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Music

Mavis Staples

R&B / Soul figure in the Pantheon cultural record.

Genre
R&BSoul
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The Cultural Record

Discography

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One True Vine2013
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We'll Never Turn Back2007
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Oh What a Feeling1979
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The Voice1993
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Only for the Lonely1970

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Often Compared To

Maxwell

#2

R&B / Soul — Brooklyn, New York · 1995–

Brooklyn neo-soul singer whose debut Urban Hang Suite helped define the late 1990s alternative R&B movement with lush production and Prince-influenced romanticism.

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

#3

R&B / Soul — Cultural icon