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The Staple Singers — Rehearsal Clips

Rare rehearsal footage of The Staple Singers, curated from across the internet. Browse 7 clips below.

The Staple SingersRehearsal

About Rehearsal Footage

Rehearsal footage captures music in its rawest form — before the performance is polished, before the audience arrives, before anyone is watching. These clips often reveal how arrangements evolved, how musicians communicated, and how the versions we know were shaped through trial and error. Some of the most fascinating footage in the archive is of bands working through songs that would become classics.

About The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers was an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha, Pervis, and Mavis. Yvonne 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 ", and "Let's Do It Agai...

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  • Thumbnail for If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace by J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples4:30

    If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace

    J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples

    1970sSoloRehearsal
  • Thumbnail for Blowin' In The Wind by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace by J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples2:29

    Blowin' In The Wind by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace

    J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples

    1970sSoloRehearsal
  • Thumbnail for Use What You Got by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace by J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples2:16

    Use What You Got by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace

    J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples

    1970sSoloRehearsal
  • Thumbnail for Samson And Delilah by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace by J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples2:36

    Samson And Delilah by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace

    J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples

    1970sSoloRehearsal
  • Thumbnail for It Rained Children by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace by J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples3:01

    It Rained Children by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace

    J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples

    1970sSoloRehearsal
  • Thumbnail for Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace by J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples2:38

    Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace

    J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples

    1970sSoloRehearsal
  • Thumbnail for Got To Be Some Changes Made by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace by J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples2:41

    Got To Be Some Changes Made by The Staple Singers from Faith and Grace

    J.O.E., The Staple Singers, The Sound, R.E.M., L.A.B., Elvis Presley, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples

    1970sSoloRehearsal
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