The Staple Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Pick up exclusive collectible items, plus music from your favorite Stax artists and legends. From their gospel beginnings through the folk-rock era to their soul music peak, the Staple Singers traveled a long, artistically-rich road into the mainstream of American music, spreading messages of peace, equal rights and love. When the Staples –comprised of family patriarch Roebuck “Pops” Staples and daughters Cleotha, Mavis and Yvonne– joined Stax in 1968, they were working alongside major rock acts at forums like the Fillmore West and East. Over the next few years, The Staple Singers saw 12 chart hits, including "Respect Yourself" and "I'll Take You There", both off their 1972 breakthrough album, Be Altitude: Respect Yourself. The Staples continued to record through 1994, when they found a new audience with their cover of The Band’s “The Weight” for MCA Records’ compilation “Rhythm, Country & Blues.” Mavis Staples, who received her first GRAMMY® Award in 2011, continues to record and tour, performing everywhere from the White House to the Kennedy Center Honors stage to major festivals like Outside Lands. Most recently, Staples is the subject of documentary “Mavis!”


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[empowermenteducation]

Raising Kanan fans IYKYK
Will the cycle continue?
RIP Mama Thomas

[jacquelinehubbard]

I can pick out Pop Staples voice anywhere ❤❤❤❤❤

[lisag]

The Carter Family. They are credited with this being the first "Country" song.

[VicenteAP-zv]

GOTTA BREAK EVEN RIGHT AWAY LORD HAVE MERCY

[buck]

I was standin' by my window
On a cold and cloudy day
When I saw the hearse come a-rollin'
For to carry my mother away

Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by Lord, by and by
There's a betta' home a-waitin'
In the sky Lord, in the sky

For I told the undertaker
"Undertaker, please drive slow"
'Cz this lady that you a-haulin'
Oh, I hate to see her go

Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by Lord, by and by
There's a betta' home a-waitin'
In the sky Lord, in the sky

I will folla' close behind her
Try to a-hold up and be brave
But I could not hold my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave

Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by Lord, by and by
There's a betta' home a-waitin'
In the sky Lord, in the sky

[TheKenzoidElkhorn]

My music consciousness started at 1980 . Anything before that needs intervention like #raisinkanan #Powerkanan #PowerBookIII #S4E7 .

[watutman]

That's right, their last name is Staple not Staples. Together they are more than one Staple, so the Staples.