The Staple Singers

16 Golden Gospel Greats

1977 · Gospel · Trip

US · TOP-16-35

Tracklist

Credits

Arranged by
The Staple Singers
Written by
Roebuck Staples, A. A. Smith, Barbara Tomsco, George Tomsco
Gospel

Where it leads

Memphis Soul

Horn stabs, dragging backbeat, one take: the sound of a house band cutting hits in a converted cinema.

D.C. Go-Go

Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.

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