Yvonne Staples, background singer and manager of the R&B family group the Staple Singers, died Tuesday in her Chicago home. She was 80. Bill Carpenter, a family friend, confirmed Staples’s death ...

Pervis Staples, a co-founding member of the legendary gospel group the Staple Singers, died May 6th at his home in Dolton, Illinois. He was 85. Staples’ death was announced May 12th, with Adam ...

As the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted the Staple Singers in 1999, would one day celebrate that place in music history, "Fronted by patriarch Roebuck “Pops” Staples, the Staple ...

Roebuck “Pops” Staples, who led his family vocal group, the Staple Singers, from gospel music into the forefront of socially conscious rhythm & blues and to the top of the pop music charts ...

Pervis Staples, Founding Member of the Staple Singers, Dead at 85 "He was one of the good guys and will live on as a true Chicago legend," his sister, Mavis Staples, said in a statement ...