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The Staple Singers

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Aliases
The Staples
The Staples Singers
Country
United States
Comments
Soul and gospel group
Members
Mavis Staples
Pops Staples
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
1957 Ginger Baker's Air Force
September 1960 (7 artists)
September 1960 Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
 REC June 1962 (4 artists)
Originally by Margie Bowes with The Merry Melody Singers REL
October 1962 (4 artists)
October 1963 (4 artists)
July 2, 1965 (9 artists)
December 30, 1965 (22 artists)
May 1966 (4 artists)
November 18, 1966 (3 artists)
August 1968 Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
August 1968 Pinmonkey
December 1968 (2 artists)
December 1968 (6 artists)
December 1968 Dorothy Morrison
December 1968 (4 artists)
May 1969 (4 artists)
May 1969 Finnigan and Wood
Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas The Staples 1970 Unverified
March 1971 Darrell Nulisch
August 1971 (36 artists)
March 1972 (2 artists)
March 1972 (29 artists)
Sampled by (5 artists)
February 1973 Humble Pie
May 1973 (3 artists)
May 1973 (3 artists)
May 1973 (2 artists)
May 1973 (3 artists)
1974 (2 artists)
September 1975 (7 artists)
Sampled by (2 artists)
1977 Morton Downey, Jr.

Originals using parts of other songs

Covers by The Staple Singers

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1956 (unknown)
September 1960 William McEwan, Carter Family
1960 (unknown)
Covered by (6 artists)
June 1962 Tuskegee Institute Singers
October 1962 Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
October 1962 (unknown)
October 1962 Tuskegee Institute Singers
October 1962 Madame Magdalene Tartt Lawrence
October 1962 Standard Quartette
November 1962 Dorothy Maynor with Unaccompanied Male Choir
November 1962 (unknown), (unknown)
November 1962 (unknown)
November 1962 (unknown)
November 1962 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
November 1962 (unknown)
  October 1963 Bob Dylan REC, The Chad Mitchell Trio REL
October 1963 Leadbelly
October 1963 Biddleville Quintette
October 1963 Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
October 1963 Blind Willie Johnson
October 1963 Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
October 1963 Woody Guthrie
October 1963 (unknown)
  December 11, 1964 Luke the Drifter (Hank Williams) REL, "Little" Jimmy Dickens REC
1964 Bob Dylan
1964 Rev. J.M. Gates
1964 (unknown), Bob Dylan
1964 Washington Phillips
February 1965 (unknown)
February 1965 The Southern Wonders
February 1965 Rev. F. W. McGee
February 1965 Fisk University Male Quartette
February 1965 The Southern Wonders
February 1965 Blind Willie Johnson
February 1965 Rev. T.E. Weems, Reverend Gary Davis
February 1965 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
July 2, 1965 The Johnson Family Singers, (unknown), Luke the Drifter (Hank Williams)
August 1965 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
1967 The Buffalo Springfield
1967 The Elders McIntorsh and Edwards' Sanctified Singers
1967 (unknown), Bill Carle with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
1967 The Weavers
1967 Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan)
1967 Grady & Hazel Cole
1967 The Soul Stirrers
December 1968 Otis Redding
December 1968 The Band
1968 Darrell Glenn
Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around The Staple Singers 1968 Unverified
  1968 Dino Valenti REC, The Kingston Trio REL
1968 The Impressions
1968 Stevie Wonder
1968 Jackie deShannon
May 1969 The Guess Who?
May 1969 Sly & The Family Stone
May 1969 Joe South
May 1969 Spanky & Our Gang
May 1969 Gladys Knight & The Pips
July 1970 Al Kooper
November 1970 Bobby Bloom
March 1971 Jimmy Delphs
March 1971 P.P. Arnold
March 1971 O.V. Wright
March 1971 The Temptations [US1]
March 1972 The Me Nobody Knows Original Cast
May 1973 Bill Withers
1974 Willie Hightower
1974 Roy Head
1974 Billy Eckstine
1977 Olivia Newton-John
1978 Jimmie & Vella
1978 Paul Kelly [US]
1978 Paul Kelly [US]
1978 Little Junior's Blue Flames
1978 Electric Light Orchestra
1978 Charlie Whitehead
1981 Wee Gee [US]
1981 The O'Jays
1981 Joe Sun
1984 Barbara Law
1984 Talking Heads
August 1985 Pacific Gas & Electric
September 1985 Talking Heads
August 25, 1986 Foreigner
March 1, 1994 The Band
1998 Laura Nyro

Sampled songs

Releases

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
5000 Volts of Stax various artists 1998 Ace [GB]
Motown Returns to the Apollo various artists August 25, 1986 Motown
Rhythm Country and Blues various artists March 1, 1994 MCA Records

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