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Roebuck “Pops” Staples (02 Dec 1915 - 19 Dec 2000)

Male Person - United States

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Peace to the Neighborhood 1992 (as Roebuck "Pops" Staples)
  2. Don't Lose This 17 Feb 2015 (as Roebuck "Pops" Staples)
  3. Father Father (as Roebuck "Pops" Staples)

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. The Staple Singers

Children

  1. Yvonne Staples
  2. Cleotha Staples
  3. Pervis Staples
  4. Mavis Staples

Recordings by (40)

  1. Why Am I Treated So Bad? 4:50 (23 Nov 1992)
  2. World in Motion 3:57 (1992)
  3. Love Is a Precious Thing 4:53 (1992)
  4. America 4:20 (1992)
  5. Down in Mississippi 5:00 (1992)
  6. This May Be the Last Time 3:26 (1992)
  7. (Peace to) The Neighborhood 3:23 (1992)
  8. Miss Cocaine 5:41 (1992)
  9. Pray on My Child 4:25 (1992)
  10. Pray 5:04 (1992)
  11. I Shall Not Be Moved 4:03 (1992)
  12. Black Boy 3:22 (01 Sep 1993)
  13. Whicha Way Did It Go 3:11 (1994)
  14. Father Father 4:25 (1994)
  15. Glory Glory 3:38 (1994)
  16. Why Am I Treated So Bad 4:48 (1994)
  17. Hope in a Hopeless World 4:27 (1995)
  18. Interviewed by Chris Strachwitz (ca. 1964) 1:59 (23 Oct 2001)
  19. Gotta Serve Somebody 3:14 (15 Dec 2002) live
  20. Tryin' Time 5:19 (2004)
  21. Somebody Was Watching 4:06 (17 Feb 2015)
  22. No News Is Good News 4:36 (17 Feb 2015)
  23. Friendship 4:06 (17 Feb 2015)
  24. Nobody's Fault But Mine 3:08 (17 Feb 2015)
  25. The Lady's Letter 2:19 (17 Feb 2015)
  26. Sweet Home 4:14 (17 Feb 2015)
  27. Love On My Side 4:03 (17 Feb 2015)
  28. Better Home 4:49 (17 Feb 2015)
  29. Will The Circle Be Unbroken 4:05 (17 Feb 2015)
  30. Tryin' Time 5:19 (19 Jan 2018)
  31. Papa Legba 5:07 (23 Nov 2018)
  32. 1 Tryin' Time 5:15 ()
  33. Why Am I Treated So Bad 6:45 ()
  34. Too Big for Your Britches 3:23 ()
  35. Jesus Is Going to Make Up (My Dying Bed) 3:57 ()
  36. The Downward Road 3:06 ()
  37. People Get Ready 4:35 ()
  38. You Got to Serve Somebody 4:37 ()
  39. Waiting for My Child 2:51 ()
  40. Simple Man 3:23 ()

On Recordings (11)

Instruments

  1. I’m Going Upstairs 2:55 John Lee Hooker (1961) guitar
  2. The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight 4:36 The Band with The Staples (07 Apr 1978) guest, guitar
  3. The Weight (5.1 mix) 4:37 The Band with The Staples (2002) guitar

Vocals

  1. Tupelo 6:03 Steve Cropper, Pops Staples & Albert King (1969)
  2. The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight 4:36 The Band with The Staples (07 Apr 1978) guest
  3. Story of My Father 5:35 Abbey Lincoln (13 Oct 1992) background vocals
  4. The Music Is the Magic 5:48 Abbey Lincoln (13 Oct 1992) background vocals
  5. Farther Along 2:35 Cleophus Robinson (01 Feb 1994)
  6. The Weight (5.1 mix) 4:37 The Band with The Staples (2002)
  7. Papa Legba (Pops Staples vocal version) 6:01 Talking Heads (04 Oct 2005) lead vocals
  8. Papa Legba 5:07 Roebuck “Pops” Staples (23 Nov 2018)

Credited as (20)

  1. Roebuck "Pops" Staples
  2. Pop Staples, Albert King, Steve Cropper
  3. Pops Staples & Ry Cooder
  4. George Jones feat. Pops & Mavis Staples
  5. Pops Staples with Ry Cooder
  6. Albert King feat. Pops Staples & Steve Cropper
  7. Pops Staples
  8. Steve Cropper, Pops Staples & Albert King
  9. Pops Staples / Albert King / Steve Cropper
  10. Albert King, Roebuck “Pops” Staples & Steve Cropper
  11. Albert King, Steve Cropper & Pops Staples
  12. Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  13. Talking Heads feat. Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  14. Pop Staples, Albert King & Steve Cropper
  15. Steve Cropper, Pop Staples & Albert King
  16. Roebuck “Pop” Staples
  17. Eric Bibb Duet With Pops Staples
  18. Albert King with Pops Staples & Steve Cropper
  19. George Jones, Pops Staples & Mavis Staples
  20. Albert King,Steve Cropper,&Roebuck “Pops” Staples

Works (15)

Wrote

  1. I Like the Things About Me
  2. Don’t Knock
  3. Freedom Highway

Composed

  1. Move Along Train
  2. Why Am I Treated So Bad
  3. Two Wings
  4. Ain’t That News
  5. Let Me Ride
  6. Simple Man

Lyrics

  1. Why Am I Treated So Bad
  2. Let Me Ride
  3. Two Wings
  4. Move Along Train
  5. Ain’t That News
  6. Simple Man

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Later… with Jools Holland: Series 3, Episode 7 “Johnny Cash”

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92085815/
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134756363
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92085815
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13957131d
  5. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=76806
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6j130dn

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/311808
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/599252

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000835174

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822925/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/34649810

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2104293