During the 1960s, family group The Staples Singers became one of gospel's
biggest acts, delivering spiritual songs with smooth, impassioned power and
chiming with the times by covering contemporary acts like Bob Dylan and Buffalo
Springfield. Linked to the civil rights movement through father Roebuck 'Pops'
Staples' friendship with Martin Luther King, the band scored two US number one
singles before lead singer Mavis released her first solo album for Stax Records
in 1969.
Though The Staples Singers continued on until 1994, Mavis's solo career included
the Curtis Mayfield pen...