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The Staple Singers: A Staple Diet

Phil Symes, Disc, 6 May 1972

IT ALL seems to be happening at once for Stax Records, the soul record company in Memphis, Tennessee. At present they hold American chart positions in the names of Frederick Knight, Isaac Hayes, Jean Knight, The Soul Children, The Dramatics, and The Staple Singers. An impressive list.

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