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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 28, 1914
Died
December 19, 2000
Place of Birth
Winona, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As
- The Staple Singers
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
2.6 Popularity
Biography
Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha.
Known For
7.6
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
🎬
0.0
Mr. Tucker
Real Life
2018
5.0
Self
Blues at the BBC
2009
6.9
Pops Staples
Wag the Dog
1997
0.0
Self
Remembering Chicago Again
1995
6.7
Mr. Tucker
True Stories
1986
7.6
Self
The Last Waltz
1978
5.6
The Staple Singers
The Klansman
1974
7.8
Self - The Staple Singers
The Midnight Special
1972
0.0
The Staple Singers
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970
Credits
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
2021
7.6
🎬
Real Life
as Mr. Tucker
2018
0.0
Blues at the BBC
as Self
2009
5.0
Wag the Dog
as Pops Staples
1997
6.9
Remembering Chicago Again
as Self
1995
0.0
True Stories
as Mr. Tucker
1986
6.7
The Last Waltz
as Self
1978
7.6
The Klansman
as The Staple Singers
1974
5.6
The Midnight Special
as Self - The Staple Singers
1972
7.8
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
as The Staple Singers
1970
0.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - The Staple Singers
1961
5.4