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Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 12/28/1914
- Birthplace
- Winona, Mississippi, USA
- Died
- 12/19/2000 (aged 85)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- The Staple Singers
Biography
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," 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.
10 titles
Wag the Dog
1997
Pops Staples
The Last Waltz
1978
Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Self - Performer (archive footage)
True Stories
1986
Mr. Tucker
The Klansman
1974
The Staple Singers
The Midnight Special
1972TV
Self
Blues at the BBC
2009
Self
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970
The Staple Singers
Real Life
2018
Mr. Tucker
Remembering Chicago Again
1995
Self
