The Staple Singers
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The Staple Singers were an American
gospel
, soul
, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples
(1914–2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (b. 1934), Pervis (b. 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis
(b. 1939). They are best known for their 1970s hits "I'll Take You There
", "Respect Yourself
", and "Let's Do It Again
".
-area churches in 1948, and signed their first professional contract in 1952. During their early career they recorded in an acoustic gospel-folk
style with various labels: United Records
, Vee-Jay Records
(their "Uncloudy Day" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" were best sellers), Checker Records
, Riverside Records
, and then Epic Records
in 1965. While the family surname is "Staples", the group used the singular form for its name, resulting in the group's name being "The Staple Singers".
It was on Epic that the Staple Singers began moving into mainstream pop
markets, with "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills
) in 1967. In 1968, the Staple Singers signed to Stax Records
and released two albums with Steve Cropper
and Booker T & the MG's — Soul Folk in Action and We'll Get Over. By 1970, Al Bell
had become producer
, and with Engineer Terry Manning
, the family began recording at the famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
, and Memphis' Ardent Studios
, moving in a more funk and soul
direction.
The first Stax hit was "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)". Their 1971 recording of "Respect Yourself
", written by Luther Ingram
and Mack Rice
, peaked at #2 on the R&B charts and was a #12 pop
hit as well. The song's theme of self-empowerment had universal appeal, released in the period immediately following the intense American civil rights movement of the 1960s. In 1972, the group had a huge #1 hit in the United States with "I'll Take You There
". It topped both pop and R&B charts. "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
" would become another big hit, reaching #9 pop and #1 on the R&B chart in 1973.
Then, after Stax's bankruptcy in 1975, they signed to Curtis Mayfield
's label, Curtom Records
, and released "Let's Do It Again
", produced by Mayfield; the song became their second #1 pop hit in the US and the album also. In 1976, they collaborated with The Band
for their film The Last Waltz
, performing on the song "The Weight
" (which The Staple Singers had previously covered on their first Stax album). However, they were not able to regain their momentum, releasing only occasional minor hits. Their 1984 album Turning Point featured their final Top 40 hit, a cover of Talking Heads
' "Slippery People" (which also reached the Top 5 on the Dance chart). In 1994, they again performed the song "The Weight
" with Country music artist Marty Stuart
for MCA Nashville's Rhythm, Country and Blues
compilation, somewhat re-establishing an audience. The song "Respect Yourself" was used by Spike Lee in the soundtrack to his movie Crooklyn
, made in 1994.
In 1999, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
. Pops Staples died of complications from a concussion suffered in December 2000. In 2005, the group was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
. Mavis Staples
has continued to carry on the family tradition and continues to add her vocal talents to both the projects of other artists and her own solo ventures.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
, soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Pops Staples
Roebuck "Pops" Staples was a Mississippi-born Gospel and R&B musician.A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 70s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer...
(1914–2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (b. 1934), Pervis (b. 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis
Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.-Biography:...
(b. 1939). They are best known for their 1970s hits "I'll Take You There
I'll Take You There
"I'll Take You There" is a number-one single written and produced by Al Bell and performed by soul/gospel family band The Staple Singers, released on Stax Records in February 1972...
", "Respect Yourself
Respect Yourself
"Respect Yourself" is the name of a classic soul song by American R&B/gospel group The Staple Singers. Released in late 1971 from their album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, the song became a crossover hit. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reached #2 on the Hot Soul...
", and "Let's Do It Again
Let's Do It Again (song)
"Let's Do It Again" was a hit song for The Staple Singers. Written by Curtis Mayfield, it was part of the soundtrack for the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier movie, Let's Do It Again. The single reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1975 , and also spent two non-consecutive...
".
Career
The family began appearing in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-area churches in 1948, and signed their first professional contract in 1952. During their early career they recorded in an acoustic gospel-folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
style with various labels: United Records
United Records
For "United Records", see United Records United Records was in business from July 1951 to December 1957. It was operated by Chicago businessman Leonard Allen, initially in collaboration with Lew Simpkins...
, Vee-Jay Records
Vee-Jay Records
Vee-Jay Records is a record label founded in the 1950s, specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. It was owned and operated by African Americans.-History:...
(their "Uncloudy Day" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" were best sellers), Checker Records
Checker Records
Checker Records is an inactive record label that was started in 1952 as a subsidiary to Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois. The label was founded by the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, who ran the label until they sold it to General Recorded Tape in 1969, shortly before Leonard's death.The label...
, Riverside Records
Riverside Records
Riverside Records was a United States record label specializing in jazz. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. in 1953, the label was a major presence in the jazz record industry for a decade...
, and then Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
in 1965. While the family surname is "Staples", the group used the singular form for its name, resulting in the group's name being "The Staple Singers".
It was on Epic that the Staple Singers began moving into mainstream pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
markets, with "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash . He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time...
) in 1967. In 1968, the Staple Singers signed to Stax Records
Stax Records
Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...
and released two albums with Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
and Booker T & the MG's — Soul Folk in Action and We'll Get Over. By 1970, Al Bell
Al Bell
Al Bell is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive. Bell is best known as one of the key figures behind and a co-owner of Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records during the latter half of the label's nineteen-year existence...
had become producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, and with Engineer Terry Manning
Terry Manning
Terry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....
, the family began recording at the famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was formed in Muscle Shoals, Alabama,in 1969 when musicians Barry Beckett , Roger Hawkins , Jimmy Johnson and David Hood left FAME Studios to create their own studio...
, and Memphis' Ardent Studios
Ardent Studios
Ardent Studios is a recording studio located in Memphis, Tennessee. Ardent Records/Ardent Music is the in-house label.- History :Ardent Studios was founded by John Fry and was initially a studio in his family's garage, where he recorded his first Ardent Records 45's. In 1966 the operation moved...
, moving in a more funk and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
direction.
The first Stax hit was "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)". Their 1971 recording of "Respect Yourself
Respect Yourself
"Respect Yourself" is the name of a classic soul song by American R&B/gospel group The Staple Singers. Released in late 1971 from their album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, the song became a crossover hit. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reached #2 on the Hot Soul...
", written by Luther Ingram
Luther Ingram
Luther Ingram was an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter.-Career:Born Luther Thomas Ingram in Jackson, Tennessee, his early interest in music led to him making his first record in 1965 at the age of 28. His first three recordings failed to chart but that changed when he signed for KoKo...
and Mack Rice
Mack Rice
Mack Rice , is a American songwriter, whose compositions have been performed by many well-known artists, including The Staple Singers, Ike and Tina Turner, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Shirley Brown, Rufus Thomas, Etta James, Billy Eckstine, Eddie Floyd, Buddy Guy, The Rascals, Wilson Pickett,...
, peaked at #2 on the R&B charts and was a #12 pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
hit as well. The song's theme of self-empowerment had universal appeal, released in the period immediately following the intense American civil rights movement of the 1960s. In 1972, the group had a huge #1 hit in the United States with "I'll Take You There
I'll Take You There
"I'll Take You There" is a number-one single written and produced by Al Bell and performed by soul/gospel family band The Staple Singers, released on Stax Records in February 1972...
". It topped both pop and R&B charts. "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
"If You're Ready " is the title of a song by The Staple Singers. Released from their album, Be What You Are, the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard magazine's Hot Soul Singles chart in 1973...
" would become another big hit, reaching #9 pop and #1 on the R&B chart in 1973.
Then, after Stax's bankruptcy in 1975, they signed to Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
's label, Curtom Records
Curtom Records
Curtom Records was a record label started by Curtis Mayfield of The Impressions along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas in 1968 although the name was used as early as 1963. The labels name was a combination of Mayfields first name and Thomas' surname...
, and released "Let's Do It Again
Let's Do It Again (song)
"Let's Do It Again" was a hit song for The Staple Singers. Written by Curtis Mayfield, it was part of the soundtrack for the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier movie, Let's Do It Again. The single reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1975 , and also spent two non-consecutive...
", produced by Mayfield; the song became their second #1 pop hit in the US and the album also. In 1976, they collaborated with The Band
The Band
The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
for their film The Last Waltz
The Last Waltz
The Last Waltz was a concert by the rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco...
, performing on the song "The Weight
The Weight
"The Weight" is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and...
" (which The Staple Singers had previously covered on their first Stax album). However, they were not able to regain their momentum, releasing only occasional minor hits. Their 1984 album Turning Point featured their final Top 40 hit, a cover of Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
' "Slippery People" (which also reached the Top 5 on the Dance chart). In 1994, they again performed the song "The Weight
The Weight
"The Weight" is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and...
" with Country music artist Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...
for MCA Nashville's Rhythm, Country and Blues
Rhythm, Country and Blues
-Production:*Produced By Tony Brown & Don Was*Executive Producers: Tony Brown, Al Teller, Kathy Nelson*Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Bob Clearmountain*Mastered By Doug Sax-Personnel:*Drums: Kenny Aronoff, Ricky Fataar, Curt Bisquera, Paul Leim...
compilation, somewhat re-establishing an audience. The song "Respect Yourself" was used by Spike Lee in the soundtrack to his movie Crooklyn
Crooklyn
Crooklyn is a 1994 semi-autobiographical film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. The film takes place in Brooklyn, New York and the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant during the summer of 1973. Its primary focus is a young girl, Troy , and her family...
, made in 1994.
In 1999, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...
. Pops Staples died of complications from a concussion suffered in December 2000. In 2005, the group was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording."...
. Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.-Biography:...
has continued to carry on the family tradition and continues to add her vocal talents to both the projects of other artists and her own solo ventures.
Studio Albums
- 1959: Uncloudy Day (Vee-JayVee-Jay RecordsVee-Jay Records is a record label founded in the 1950s, specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. It was owned and operated by African Americans.-History:...
) - 1961: Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Vee-Jay)
- 1962: Swing Low (Vee-Jay)
- 1962: Hammer and Nails (RiversideRiverside RecordsRiverside Records was a United States record label specializing in jazz. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. in 1953, the label was a major presence in the jazz record industry for a decade...
RM 3501) - 1962: The 25th Day of December (RiversideRiverside RecordsRiverside Records was a United States record label specializing in jazz. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. in 1953, the label was a major presence in the jazz record industry for a decade...
RM 3513) - US Pop #11 - 1963: This Land (RiversideRiverside RecordsRiverside Records was a United States record label specializing in jazz. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. in 1953, the label was a major presence in the jazz record industry for a decade...
RM 3524) - 1964: This Little Light (RiversideRiverside RecordsRiverside Records was a United States record label specializing in jazz. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. in 1953, the label was a major presence in the jazz record industry for a decade...
RM 3527) - 1965: Amen! (EpicEpic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
) - 1965: Freedom Highway (EpicEpic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
) - 1967: For What It's Worth (EpicEpic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
) - 1968: Soul Folk in Action (StaxStax RecordsStax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...
) - 1969: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Vee-Jay)
- 1970: The Landlord (United ArtistsUnited Artists RecordsUnited Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...
) - 1970: We'll Get Over (Stax)
- 1971: The Staple SwingersThe Staple Swingers-Reception:This would be The Staple Singers first album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals. Other changes saw brother Pervis Staples be replaced by sister Yvonne Staples prior to the recording of this album. Released in 1971, this album would chart at...
(Stax) - US Pop #117, US R&B #9 - 1972: Be Altitude: Respect YourselfBe Altitude: Respect Yourself-Reception:It includes the hit songs "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself". The musicians are the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns, augmented by overdubbed guitar, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron and harmonica by Terry Manning.-Track listing:...
(Stax) - US Pop #19, US R&B #3 - 1973: Be What You AreBe What You Are-Reception:Released in 1973, this album would chart at. number thirteen on the Billboard Top Soul Albums charts. Singles If You're Ready charted number 9 Pop and number one Soul in 1973 & Touch a Hand, Make a Friend would chart at number Soul in 1974-Track listing:#Be What You Are - 5:03#If...
(Stax) - US Pop #102, US R&B #13 - 1974: City in the Sky (Stax) - US Pop #125, US R&B #13
- 1975: Let's Do It Again (CurtomCurtom RecordsCurtom Records was a record label started by Curtis Mayfield of The Impressions along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas in 1968 although the name was used as early as 1963. The labels name was a combination of Mayfields first name and Thomas' surname...
) - US Pop #20, US R&B #1 - 1976: Pass It On (Warner Bros.Warner Bros. RecordsWarner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
) - US Pop #155, US R&B #20 - 1977: Family Tree (Warner Bros.) - US R&B #58
- 1978: Unlock Your Mind (Warner Bros.) - US R&B #34
- 1981: Hold on to Your Dream (20th Century20th Century Records20th Century Fox Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century Records, was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox.-History:It began in 1958 as 20th Fox Records. In 1963, 20th Fox Records became 20th Century-Fox Records...
) - 1981: This Time Around (Stax)
- 1984: Turning Point (Epic) - US R&B #43
- 1985: The Staple Singers (Private I/Epic)
Compilation Albums
- 1990: The Best of the Staple Singers (Stax)
- 2004: The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair (Kent/Ace)
Charted singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
||
| 1967 | "Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)" | 95 | — | — |
| "For What It's Worth" | 66 | — | — | |
| 1970 | "Love Is Plentiful" (A-side) | — | 31 | — |
| 1971 | "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)" (B-side) | 27 | 6 | — |
| "You've Got to Earn It" | 97 | 11 | — | |
| "Respect Yourself Respect Yourself "Respect Yourself" is the name of a classic soul song by American R&B/gospel group The Staple Singers. Released in late 1971 from their album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, the song became a crossover hit. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reached #2 on the Hot Soul... " |
12 | 2 | — | |
| 1972 | "I'll Take You There I'll Take You There "I'll Take You There" is a number-one single written and produced by Al Bell and performed by soul/gospel family band The Staple Singers, released on Stax Records in February 1972... " |
1 | 1 | 30 |
| "This World" | 38 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | "Oh La De Da" | 33 | 4 | — |
| "Be What You Are" | 66 | 18 | — | |
| "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) "If You're Ready " is the title of a song by The Staple Singers. Released from their album, Be What You Are, the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard magazine's Hot Soul Singles chart in 1973... " |
9 | 1 | 34 | |
| 1974 | "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend Touch a Hand, Make a Friend "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" is a 1974 single written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, and Carl Hampton and recorded by The Staple Singers. "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" was one of The Staple Singers most successful singles and peaked at number three on the soul chart and number twenty-three on... " |
23 | 3 | — |
| "City in the Sky" | 79 | 4 | — | |
| "My Main Man" | 76 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | "Let's Do It Again Let's Do It Again (song) "Let's Do It Again" was a hit song for The Staple Singers. Written by Curtis Mayfield, it was part of the soundtrack for the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier movie, Let's Do It Again. The single reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1975 , and also spent two non-consecutive... " |
1 | 1 | — |
| 1976 | "New Orleans" | 70 | 4 | — |
| "Love Me, Love Me, Love Me" | — | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | "Sweeter Than the Sweet" | — | 52 | — |
| "See a Little Further (Than My Bed)" | — | 77 | — | |
| 1978 | "I Honestly Love You I Honestly Love You "I Honestly Love You" was a worldwide pop hit single for Olivia Newton-John in 1974. The song was Newton-John's first number-one single in the United States and Canada, thus cementing her as a household name in North America.... " |
— | 68 | — |
| "Unlock Your Mind" | — | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | "Chica Boom" | — | 82 | — |
| 1984 | "H-A-T-E (Don't Live Here Anymore)" | — | 46 | — |
| "Slippery People" | 109 | 22 | 78 | |
| "This Is Our Night" | — | 50 | — | |
| 1985 | "Are You Ready?" | — | 39 | — |
| "Nobody Can Make It on Their Own" | — | 89 | — | |
| "—" denotes the release failed to chart | ||||
External links
- The Staple Singers at VH1VH1VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...