Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Musical News - Yvonne Staples of Staple Singers

Yvonne Staples of the iconic Staple Singers, hitmakers of the 1970s, has died on April 10, 2018 of colon cancer. Ms. Staples was 80 years of age. She was the business manager of the group, and a background singer since 1971. The gospel inspired Staple Singers consisted of Pops, Cleotha, Pervis, and Mavis, the lead. The group crossed over into soul music in 1971, and had a string of hits including “Respect Yourself” (1971), “I’ll Take You There” (1972), and “If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me)” (1973). Yvonne sang background for Mavis during Mavis’s solo career in the 1980s.

In 1999, the Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They received a lifetime achievement award at the 2005 Grammy Awards.

Most likely, all of the fans did not really know Yvonne during the group’s heyday, but on all of the songs we loved, Yvonne was there. Since the 1970s was my favorite decade, I have to repeat their famous musical request, “Let’s Do it Again” (1975).
 

Yvonne Staples [10/23/1937 – 04/10/2018]
© 04/10/2018

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