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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name       = The Staple Singers
| image      = Staple Singers on Soul Train.jpg
| caption    = The Staple Singers with ''[[Soul Train]]'' host [[Don Cornelius]] in 1974.
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| background = group_or_band
| alias      =
| origin     = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Soul music|Soul]]|[[blues]]||[[funk music|funk]]|[[rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[gospel music|gospel]]|[[pop music|pop]]}}
| years_active = 1948–1994, 1999
| label        = {{hlist|[[United Records|United]]|[[Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay]]|[[Checker Records|Checker]]|[[Riverside Records|Riverside]]|[[Stax Records|Stax]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Sony Music Latin|Discos CBS]]|[[Sony Music#1938–1970: Columbia/CBS Records|CBS Records]]|[[American Recording Company]]|[[Curtom Records|Curtom]]|[[United Artists Records|United Artists]]|[[Warner Music Group|WEA]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[Sony Music]]}}
| past_members   = <!--DO NOT ADD 'DECEASED' TO THIS SECTION—THIS CONTRADICTS WIKIPEDIA GUIDELINES.-->[[Pops Staples|Roebuck "Pops" Staples]]<br>Cleotha Staples<br>[[Mavis Staples]]<br>Pervis Staples<br>Yvonne Staples
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'''The Staple Singers''' were an American [[Gospel music|gospel]], [[soul music|soul]], and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] singing group. [[Pops Staples|Roebuck "Pops" Staples]] (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21, 2013),<ref name= legacy.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/ns/cleotha-staples-obituary/163231781|title=Cleotha Staples Obituary|website=Legacy.com|date=February 22, 2013 |accessdate=July 20, 2018}}</ref> Pervis (November 18, 1935 – May 6, 2021),<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pervis-staples-staple-singers-dead-obituary-1168693/|title=Staple Singers Co-Founder Pervis Staples Dead at 85|first1=Jon|last1=Blistein|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=12 May 2021|access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/arts/music/pervis-staples-dead.html|title=Pervis Staples, Who Harmonized With the Staple Singers, Dies at 85|first=Alex|last=Traub|date=14 May 2021|access-date=June 15, 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and [[Mavis Staples|Mavis]] (b. July 10, 1939). Yvonne (October 23, 1937 – April 10, 2018)<ref name= nytimesobi/><ref name="Suntimes">{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/yvonne-staples-of-the-staples-singers-dies-at-80/|title=Yvonne Staples of the Staple Singers dead at 80|website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|first=Maureen|last=O'Donnell|date=April 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411030056/https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/yvonne-staples-of-the-staples-singers-dies-at-80/|archive-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> replaced her brother when he was drafted into the U.S. Army, and again in 1970. They are best known for their 1970s hits "[[Respect Yourself]]", "[[I'll Take You There]]", "[[If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)]]", and "[[Let's Do It Again (song)|Let's Do It Again]]". While the family name is Staples, the group used "Staple" commercially.

==History==
First child to Roebuck "Pops" Staples and his wife Oceola Staples, Cleotha was born in [[Drew, Mississippi]], in 1934.<ref name =theindependent>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/cleotha-staples-vocalist-with-the-staples-singers-8517604.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/cleotha-staples-vocalist-with-the-staples-singers-8517604.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Cleotha Staples: Vocalist with the Staples Singers|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=July 20, 2018|first=Pierre|last=Perrone|date=March 2, 2013}}</ref> Two years later, Roebuck moved his family from Mississippi to [[Chicago]].<ref name= legacy.com/> Roebuck and Oceola's children, son Pervis and daughters, Mavis and Yvonne, were born in Chicago.<ref name =theindependent/> Roebuck worked in steel mills and meatpacking plants while his family of four children grew up.<ref>Gary Kramer, Liner notes to Riverside l.p. ''Hammer and Nails'', 1962.</ref> The family began appearing in [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago-area]] churches in 1948.<ref name= nytimesobi>{{cite news|last1=Stack|first1=Liam|title=Yvonne Staples, Member and Manager of the Staple Singers, Dies at 80|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/obituaries/yvonne-staples-singers.html|access-date= April 16, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 April 2018|page=A25}}</ref> Their first public singing appearance was at the Mount Zion Church, Chicago, where Roebuck's brother, the Rev. Chester Staples, was pastor.<ref>H.R.R. Liner notes to original Vee Jay l.p. ''Uncloudy Day'', 1959.</ref>

They signed their first professional contract in 1952.<ref>Preiser, David (2002). ''Uncloudy Day'' [CD liner notes]. New York: Koch Jazz.</ref> During their early career, they recorded in an acoustic gospel-[[folk music|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. "Uncloudy Day" was an early influence on [[Bob Dylan]], who said of it in 2015, "It was the most mysterious thing I'd ever heard&nbsp;... I'd think about them even at my school desk&nbsp;... Mavis looked to be about the same age as me in her picture (on the cover of "Uncloudy Day")&nbsp;... Her singing just knocked me out&nbsp;... And Mavis was a great singer—deep and mysterious. And even at the young age, I felt that life itself was a mystery."<ref>Interview with Bob Dylan. ''i'' newspaper (London) Feb 3rd 2015</ref>

The move to Epic yielded a run of albums, including the live in-church ''[[Freedom Highway (The Staple Singers album)|Freedom Highway]]'' album produced by [[Billy Sherrill]]; the title track of which was a civil rights movement protest song penned by Pops Staples. It was on Epic that the Staple Singers developed a style more accessible to mainstream audiences, with "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and "[[For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)|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]]—''Soul Folk in Action'' and ''We'll Get Over'', Pervis returning for them.<ref>Liner notes to Stax LPs ''Soul Folk in Action'', 1968 and ''We'll Get Over'', 1969</ref> After Cropper left Stax, Al Bell produced their recordings, conducting the rhythm sessions at the famed [[Muscle Shoals Sound Studio]] and cutting the overdubs himself with engineer/musician [[Terry Manning]] at Memphis's [[Ardent Studios]],<ref>Rob Bowman ''Stax: 50th Anniversary Celebration'' (Beverly Hills) 2007, and see also Rob Bowman, ''Soulsville USA: The Story of Stax Records'' there cited.</ref> moving in a more [[Funk music|funk]] and [[soul music|soul]] direction.

{{quote box|quote="For most of this decade, Roebuck Staples—born December 28, 1914, about One Year & two weeks after [[Frank Sinatra]]—has been the oldest performer with direct access to the [[hit parade]] by some twenty-five years, so here's your chance to mind your elders. It's [[Mavis Staples|Mavis]]'s lowdown, occasionally undefined growl that dominates, of course; you should hear how secular she gets with an [[O. V. Wright]] blues that got buried on ''[[The Staple Swingers]]''. But Pops's unassuming [[moralism]] sets the tone and his guitar assures the flow."|source=—''The Best of the Staples Singers'' review in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981)<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>|width=23%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}

The Staple Singers' first Stax hit was "[[Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)]]" in early 1971. Their late 1971 recording of "[[Respect Yourself]]", written by [[Luther Ingram]] and [[Mack Rice]], peaked at number two on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] chart and number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Both hits sold over one million copies and were each awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/303 303]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/303}}</ref> 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, "[[I'll Take You There]]" topped both ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts.<ref name="allmusic"/> In 1973, "[[If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)]]" reached number 9 on the Hot 100 and number one on the R&B chart.<ref name="allmusic"/>

After Stax's 1975 bankruptcy, The Staple Singers signed to [[Curtis Mayfield]]'s label, [[Curtom Records]], and released "[[Let's Do It Again (song)|Let's Do It Again]]", produced by Mayfield; the song became their second number-one pop hit in the U.S., and the album was also successful. 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. The 1984 album ''Turning Point'' featured a cover of [[Talking Heads]]' "Slippery People", which 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 Records|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 Staple Singers were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], where they performed "Respect Yourself" and "I'll Take You There".

Pops Staples died of complications from a concussion suffered in December 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2000-12-21|title=R&B pioneer Pops Staples dies|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1081167.stm|access-date=2020-12-02|website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Cleotha Staples died in Chicago on February 21, 2013, at the age of 78, after suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] for over a decade.<ref>Obituaries, ''The New York Times'', February 24, 2013; ''The Guardian'' newspaper (London), February 24, 2013.</ref> [[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. In 2022, she released ''[[Carry Me Home (album)|Carry Me Home]]'', a collaboration with [[Levon Helm]], recorded at Helm's Midnight Ramble in 2011. She appeared at [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]] in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glastonbury 2015 - Mavis Staples|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e84mxj/acts/acgbc8|access-date=2020-12-02|website=BBC Music Events|language=en}}</ref> and 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glastonbury 2019 - Mavis Staples|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/er3v9r/acts/abcqfx|access-date=2020-12-02|website=BBC Music Events|language=en}}</ref> and her 2016 album ''[[Livin' on a High Note]]'' includes a simple acoustic version of a [[Martin Luther King Jr.|Martin Luther King]] sermon in the track "MLK Song".<ref>''The Times'' newspaper, (London), February 19, 2016.</ref> Yvonne Staples died on April 10, 2018, at the age of 80.<ref name="Suntimes" /> Pervis Staples died suddenly in his home in Dolton, Illinois, on May 6, 2021, at the age of 85, leaving Mavis as the band's last surviving member.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996553392/pervis-staples-founding-member-of-the-staple-singers-dies-at-age-85|title=Pervis Staples, Founding Member Of The Staple Singers, Dies At Age 85|first=Andrew|last=Limbong|publisher=NPR|date=2021-05-13|access-date=2021-05-13}}</ref>

==Documentary==
The 2015 documentary film ''[[Mavis!]]'' recounts the history of The Staple Singers and follows [[Mavis Staples]]'s solo career after Pops Staples's death. Directed by [[Jessica Edwards]], the film premiered at the 2015 [[South by Southwest]] Film Festival and was broadcast by [[HBO]] in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/mavis!/critic-reviews|title=Critic reviews for Mavis!|date=February 28, 2016|access-date=January 3, 2020|publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

==Awards==
The Staple Singers were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees?name=&field_inductee_induction_year=&field_induction_category=6&page=8|title=Inductee Explorer - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|website=rockhall.com}}</ref> and the [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staple Singers|url=http://gospelmusichalloffame.org/the-staples-singers/|website=Gospel Music Hall of Fame|date=March 12, 2018 |access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> They were also honored with a marker on the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]] in Drew, Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/staple-singers|title=Staple Singers|website=Mississippi Blues Trail}}</ref> In 2005, the group was awarded the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-23|title=Staple Singers|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/staple-singers/10707|access-date=2020-12-02|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Early albums===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* ''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)
{{div col end}}
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.
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021216075424/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/staple_singers_the/artist.jhtml The Staple Singers] at [[VH1]]
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5519}}
* {{Discogs artist}}

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