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    • Dec 28, 1915
    Roebuck "Pops" Staples is born in Winona, Mississippi, eventually forming The Staple Singers with his son and three daughters. The soul group's "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" is remade as a country hit by The Oak Ridge Boys
    Nov 4, 1979
    "The Last Waltz" premieres in New York. The film, documenting The Band's final concert, includes performances by Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Ringo Starr and Pops Staples
    Dec 19, 2000
    Roebuck "Pops" Staples dies in Chicago. He headed The Staple Singers, who joined Marty Stuart to sing "The Weight" on the album "Rhythm Country & Blues." They also preceded The Oak Ridge Boys in recording "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend"
    Dec 23, 2000
    Pops Staples, of The Staple Singers, is memorialized at a funeral in Chicago. Among his pallbearers is Marty Stuart
    Mar 31, 2001
    Charley Pride, Conway Twitty, Jerry Lee Lewis and Marty Stuart are inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in Jackson, with Muddy Waters, Pops Staples and The Staple Singers, John Lee Hooker, Glen Ballard and The Blackwood Brothers
    Nov 29, 2012
    Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis are among the 25 inaugural inductees in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, along with Sam Phillips, Al Green, Otis Redding, The Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, W.C. Handy and Booker T. & The MG's
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