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Pops Staples

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Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. [1]

50 relations: Albert King, Barry Levinson, Blues, Bonnie Raitt, Cannonball Adderley, Charley Patton, Chicago, Christian music, Curtom Records, Dockery Plantation, Don't Lose This, Drew, Mississippi, Epic Records, Gospel music, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album, I'll Take You There, If You're Ready (Come Go with Me), Illinois, Let's Do It Again (song), Levon Helm, Marty Stuart, Mavis Staples, National Endowment for the Arts, National Heritage Fellowship, Respect Yourself, Rhythm and blues, Rick Danko, Riverside Records, Robert Johnson, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ry Cooder, Sandy Bull, Son House, Stax Records, Steve Cropper, Talking Heads, The Band, The Last Time (The Rolling Stones song), The Last Waltz, The Rolling Stones, The Staple Singers, The Weight, True Stories (film), United Records, Vee-Jay Records, Wag the Dog, Why Am I Treated So Bad!, Willie Nelson, Winona, Mississippi.

Albert King

Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American blues guitarist and singer whose playing influenced many other blues guitarists.

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Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist.

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Cannonball Adderley

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Charley Patton

Charley Patton (died April 28, 1934), also known as Charlie Patton, was an American Delta blues musician.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Christian music

Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith.

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Curtom Records

Curtom Records was a record label started in 1968 by Curtis Mayfield and Impressions manager Eddie Thomas.

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Dockery Plantation

Dockery Plantation was a cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi.

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Don't Lose This

Don't Lose This is a 2015 posthumous album by the late Gospel and R&B musician Pops Staples.

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Drew, Mississippi

Drew is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc., the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album was awarded from 1988 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards.

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I'll Take You There

"I'll Take You There" is a song written by Al Bell (using his real name Alvertis Isbell), and originally performed by soul/gospel family band The Staple Singers.

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If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)

"If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" is a song by The Staple Singers.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Let's Do It Again (song)

"Let's Do It Again" was a hit song for The Staple Singers.

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Levon Helm

Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the vocalists for The Band.

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Marty Stuart

John Marty Stuart (born September 30, 1958) is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music.

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Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist.

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National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.

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National Heritage Fellowship

The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Respect Yourself

"Respect Yourself" is the name of a classic soul song by American R&B/gospel group The Staple Singers.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rick Danko

Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of The Band.

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Riverside Records

Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label.

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Robert Johnson

Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, recognizes and archives the history of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll.

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Ry Cooder

Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer.

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Sandy Bull

Alexander Bull (February 25, 1941 – April 11, 2001) was an American folk musician and composer.

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Son House

Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (March 21, 1902His date of birth is a matter of some debate. House alleged that he was middle-aged during World War I and that he was 79 in 1965, which would make his date of birth around 1886. However, all legal records give his date of birth as March 21, 1902. – October 19, 1988) was an American delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing.

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Stax Records

Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Steve Cropper

Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer.

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Talking Heads

Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.

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The Band

The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968 by Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals).

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The Last Time (The Rolling Stones song)

"The Last Time" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, and the band's first single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

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The Last Waltz

The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul and R&B singing group.

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The Weight

"The Weight" is a song originally by the Canadian-American group the Band that was released as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968 and on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink.

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True Stories (film)

True Stories is a 1986 American film that spans the genres of musical, art, and comedy, directed by and starring David Byrne of the band Talking Heads.

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United Records

United Records was a record company and label founded in Chicago by Leonard Allen and Lew Simpkins in 1951.

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Vee-Jay Records

Vee-Jay Records is an American record label founded in the 1950s, located in Chicago and specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll.

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Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog is a 1997 black comedy film where a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer fabricate a war to distract voters from a presidential sex scandal.

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Why Am I Treated So Bad!

Why Am I Treated So Bad! is a live album by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, recorded at the Capitol studios in Los Angeles in 1967.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist.

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Winona, Mississippi

Winona is a city in Montgomery County, Mississippi.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Staples

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