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Mavis Staples: Mavis Staples

The Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as performers in 1999.

Mavis Staples

Lincoln Center Out of Doors concert poster

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Rock Hall Videos

Articles available on Rock's Backpages

Mavis Staples: A Voice Like No Other... David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 28 September 1993
Mavis Staples Is for the Children Amy Linden, Village Voice, The, 12 January 2011
The music doc Mavis! lets the powerful performances do the talking Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper, 16 March 2015

Books

I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom's Highway by Greg Kot
Call Number: ML420.S737 K68 2014

Spotify Playlist

You Tube - Interviews

YouTube - Performances

Archival Resources on Mavis and the Staple Singers

Listed below are notable collections and items from the Rock Hall's Archives. You can find more by searching our catalog here.

Philadelpha Inquirer Photographs
Mavis Staples photograph, undated.
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Advocate Historical Archive Photographs and Clippings
Mavis Staples photographs, 1989 and undated.
Education and Public Programs Division Records (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Records)
Mavis Staples: Rock Hall Honors, Full Show (Video), 2019.
Collection on Spin Magazine
Mavis Staples photograph, along with other artists with the last names or titles beginning with 'S', 1986-2002 and 2006.

Audio

One True Vine by Mavis Staples with Jeff Tweedy
Call Number: CD STAPLE-M ONE 2013
You Are Not Alone by Mavis Staples
Call Number: CD STAPLE-M YOU 2010
The Voice by Mavis Staples
Call Number: CD STAPL-M VOIC 1993

Video

Mavis! A Film About Mavis Staples & the Staple Singers
Call Number: VID STAPL-M MAVI 2016

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