YVONNE Staples, who has died aged 80, was a gospel singer whose voice and business acumen powered the success of her family's group the Staples Singers. The group was also active in the civil rights ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few groups in American music history carry the cultural, spiritual, and social weight of The Staple Singers. Led by Roebuck “Pops” Staples and anchored by the powerful, soulful voice ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gospel singer Cleotha Staples will be remembered Friday at a funeral service in Chicago. The eldest sibling in the highly influential gospel group The Staple Singers died last Thursday ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — One day after releasing her latest album, the luminous gospel-soul singer Mavis Staples came to Portsmouth to kick off a dozen or so tour dates. “We opened this joint,” she noted ...

CHICAGO (AP) — In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples’ smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel group The Staple Singers. Staples, ...