Apr242024

Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American rhythm and blues singer. Most of her career has been as lead singer for The Staple Singers. She first recorded solo for the Stax subsidiary Volt in 1969. Subsequent efforts included a Curtis Mayfield-produced soundtrack on Curtom, a nod to disco for Warner Bros. Records in 1979, a stab at electro-pop with Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1984, and a collaboration with Prince in the late Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1You Are Not Alone
129245
2Eyes On The Prize
113490
3Down In Mississippi
57281
4Can You Get To That
45789
5I Have Learned To Do Without You
38169
6We Get By
33043
7Don't Knock
29915
8We Shall Not Be Moved
29502
9I Like The Things About Me
27580
10The Weight - Live
23536

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