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IF YOU'RE READY / THE STAPLE SINGERS Play Video

IF YOU'RE READY / THE STAPLE SINGERS

If You're Ready (Come Go With Me ) - The Staple Singers from album "BE WHAT YOU ARE" in 1973

The Staple Singers - This May be the Last Time Play Video

The Staple Singers - This May be the Last Time

Eerie, lean sound from the Staples' Veejay years. The Rolling Stones have been accused of ripping this off, and of course they did, but if they owe anyone it is really the arranger Shirley Joiner. The song itself is...

The Staple Singers "When Will We Be Paid", 1971 Play Video

The Staple Singers "When Will We Be Paid", 1971

The Staple Singers perform "When Will We Be Paid", taken from the movie "Soul To Soul", 1971.

LET'S DO IT AGAIN (Original Full-Length Album Version) - Staple Singers Play Video

LET'S DO IT AGAIN (Original Full-Length Album Version) - Staple Singers

Title-track from the soundtrack to the motion picture "Let's Do It Again", this song reached #1 on the R&B chart in 1975.

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The Staple Singers Biography

The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914-2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (born 1934), Pervis (born 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis (b. 1939). They are best known for their 1970s hits "I'll Take You There", "Respect Yourself", and "Let's Do It Again".

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The Staple Singers Lyrics

The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself Lyrics

If you disrespect anybody
That you run in to
How in the world do you think
Anybody's s'posed to respect you

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The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There Lyrics

Oh, mmm, I know a place
Ain't nobody cryin', ain't nobody worried
Ain't no smilin' faces, mmm, no no

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The Staple Singers - Be What You Are Lyrics

Oh man, you heard enough
Trying to live a risking life
Don't go out and buy a Cadillac
If you know your money ain't right

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The Staple Singers - Are You Sure Lyrics

Are you sure there's nothing you can do
To help someone worse off than you?
Think before you answer, are you sure?
Are you sure?

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The Staple Singers - Touch A Hand Make A Friend Lyrics

Can't you feel it in your bones?
Oh, a change is comin' on
From every walk of life
People are seeing the light

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The Staple Singers Discography

The Staple Singers albums.

  • City in the Sky - 07/03/1996 (Stax Records/US)
  • The Staple Swingers - 24/09/1992 (Stax Records/US)
  • Be What You Are - (Stax Records/US)
  • Be Altitude: Respect Yourself - (Stax Records/US)
  • Soul Folk in Action - (Stax Records/US)
  • Amen! - (Epic/US)
  • Swing Low Sweet Chariot - (Vee-Jay Records/US)
  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken - (Vee-Jay Records/US)

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