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Staple Singers
Staple Singers
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The Staple Singers: Chronicling the amazing career of the gospel-to-R&B pioneersThe Staple Singers: Chronicling the amazing career of the gospel-to-R&B pioneers
Tony Cummings charts the history of THE STAPLE SINGERS from their early days of raw rural gospel to their soul hits of the '70s. [30.01.08]


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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Coming Home: Early Classics 2020 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Coming Home: Early Classics
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - For What It's Worth: The Complete Epic Recordings 1964-1968 2018 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - For What It's Worth: The Complete Epic Recordings 1964-1968
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Staple Singers Collection 1953-62 2018 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - The Staple Singers Collection 1953-62
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Stax Classics 2017 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Stax Classics
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Amen!/Why 2016 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Amen!/Why
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Faith & Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976 2015 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Faith & Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Freedom Highway Complete 2014 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Freedom Highway Complete
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  2012 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - The Staple Singers: An Original Classic Soul Album Expanded Edition
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Turning Point 2012 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Turning Point
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  Product Image: The Staple Singers - Pop And The Family: The Dave Cash Collection 2011 Gospel Album:
The Staple Singers - Pop And The Family: The Dave Cash Collection
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Gospel Music Anthology 2010 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Gospel Music Anthology
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - This Is Gospel: The Staple Singers 2006 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - This Is Gospel: The Staple Singers
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Stax Profiles 2006 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Stax Profiles
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Come Up In Glory: The Best Of The VeeJay Years, 1955-1961 2006 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Come Up In Glory: The Best Of The VeeJay Years, 1955-1961
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - In The Spirit 2005 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - In The Spirit
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Reach Out And Touch... Live! 2004 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Reach Out And Touch... Live!
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955-1984 2004 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955-1984
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Gospel Greats 2003 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Gospel Greats
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Pray On, My Child 2002 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Pray On, My Child
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Glory! It's The Staple Singers 2002 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Glory! It's The Staple Singers
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Somebody Saved Me 2001 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Somebody Saved Me
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Good News: The Collection 2001 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Good News: The Collection
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - God's Wonderful Love 2000 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - God's Wonderful Love
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Gospel According To The Staple Singers 1999 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - The Gospel According To The Staple Singers
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - In Praise Of Him 1999 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - In Praise Of Him
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Greatest Hits 1999 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Greatest Hits
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Too Close 1999 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Too Close
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Very Best Of The Staple Singers Vol 2 1998 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - The Very Best Of The Staple Singers Vol 2
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Very Best Of The Staple Singers Vol 1: Live 1998 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - The Very Best Of The Staple Singers Vol 1: Live
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again: Greatest Hits Live In Concert 1998 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again: Greatest Hits Live In Concert
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Best Of The Staple Singers 1998 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - The Best Of The Staple Singers
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day (Collection) 1995 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day (Collection)
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Soul Folk In Action/We'll Get Over 1994 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Soul Folk In Action/We'll Get Over
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Staple Singers At Their Best 1993 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - The Staple Singers At Their Best
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day/Will The Circle Be Unbroken? 1992 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day/Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
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  1991 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Swingline
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  1991 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Sit Down Servant
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  1990 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Best Of The Staple Singers (Stax) 1990 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - The Best Of The Staple Singers (Stax)
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Pray On 1990 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Pray On
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  1985 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Are You Ready/Love Works In Strange Ways
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Staple Singers 1985 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - The Staple Singers
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  1984 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - This Our Night/Turning Point
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  1984 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Slippery People/On My Own Again
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  1984 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - H-A-T-E (Don't Live Here Anymore)/Can You Hang
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Turning Point 1984 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Turning Point
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  1983 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Swingline
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  Product Image: Staple Singers ftg Mavis Staples - This Time Around 1981 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers ftg Mavis Staples - This Time Around
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  1981 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Hold On To Your Dreams/Cold And Windy Night
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  1981 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Hold On To Your Dream
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  1980 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - God Can/Unlock Your Mind
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  1979 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Chica Boom/Handwriting On The Wall
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  1979 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Chronicle
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  1978 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Unlock Your Mind/Mystery Train
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  1978 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - I Honestly Love You/Family Tree
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  1978 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - The Legendary Staple Singers
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  Product Image: The Staples - Unlock Your Mind 1978 R&B Album:
The Staples - Unlock Your Mind
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  1977 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - See A Little Further (Than My Bed) / Let's Go To The Disco
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  1977 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Sweeter Then Sweet / Making Love
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  1977 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Stand By Me
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  1977 R&B Album:
The Staples - Family Tree
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  1976 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Love Me Love Me Love Me / Pass It On
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  1976 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - New Orleans/A Whole Lot Of Love
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  1975 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again/After Sex
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  1975 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - I Got to Be Myself/Heaven
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  1975 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Back Road Into Town/My Main Man
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  1975 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Back Road Into Town/My Main Man
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Great Day (re-issue) 1975 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Great Day (re-issue)
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  1975 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Pass It On
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again 1975 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again
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  1974 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - My Main Man/Who Made The Man
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  1974 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - My Main Man - There Is A God
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  1974 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - City In The Sky/That's What Friends Are For
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  1974 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - What's Your Thing/Whicha Way Did It Go
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  1974 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Touch A Hand, Make A Friend/Tellin' Lies
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - City In the Sky 1974 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - City In the Sky
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  1973 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)/Love Comes In All Colors
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  1973 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Be What You Are/I Like THe Things About Me
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  1973 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Oh La De Da/We The People
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Be What You Are 1973 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Be What You Are
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  1972 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - This World/Are You Sure
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  1972 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - I'll Take You There/I'm Just Another Soldier
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (re-issue) 1972 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (re-issue)
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself 1972 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
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  1971 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - For What It's Worth/Why
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  1971 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Respect Yourself/You're Gonna Make Me Cry
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  1971 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - You've Got To Earn It/I'm A Lover
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - The Staple Swingers 1971 R&B Album:
Staple Singers - The Staple Swingers
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  1970 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Gospel Gold
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  1970 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas
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  1970 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Love Is Plentiful/Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
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  1970 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Brand New Day/God Bless The Children
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  1970 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Give A Damn/God Bless The Children
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  1969 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - When Will We Be Paid/Tend To Your Own Business
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  1969 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - The Challenge/The Gardener
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  1969 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay/Top Of The Mountain
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - We'll Get Over 1969 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - We'll Get Over
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Soul Folk In Action 1969 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Soul Folk In Action
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  1968 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - The Ghetto/Got To Be Some Changes Made
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  1968 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Long Walk To DC/Stay With Us
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  1968 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Let's Get Together/Power Of Love
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  1967 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Deliver Me/He
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  1967 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - For What It's Worth/Are You Sure
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  1967 R&B Single:
Staple Singers - Why (Am I Treated So Bad)/What Are They Doing (In Heaven Today)
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  1967 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Pray On
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  1967 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - For What It's Worth
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  1966 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Pray On/It's Been A Change
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  1966 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - King Of Kings / Step Aside
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  1966 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Why
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  1965 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Why/What Are They Doing
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  1965 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Freedom Highway/The Funeral
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  1965 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Do Something For Yourself/Samson And Delilah
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  1965 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - I Will Trust In The Lord/Tell Him What You Want
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  1965 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Standing At The Bedside of My Neighbour/I'll Fly Away
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  1965 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Amen!
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Freedom Highway 1965 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Freedom Highway
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  1964 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - I've Been Scorned / Don't Knock
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  1964 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - So Soon/Downward Road
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  1964 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Help Me Jesus/I Had A Dream
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  1964 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Pray On/Too Close
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  1964 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Don't Drive Me Away/Will The Circle Be Unbroken
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  1964 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - I Know I Got Religion/Uncloudy Day
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  1964 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw/More Than A Hammer And Nail
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  1964 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - This Little Light
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  1963 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Exodus)
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  1963 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Blowin' In The Wind/Wish I Had Answered
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  1963 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Cotton Fields/This Land
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  1963 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - I Can't Help From Cryin'/Let That Liar Again
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  1963 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Sing Low Sweet Chariot/I'm So Glad
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Great Day 1963 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Great Day
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  1963 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Gamblin' Man
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Vee-Jay) 1963 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Vee-Jay)
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  1962 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - The Best Of The Staple Singers (Exodus)
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  1962 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - There Was A Star/The Virgin Mary Had One Son
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  1962 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Gamblin' Man/Use What You Got
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  1962 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Gloryland/Hammer And Nails
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  1962 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Sit Down Servant/Swing Low
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  1962 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - The Best Of The Staple Singers (Vee-Jay)
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  1962 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - The Twenty Fifth Day Of December
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  1962 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Hammer And Nails
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Swing Low (Stateside) 1961 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Swing Low (Stateside)
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  1961 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Swing Low (Exodus)
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  1961 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - I've Been Scorned/Don't Knock
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Swing Low (Vee-Jay) 1961 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Swing Low (Vee-Jay)
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  1960 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - This May Be The Last Time/This Same Jesus
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  1960 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Pray On/Too Close
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  1960 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken/Don't Drive Me Away
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  1960 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
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  1959 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day (Re-issue)
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  1959 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Downward Road/So Soon
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  1959 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - I'm Leaving/Going Away
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  1959 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Love Is The Way/On My Way To Heaven
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  Product Image: Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day 1959 Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
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  1958 Gospel Single:
Famous Staple Singers - Low Is The Way/Since He Lightened My Heavy Load
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  1958 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - I Had A Dream/Help Me Jesus
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  1957 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Let Me Ride/I'm Coming Home
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  1956 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day/I Know I Got Religion
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  1955 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray/God's Wonderful Love
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  1954 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - It Rained Children/Won't You Sit Down
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  1953 Gospel Single:
Staple Singers - These Are They/Faith And Grace
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  Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Spiritual-Gospel-Folk Blues
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  Gospel Album:
Staple Singers - Live
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Staple Singers Cross Rhythms air play
  • Everyday People [mp3]
  • Respect Yourself [mp3]
  • If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) [mp3]
  • I'll Take You There [mp3]


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