Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yvonne Staples, who rose to fame as one of the voices of powerhouse soul trio the Staple Singers, has died, the Chicago Sun-Times ...

The Staple Singers co-founder Pervis Staples has died at 85. Rolling Stone reports: Pervis Staples, a co-founding member of the legendary gospel group the Staple Singers, died May 6th at his home in ...

"He was one of the good guys and will live on as a true Chicago legend," his sister, Mavis Staples, said in a statement Pervis Staples, one of the founding members of the legendary gospel group the ...

CHICAGO – Yvonne Staples, whose voice and business acumen powered the success of the Staple Singers, her family’s hit-making gospel group that topped the charts in the early 1970s with the song “I’ll ...

Yvonne Staples, singer in legendary family soul outfit The Staple Singers, passed away on Thursday at the age of 80 after a battle with colon cancer. Though The Staple Singers began in Chicago in 1948 ...

Craft Recordings is thrilled to announce a deluxe CD edition of Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection. The acclaimed box set, which was previously released on vinyl digital formats, celebrates one of ...

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CHICAGO (AP) – Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman announced Wednesday. He was 85. Pervis ...

CHICAGO — Yvonne Staples, whose voice and business acumen powered the success of the Staple Singers, her family’s hit-making gospel group that topped the charts in the early 1970s with the song “I’ll ...

Yvonne Staples, a member of the renowned soul, gospel and R&B group The Staple Singers, died Tuesday in Chicago at the age of 80, representatives for her sister and band mate Mavis Staples confirmed ...