The Staples story goes all the way back to Winona, MS, in 1915. It was then and there that patriarch Roebuck Staples entered the world. A contemporary and familiar of Charley Patton, Roebuck quickly became adept as a solo blues guitarist, entertaining at local dances and picnics. Gradually drawn to the church, by 1937 he was singing and playing guitar with a spiritual group based out of Drew, MS, the Golden Trumpets. Moving to Chicago four years later, he continued playing gospel music with the Windy Citys Trumpet Jubilees. A decade later Pops Staples (as he had become known) presented two of his daughters, Cleotha and Mavis, and his one son, Pervis, in front of a church audience, and the Staple Singers were born.The Staples recorded in an older, slightly archaic, deeply Southern spiritual style first for United and then for Vee-Jay. Pops and Mavis Staples shared lead vocal chores, with most records underpinned by Pops heavily reverbed Mississippi cotton-patch guitar. In 1960 the Staples signed with Riverside, a label that specialized in jazz and folk. With Riverside and later Epic, the Staples attempted to move into the then-burgeoning white folk boom. Two Epic releases, Why (Am I Treated So Bad) and a cover of Stephen Stillss For What Its Worth, briefly graced the pop charts in 1967.In 1968 the Staples signed with Memphis-based Stax. The first two albums, Soul Folk in Action and Well Get Over, were produced by Steve Cropper and backed by Booker T. & the MGs. The Staples were now singing entirely contemporary message songs such as Long Walk to D.C. and When Will We Be Paid. In 1970 Pervis Staples left and was replaced by sister Yvonne Staples. Even more significantly, Al Bell took over production chores. Bell took them down the road to Muscle Shoals, and things got decidedly funky.Starting with Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) and Ill Take You There, the Staples counted 12 chart hits at Stax. When Stax encountered financial problems, Curtis Mayfield signed the Staples to his Curtom label and produced a number one hit in Lets Do It Again. The Staples went on to continued chart success, albeit less spectacularly, with Warner, through 1979. One more album followed on 20th Century Fox in 1981. After a three-year hiatus, they signed a two-album deal with Private I and hit the R&B charts five more times, once with an unlikely cover of Talking Heads Slippery People.The Staple Singers found a new audience in 1994 when they teamed with Marty Stuart to perform The Weight on the Rhythm, Country and Blues LP for MCA. Sadly, Pops passed away on December 19, 2000, shortly after suffering a concussion due to a fall in his home.

基本资料

外文名：The Staple Singers

国籍：美国

发源地：伊利诺伊州芝加哥

活跃年代：1948–1994 年、1999 年

演艺经历

1934年 克莉奥莎·斯台普斯是罗巴克·斯台普斯（Pops Staples）和奥西奥拉·斯台普斯（Ozie Staples）的第一个孩子，出生于密西西比州德鲁。两年后，全家搬到芝加哥，之后他们的其他孩子珀维斯、梅维斯和伊冯娜也出生在芝加哥。这四个孩子在成长过程中曾在工厂工作，后来开始在教堂里演唱，首次公开演唱是在芝加哥的锡安山教堂。

1952年 他们签下了第一份职业合同，并开始与不同的唱片公司合作录制原声福音民谣风格的歌曲。他们的歌曲《Uncloudy Day》对鲍勃·迪伦产生了影响。后来，他们转投Epic唱片公司，并发展出了一种更容易被主流观众接受的风格。

1968年 他们签约Stax唱片公司，并与史蒂夫·克罗珀合作发行了两张专辑，朝着更放克和灵魂乐的方向发展。在Stax唱片公司期间，他们发行了多首热门歌曲，包括《Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)》、《Respect Yourself》和《I'll Take You There》，这些歌曲都获得了很高的评价和销量。

1975年 Stax破产后，他们签约Curtom Records，并发行了由Curtis Mayfield制作的“Let's Do It Again”，这首歌成为他们在美国第二首排名第一的流行歌曲。

尽管后来他们未能重振旗鼓，只发行了偶尔的小热门歌曲，但他们的音乐一直受到人们的喜爱和尊敬。

1999年 斯台普斯歌手合唱团因演唱了《Respect Yourself》和《I'll Take You There》而入选摇滚名人堂。乐队成员后来陆续去世，梅维斯·斯台普斯成为最后一位幸存成员，她继续传承家族传统，并活跃在音乐界。

荣誉记录

斯台普斯歌手于 1999 年入选摇滚名人堂，2018 年入选福音音乐名人堂。他们还在密西西比州德鲁的密西西比蓝调之路上竖立了一块纪念石。2005 年，该乐队获得格莱美终身成就奖。