Pops Staples

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American Gospel and R&B musician. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers.

Pops Staples
Staples in 1974.
Staples in 1974.
Background information
Birth nameRoebuck Staples
Also known as"Pops"
Born(1914-12-28)December 28, 1914
Winona, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 2000(2000-12-19) (aged 85)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals
Years active1948 (1948)–1994 (1994)
Labels
  • United
  • Vee-Jay
  • Curtom
  • Stax
  • Riverside

In 1998 he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States.[1]

Staples was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago.

References
  1. "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1998". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

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