Happy birthday Mavis Staples. ‘The Mavis Singer’

This day (July 10, 1939 ), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born Mavis Staples, an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family’s band.Mavis Staples

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Tracklist :

1 . w/ Lake Street Dive – Everyday People (2020)

2 . Touch A Hand, Make A Friend (2019)

3 . No Time For Cryin (2018)

4 . If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me) (2017)

5 . I’ll Take You There (2014)

6 . Far Celestial Shores (2013)

7 . w/ Jeff Tweedy – Wrote A Song For Everyone

8 . The Weight (2011)

9 . Eyes On The Prize (2007)

10 . w/ Joss Stone – I’Ll Take You There (2005)

11 . Hard Times Come Again No More (2004)

12 . Oh Holy Night (1994)

13 . A House Is Not A Home (At Night Music)

14 . Staple Singers – Reach Out, Touch A Hand, Make A Friend (1981)

15 . Staple Singers – I’Ll Take You There (1973)

16 . The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself (1972)

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Tracklist :

You Are Not Alone . Can You Get To That . Holy Ghost . Every Step . Eyes On The Prize . Jesus Wept . I Like The Things About Me . Far celestial shore . Don’t Knock . What Are They Doing In Heaven TODAY .

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Wikipedia : This day (July 10, 1939 ), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born Mavis Staples, an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family’s band.Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples : “The phrasing, the tempos, the arrangements are different, but the messages are the same things I’ve been saying down through the years. They’re about the world today—poverty, jobs, welfare, all of that—and making it feel better through these songs.

@allmusic : Staples teamed up with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy as producer for 2010’s You Are Not Alone, which won the 2011 Grammy Award in the category of Best Americana Album.

@last.fm : Staples has a rich contralto voice that has neither the range of Aretha Franklin nor the power of Patti LaBelle. Her otherworldly power comes instead from a masterful command of phrasing and a deep-seated sensuality expressed through timbre manipulation.

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