Artist	Song
The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There
from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (2006)
The Staple Singers	Respect Yourself
from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (2006)
The Staple Singers	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
from The Best of the Staple Singers (2006)
The Staple Singers	Touch a Hand (Make a Friend)
from The Best of the Staple Singers (2006)
The Staple Singers	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
from The Staple Swingers (2006)
Pops Staples	World in Motion
from Peace to the Neighborhood (1992)
Mavis Staples	Have a Little Faith
from Have a Little Faith (2004)
The Staple Singers	This World
from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (2006)
The Staple Singers	Oh La De Da
from The Very Best of the Staple Singers (2007)
The Staple Singers	For What It's Worth
from Freedom Highway (1991)
The Staple Singers	The Last Month of the Year
from The 25th Day of December (2007)
Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day
from Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (2007)
The Staple Singers	Swing Low Sweet Chariot
from Swing Low Sweet Chariot (2007)
The Staple Singers	Freedom Highway
from Freedom Highway (1991)
The Staple Singers	The Weight
from The Best of the Staple Singers (2006)
The Staple Singers	This May Be the Last Time
from Too Close (2005)
Staple Singers	Too Close
from Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (2007)
The Staple Singers	Sit Down Servant
from Too Close (2005)
Mavis Staples	Down In Mississippi
from We'll Never Turn Back (2007)
Pops Staples	Father Father
from Father Father (2007)
The Staple Singers	You've Got to Earn It
from The Staple Swingers (2006)
The Staple Singers	Long Walk to D.C.
from The Very Best of the Staple Singers (2007)
The Staple Singers	Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)
from Freedom Highway (1991)
The Staple Singers	Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas
from The Very Best of the Staple Singers (2007)
The Staple Singers	The Ghetto
from The Very Best of the Staple Singers (2007)
The Staple Singers	Will the Circle Be Unbroken
from Freedom Highway (1991)
The Staple Singers	When Will We Be Paid
from The Very Best of the Staple Singers (2007)
The Staple Singers	My Main Man / There Is a God
from The Very Best of the Staple Singers (2007)
The Staple Singers	Swing Down Chariot
from Swing Low Sweet Chariot (2007)
Mavis Staples	I Have Learned to Do Without You
from Only for the Lonely (2006)
Pops Staples	Trying Times
from Celebrating the Life of Pops Staples (2003)
The Staple Singers	There Was a Star
from The 25th Day of December (2007)
Staple Singers	Let's Go Home
from Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (2007)
The Staple Singers	You're Gonna Make Me Cry
from The Staple Swingers (2006)
The Staple Singers	Nobody's Fault But Mine
from Freedom Highway (1991)
The Staple Singers	I Got to Be Myself
from The Very Best of the Staple Singers (2007)
Staple Singers	Pray On
from Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (2007)
The Staple Singers	Be What You Are
from The Very Best of the Staple Singers (2007)
Staple Singers	Don't Knock
from Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (2007)
The Staple Singers	Hammer and Nails
from Freedom Highway (1991)
The Staple Singers	Love Is Plentiful
from The Staple Swingers (2006)
The Staple Singers	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
from Freedom Highway (1991)

Comment:

Tug on the root of Southern soul and you'll find the river-dipped, heaven-blessed power of gospel bearing soul's weight on its broad, weathered back. Even living in Chicago, Roebuck "Pops" Staples never quite shook the Mississippi mud from his boots, and raised his kids to join a down-home-style family business: making a joyful noise. By the time 1971's "I'll Take You There" gave the band its first #1 hit, they'd [i]already[/i] been taking us there for more than a decade, decimating the wall separating gospel music from the pop charts, weaving faith around flesh — and flesh around faith — like nobody's business. And when the Civil Rights Movement made Black Power a reality, the Staples were on the front lines, demanding their [i]own[/i] brand of civil rights with "Respect Yourself." Over five decades of a career that landed them Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Staple Singers more than earned their reputation as being "God's greatest hit-makers."

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