Pops Staples

Pops Staples
Staples in 1974.
Background information
Birth name	Roebuck Staples
Also known as	"Pops"
Born	(1914-12-28)December 28, 1914 Winona, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	December 19, 2000(2000-12-19) (aged 85) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Christian Gospel R&B Blues
Occupation(s)	Musician songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1948 (1948)–1994 (1994)
Labels	United Vee-Jay Curtom Stax Riverside

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American Gospel and R&B musician. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers.

In 1998 he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States.^[1]

Staples was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago.

References

1. "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1998". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

Other websites

• Pops Staples website