Mavis Staples Biography

Mavis Staples is an inspirational force in modern popular culture and music. A 40-year-plus veteran of the music scene - a Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and one of VH1's '100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll' - Staples (both with The Staple Singers and on her own) is responsible for blazing a rhythm & blues trail while never relinquishing her gospel roots. Her voice has influenced artists from Bob Dylan to Prince (who dubbed her the epitome of soul) and she has appeared with everyone from the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Bill Cosby Presidents Kennedy Carter and Clinton to Janis Joplin Pink Floyd Santana and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and has recorded with Bob Dylan Los Lobos Aretha Franklin Marty Stuart and many others. Mavis began her career with her family group in 1950. Initially singing locally at churches and appearing on a weekly radio show the Staples scored a hit in 1956 with Uncloudy Day for the VeeJay label. When Mavis graduated high school in 1957 The Staple Singers took their music on the road. Led by family patriarch Roebuck Pops Staples on guitar and including the voices of Mavis and her siblings Cleo Yvonne and Pervis the Staples were called God's Greatest Hitmakers.

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