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Birth name | Roebuck Staples |
Also known as | "Pops" |
Born | Winona, Mississippi, U.S. | December 28, 1914
Died | December 19, 2000 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 85)
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Years active | 1948 | –1998
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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 1970s",[1] 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.
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