The Staple Singers

Description

Record album jacket front cover art. Signed. Label: Harlem Hitparade HHP-7001. -- The Staple Singers were a American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (born 1934), Pervis (b. 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis (b. 1939). The family began appearing in Chicago-area churches in 1948, and signed their first professional contract in 1952. [1] During their early career they recorded in an acoustic gospel-folk style with various labels: United Records, Vee-Jay, Riverside, and then Epic Records in 1965. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staple_Singers]

Title:
The Staple Singers

Record ID:
gmha-m50

Names & Dates

Creator:
[performer] Staple Singers
[singing group] Staple Singers

Publisher:
[host] University of Southern California. Libraries
Harlem Hitparade

Subject

Topic:
[corporate name] Staple Singers
[genre] Traditional Gospel

Relationships

Part Of:
[collection] Gospel Music History Archive

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Physical

Type:
images

Format:
long-playing records
1 sound disc

Access

Repository:
Indiana University. Archives of African American Music and Culture

Identifiers

Record ID:
gmha-m50

Source:
12D 1461
Harlem Hitparade HHP-7001