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Mavis Staples
Friday, May 16, 2008 8:00p
Mavis Staples possesses one of the most recognizable and treasured voices in contemporary music. She is a Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy Lifetime Achievement winner, National Heritage Fellowship award winner, and one of VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock 'n' Roll. In the 1960s, Mavis Staples and the Staples Singers hit the top of the charts with "Respect Yourself," "Let's Do It Again," and "I'll Take You There," becoming the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.
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Mavis Staples
Born in 1939 in Chicago, Mavis Staples achieved wide recognition as lead singer for the Staple Singers. She first recorded solo for Stax subsidiary Volt in 1969. Subsequent efforts included a Curtis Mayfield-produced soundtrack on Curtom, a disappointing nod to disco for Warner in 1979, a misguided stab at electro-pop with Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1984, and an uneven album for Paisley Park....
Born in 1939 in Chicago, Mavis Staples achieved wide recognition as lead singer for the Staple Singers. She first recorded solo for Stax subsidiary Volt in 1969. Subsequent efforts included a Curtis Mayfield-produced soundtrack on Curtom, a disappointing nod to disco for Warner in 1979, a misguided stab at electro-pop with Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1984, and an uneven album for Paisley Park....
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