Editing The Staple Singers (section)

==Discography==
===Early albums===
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* ''A Gospel Program'' (with [[The Caravans]]) (Gospel/[[Savoy Records|Savoy]] MG-3001, 1958)
* ''[[Uncloudy Day (album)|Uncloudy Day]]'' ([[Vee Jay Records|Vee Jay]] VJLP-5000, 1959)
* ''Will the Circle Be Unbroken'' (Vee Jay VJLP-5008, 1960)
* ''Swing Low'' (Vee Jay VJLP-5014, 1961)
* ''Hammer and Nails'' ([[Riverside Records|Riverside]] RLP-3501, 1962)
* ''The Twenty-Fifth Day of December'' (Riverside RLP-3513, 1962)
* ''This Land'' (Riverside RM-3524, 1963)
* ''Swing Low Sweet Chariot'' (Vee Jay VJLP-5030, 1963)
* ''Amen!'' ([[Epic Records|Epic]] BN-26132, 1965)
* ''[[Freedom Highway (The Staple Singers album)|Freedom Highway]]'' (Epic BN-26163, 1965)
* ''This Little Light'' (Riverside RM-3527, 1965)
* ''Why'' (Epic BN-26196, 1966)
* ''Pray On'' (Epic BN-26237, 1967)
* ''For What It's Worth'' (Epic BN-26332, 1967)
* ''What the World Needs Now is Love'' (Epic BN-26373, 1968)
* ''Soul Folk in Action'' ([[Stax Records|Stax]] STS-2004, 1968)
* ''We'll Get Over'' (Stax STS-2016, 1969)
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Source:<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|page=3105|isbn=978-0857125958|first=Colin|last=Larkin|year=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press }}</ref>

===Charted albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Record label
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="allmusic">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-staple-singers-mn0000577235/awards|title=US Charts > Staple Singers|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703061637/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-staple-singers-mn0000577235/awards|archive-date=July 3, 2013}}</ref>
! width="35"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br>R&B]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
! width="35"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref name="can">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=9s7bdedgspf6k69nk8spigp4u4&q1=Staple+Singers&q2=&interval=20|title=CAN Charts > Staple Singers|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1971
| align="left"| ''[[The Staple Swingers]]''
| 117
| 9
| —
| rowspan="4"| [[Stax Records|Stax]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1972
| align="left"| ''[[Be Altitude: Respect Yourself]]''
| 19
| 3
| 72
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1973
| align="left"| ''[[Be What You Are]]''
| 102
| 13
| —
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1974
| align="left"| ''[[City in the Sky]]''
| 125
| 13
| —
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1975
| align="left"| ''[[Let's Do It Again (soundtrack)|Let's Do It Again]]''
| 20
| 1
| 87
| rowspan="1"| [[Curtom Records|Curtom]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1976
| align="left"| ''Pass It On''
| 155
| 20
| —
| rowspan="3"| [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1977
| align="left"| ''Family Tree''
| —
| 58
| —
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1978
| align="left"| ''Unlock Your Mind''
| —
| 34
| —
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1984
| align="left"| ''Turning Point''
| —
| 43
| —
| rowspan="1"| [[Epic Records|Private I]]
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Charted singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
! width="35"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
! width="35"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=290}}</ref>
! width="35"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref name="can"/>
! width="35"| [[Official Charts Company|UK]]<br><ref name="UK">{{cite web|title=Staple Singers - full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14600/staple-singers/|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1967
| align="left"| "Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)"
| 95
| —
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="1"| ''Why''
|-
| align="left"| "[[For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)|For What It's Worth]]"
| 66
| —
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="1"| ''For What It's Worth''
|-
| rowspan="1"|1970
| align="left"| "Love Is Plentiful"
| —
| 31
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="3"| ''The Staple Swingers''
|-
| rowspan="3"|1971
| align="left"| "[[Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)]]"
| 27
| 6
| —
| 60
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[You've Got to Earn It]]"
| 97
| 11
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Respect Yourself]]"
| 12
| 2
| —
| 17
| —
| rowspan="3"| ''Be Altitude: Respect Yourself''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1972
| align="left"| "[[I'll Take You There]]"
| 1
| 1
| —
| 21
| 30
|-
| align="left"| "This World"
| 38
| 6
| —
| 85
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"|1973
| align="left"| "Oh La De Da"
| 33
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="1"| ''[[Wattstax#Album_releases|Wattstax: The Living Word]]''
|-
| align="left"| "Be What You Are"
| 66
| 18
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="3"| ''Be What You Are''
|-
| align="left"| "[[If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)]]"
| 9
| 1
| —
| 79
| 34
|-
| rowspan="3"|1974
| align="left"| "[[Touch a Hand, Make a Friend]]"
| 23
| 3
| —
| 33
| —
|-
| align="left"| "City in the Sky"
| 79
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''City in the Sky''
|-
| align="left"| "My Main Man"
| 76
| 18
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="1"|1975
| align="left"| "[[Let's Do It Again (song)|Let's Do It Again]]"
| 1
| 1
| 97
| 7
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''Let's Do It Again''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1976
| align="left"| "New Orleans"
| 70
| 4
| —
| 84
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Love Me, Love Me, Love Me"
| —
| 11
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''Pass It On''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1977
| align="left"| "Sweeter Than the Sweet"
| —
| 52
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "See a Little Further (Than My Bed)"
| —
| 77
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''Family Tree''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1978
| align="left"| "[[I Honestly Love You]]"
| —
| 68
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Unlock Your Mind"
| —
| 16
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''Unlock Your Mind''
|-
| rowspan="1"|1979
| align="left"| "Chica Boom"
| —
| 82
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"|1984
| align="left"| "H-A-T-E (Don't Live Here Anymore)"
| —
| 46
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="3"| ''Turning Point''
|-
| align="left"| "Slippery People"
| 109
| 22
| —
| —
| 78
|-
| align="left"| "This Is Our Night"
| —
| 50
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1985
| align="left"| "[[Are You Ready? (Pacific Gas & Electric song)|Are You Ready?]]"
| —
| 39
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''The Staple Singers''
|-
| align="left"| "Nobody Can Make It on Their Own"
| —
| 89
| —
| —
| —
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}