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Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Winona, Mississippi, USA
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…
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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.
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2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie Self - Performer (archive footage)
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2018
Real Life
Movie Mr. Tucker
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2009
Blues at the BBC
Movie Self
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1997
Wag the Dog
Movie Pops Staples
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1995
Remembering Chicago Again
Movie Self
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1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Guest
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1986
True Stories
Movie Mr. Tucker
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1978
The Last Waltz
Movie Self
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1975
Let's Do It Again
Movie Theme Song Performance
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1974
The Klansman
Movie The Staple Singers
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1972
The Midnight Special
TV show Self
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1970
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Movie The Staple Singers
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self - The Staple Singers
