Pops Staples

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.

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

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.