Yvonne Staples Death & Obituary | Rockapaedia/title> <meta name="description" content="a concisely written obituary of singer Yvonne Staples who died on 10th April 2018 aged eighty" /> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="mainContent"> <div id="nav"><a href="../../index.html">Homepage</a> - </a> <a href="../../thumbnails.html">Thumb Menu</a> - <a href="../../text_menu.html">Text Menu</a> - <a href="../../contact.html">Contact</a> - <a href="../../LIVE/live.html">Alive & Kicking</a></div> <h1>Wormz Obituaries</h1> <h2>Yvonne Staples</h2> <h4>Group: The Staples Singers </h4> <p><a href="#BOTTOM"><<go to audio control>></a></p> <p><span class="Larger"><strong>Yvonne Staples</strong> died aged eighty <img src="../../ds/assetts_S-Z/yvonnetaples2.jpg" alt="photo of Yvonne Staples" width="400" height="298" align="right" />from Colon Cancer on 10th April 2018 at her home in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. </span></p> <p><span class="Larger"><br /> Yvonne performed with her sisters Mavis and Cleotha and their father, Roebuck “Pops” Staples, on hits such as “Respect Yourself” and “I’ll Take You There,” their first number one hit.</span></p> <p><span class="Larger"><br /> Yvonne Staples was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with her family in 1999. The group also received a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys in 2005. </span></p> <p><span class="Larger"><br /> The family’s music career had its roots with Pops Staples, a manual laborer who strummed a $10 guitar while teaching his children gospel songs to keep them entertained in the evenings. They sang in church one Sunday morning in 1948, and three encores and a heavy church offering basket convinced Pops that music was in the family’s future — and the Staple Singers group was born<img src="../../ds/assetts_S-Z/yvonnetaples3.jpg" alt="image of Yvonne Staples" width="150" height="647" align="right" />.</span></p> <p><span class="Larger"><br /> Two decades later, the group became an unlikely hit maker for the Stax label. The Staple Singers had a string of Top 40 hits with Stax in the late 1960s, earning them the nickname “God’s greatest hit makers.”</span></p> <p><span class="Larger"><br /> The family also became active in the civil rights movement after hearing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver a sermon while they were on tour in Montgomery, Alabama,U.S.A. in 1962 and went on to perform at events at King’s request.</span><br /> </p> <p><a href="#TOP"><<go to top>></a></p> <p>Do you like this website? If so, then please copy and email the link:<a href="http://www.rockapaedia.com"> <br /> </a><a href="http://www.rockapaedia.com">http://www.rockapaedia.com</a> to your friends, colleagues and aquaintances. Thankyou..</p> <p> </p> <h2><a href="../../thumbnails.html#Ss"><<<<<<<Back</a> <a name="BOTTOM" id="BOTTOM"></a></h2> <p> </p> <h3><br /> </h3> <h2> song:'Uncloudy Day' by The Staples Singers<a name="BOTTOM" id="BOTTOM2"></a></h2> <p> </p> <p> </p> <span class="Audio"> <audio controls autoplay> <source src="../../ds/Audio/uncloudy_day.MP4"> </audio> </span> <h1> </h1> <h1> </h1> </div> <div id="footer">Copywrite © Rockapaedia 2021</div> </div> </body> </html>