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Pops Staples

Pops Staples
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About the artist

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 70s," 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. Roebuck Staples was born on a cotton plantation near Winona, Mississippi, the youngest of 14 children.

Top songs

  1. Somebody Was Watching
  2. Friendship
  3. No News Is Good News
  4. Sweet Home
  5. World In Motion
  6. The Lady's Letter
  7. Love On My Side
  8. Nobody's fault but mine
  9. Gotta Serve Somebody
  10. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
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  1. Better Home
  2. Down in Mississippi
  3. I Shall Not Be Moved
  4. Father Father
  5. Hope in a Hopeless World
  6. Why Am I Treated So Bad
  7. Miss Cocaine
  8. America
  9. This May Be The Last Time
  10. (Peace To) The Neighborhood
  11. People Get Ready
  12. Love Is A Precious Thing
  13. Jesus Is Going to Make Up (My Dying Bed)
  14. Simple Man
  15. Pray On My Child
  16. Pray
  17. Too Big for Your Britches
  18. Glory Glory
  19. Waiting for My Child
  20. The Downward Road
  21. You Got to Serve Somebody
  22. Tupelo (Pt. 1) - Single Version
  23. Water - Single Version
  24. Somebody Is Watching
  25. Black Boy
  26. Intro by Pops Staples - Live
  27. Whicha Way Did It Go
  28. Love Is A Precious Things
  29. Tryin' Time
  30. Downward Road
  31. Getting Too Big For Your Britches
  32. Why Am I Treated So Bad?
  33. John Henry
  34. What'd I Say
  35. Simple Men
  36. Jesus Is Going To Mke Up (My Dying Bed)
  37. Tupelo - Part 1
  38. The Ladys Letter
  39. Nobodys Fault But Mine
  40. Tupelo
  41. Opus De Soul
  42. Don't Turn Your Heater Down
  43. Water
  44. Big Bird
  45. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
  46. Homer's Theme
  47. Father, Father
  48. Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
  49. Trashy Dog
  50. Knock On Wood
  51. El Hambo - You Don't Knock - Light from the Lighthouse
  52. Word in Motion
  53. Peace To The Neighborhood
  54. The Lady S Letter
  55. Papa Legba
  56. Tupelo (Pt. 1)
  57. Don't Lose This
  58. Gotta Serve Somebody (Live)
  59. Nobody's Fault
  60. Tupelo (Part 1)
  61. Why Am I Treated So Bad (Live)
  62. 01 - Somebody Was Watching
  63. Glory, Glory
  64. This Thing Is Real
  65. Hope In A Hopeless World-Pops
  66. Trying Times
  67. Pops Staples - Glory Glory
  68. Why Am I Treated So Bad - Live
  69. 09 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  70. Older Women
  71. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
  72. 08 - Better Home
  73. 10 - Gotta Serve Somebody
  74. The Lady’s Letter
  75. Whicha Way Did It Go?
  76. 23 -- Love Is A Precious Thing
  77. NOBODY S FAULT BUT MINE
  78. Love's Got The Best Of Me
  79. Jesus Christ Superstar
  80. Sweet Home (AD edit)
  81. Grandma's Hands
  82. 1. Somebody Was Watching
  83. Someebody Was Watching
  84. Down in Missisippi
  85. 02 - Sweet Home
  86. Precious Thing
  87. 07 - The Lady_s Letter
  88. Telling It Like It Is
  89. 06 - Nobody_s Fault But Mine
  90. 05 - Friendship

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