staples, in 1969.
