Mavis Staples
USA
Born: 10 July 1939
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: R&B
Styles: Soul, R&B/Soul, Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Country Soul
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Born in 1940 in Chicago, Mavis Staples achieved wide recognition as lead singer for the Staple Singers. She first recorded solo for Stax subsidiary Volt in 1969. Subsequent efforts included a Curtis Mayfield-produced soundtrack on Curtom, a disappointing nod to disco for Warner in 1979, a misguided stab at electro-pop with Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1984, and an uneven album for Paisley Park. Staples has a rich contralto voice that has neither the range of Aretha Franklin nor the power of Patti LaBelle. Her otherworldly power comes instead from ...
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