Mavis Staples

CTL-E-0514 · Person · 1950–2026

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Mavis Staples sang lead for the Staple Singers, the Chicago family group that moved from gospel to message-driven soul hits at Stax. Staples later collaborated with Curtis Mayfield, extending the Chicago gospel-soul lineage into the 1970s and beyond.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-person-032; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

Masters of Traditional Arts (http://www.mastersoftraditionalarts.org/artists/312?selected_facets=); Louder Sound (https://www.loudersound.com/features/mavis-staples-the-life-and-soul-of-a-legend)
Louder Sound (https://www.loudersound.com/features/mavis-staples-the-life-and-soul-of-a-legend)

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