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The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914–2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (b. 1934), Pervis (b. 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis (b. 1939). They are best known for their 1970s hits "I'll Take You There", "Respect Yourself", and "Let's Do It Again".
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Stax Classics [2017]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 3:16 |
| Respect Yourself | 3:32 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:23 |
| Long Walk to D.C. | 2:29 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) | 3:08 |
| The Weight | 4:34 |
| Touch a Hand (Make a Friend) | 3:26 |
| This World | 3:39 |
| Be What You Are | 5:00 |
| Oh La De Da | 3:35 |
Amen!/Why [2016]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| This Train | 2:39 |
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 2:25 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:40 |
Barbershop: The Next Cut [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2016]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Respect Yourself | 3:33 |
Classic Stax [2016]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 3:16 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) | 3:23 |
| Respect Yourself | 3:31 |
Faith and Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976 [2015]
Faith and Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976 [Bonus Tracks] [2015]
Golden Gospel Memories [2015]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 3:01 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:55 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:50 |
Great Gospel Classics: Songs of Praise & Worship, Vol. 3 [2015]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:45 |
Great Gospel Classics: Songs of Praise & Worship, Vol. 4 [2015]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You're Ready (Come With Me) | 4:26 |
Gospel [United Audio Entertainment] [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Prayon | 2:39 |
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 3:29 |
| Uncloudy Day | 2:50 |
The Best of the Staple Singers [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 3:00 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:48 |
| Pray On | 2:47 |
Soul Sisters: A Black History Month Celebration [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:24 |
The Power of the Gospel: Enlightenment [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Pray On | 2:39 |
| Uncloudy Day | 2:50 |
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 2:41 |
All Time Gospel, Vol. 2 [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 2:57 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:52 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:43 |
Platinum Gospel: Staple Singers [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 2:36 |
| Uncloudy Day | 2:57 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:45 |
| Pray On | 2:41 |
The Very Best of Gospel [Wagram] [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot | |
| Uncloudy Day | |
| Pray On | |
| I Had a Dream | |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken |
Santa Claus Wants Some Loving [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas | |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem |
Soul Six Pack [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| This World | 3:33 |
| I'll Take You There | 3:13 |
| (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | 2:56 |
Collector's Edition [2008]
Gospel Classics [Cleopatra] [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 2:59 |
| Pray On | 2:43 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:54 |
Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First 50 Years [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Let's Do It Again | 3:29 |
Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First 50 Years [USB Bonus Tracks] [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Let’s Do It Again |
The Staple Singers [2008]
Classic Soul Hits Gold Edition: Wdas 105.3 FM [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Who Took the Merry out of Christmas | 2:32 |
Gospel Greats: Voices from Heaven [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:43 |
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 2:56 |
Soulsville Sings Hitsville: Stax Sings Songs of Motown Records [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You've Got To Earn It | 3:31 |
Stax 50: A 50th Anniversary Celebration [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Respect Yourself | 3:31 |
| I'll Take You There | 3:15 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:22 |
Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 2 [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) | 3:07 |
| The Weight | 4:33 |
The Best of the Vee-Jay Years [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 3:01 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:49 |
| Pray On | 2:49 |
The Staple Singers: Platinum Artist Series [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | 3:21 |
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 2:57 |
| Let's Do It Again | 3:26 |
| Pray On | 2:40 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:51 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:41 |
The Very Best of the Staple Singers [Stax] [2007]
This Is Gospel: The Staple Singers [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:46 |
| Uncloudy Day | 3:01 |
| Pray on, My Child | 2:45 |
Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 3:01 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:49 |
Very Best of the Staple Singers [Universal] [2007]
Director's Cut: Music from the Films of Martin Scorsese [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There [From Casino] | 4:21 |
Stax Profiles [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 4:49 |
| Respect Yourself | 4:57 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) | 4:31 |
| Be What You Are | 5:01 |
| Are You Sure | 4:30 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) | 3:10 |
| Oh La de Da | 4:57 |
| Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | 4:05 |
| You've Got to Earn It | 3:32 |
| Everyday People | 3:26 |
| My Main Man | 2:12 |
| The Weight | 4:33 |
The Memphis Box, Vol. 2 [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | 3:31 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) | 3:22 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous [DVD/CD] [Full Screen] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 4:38 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous [DVD/CD] [Widescreen] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 4:38 |
Miss Congeniality [DVD]/Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous [CD] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 4:38 |
Snow, Vol. 3: The Get Easy Christmas Collection [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Who Took the Merry out of Christmas? |
Spirit of Gospel [Pazzazz] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Pray On | 2:46 |
| Uncloudy Day | 3:00 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:47 |
The Best of Gospel, Vol. 2 [Pazzazz] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 3:00 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:47 |
The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| For What It's Worth | 2:25 |
| Long Walk to D.C. | 2:32 |
| Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas | 2:30 |
| This World | 3:38 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) | 3:06 |
| Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | 3:27 |
All Time Gospel [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Pray On | 2:39 |
| Uncloudy Day | 2:50 |
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 2:41 |
Gospel Greats [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:49 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:56 |
| Uncloudy Day | 3:04 |
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | |
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 2:30 |
K-Earth Oldies Radio: Motown, Soul & Great Rock 'N Roll: Soul [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 3:14 |
Music from the Wattstax Festival & Film [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) [#] | 3:38 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) | 3:39 |
| Are You Sure [#] | 4:02 |
| Are You Sure | 4:02 |
| Respect Yourself | 4:38 |
| I'll Take You There | 5:17 |
Wattstax [Box Set] [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) | 3:39 |
| Are You Sure | 4:01 |
| Respect Yourself | 4:37 |
| I'll Take You There | 5:16 |
Forever Gold: Gold Collection: Gospel Gold [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:00 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:44 |
Glory! It's the Staple Singers [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:47 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:53 |
| Pray On | 2:46 |
| Uncloudy Day | 2:59 |
Pray On, My Child [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:40 |
| Uncloudy Day | 2:55 |
| Pray on, My Child | 2:39 |
WQED Pittsburgh Presents Soul Anthology [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Weight | 4:33 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:48 |
| Uncloudy Day | 3:01 |
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Respect Yourself | 3:30 |
| I'll Take You There | 3:19 |
Forever Gold: Gospel Gold [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 2:58 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:44 |
God's Wonderful World [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 3:00 |
| Pray On | 2:47 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:49 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:54 |
Good News: The Collection [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 2:50 |
| Uncloudy Day | 3:00 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:54 |
| Pray On | 2:47 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:47 |
Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America [Box Set] [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Respect Yourself | 3:34 |
Selections from Can You Dig It?: The '70's Soul Experience [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 3:18 |
Dick Bartley Presents Collector's Essentials: On the Radio, Vol. 6 [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) [Stereo Single Version] | 3:07 |
Mob Hits II: More Music from the Great Mob Movies [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There [Casino] | 3:14 |
Stax Story [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Respect Yourself | 3:32 |
| I'll Take You There | 3:14 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:20 |
| Oh la de Da | 3:34 |
The Stax Story [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Respect Yourself | 3:30 |
| I'll Take You There | 3:15 |
| If You're Ready [Come Go With Me] | 3:20 |
| Oh La De Da | 3:37 |
UK Stax Singles, 1968-1975: Magical Moments in Soul Music History [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) |
A Soulful Christmas: WDAS 105.3 FM Philadelphia [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? | 2:32 |
Absolutely the Best of Gospel, Vol. 1 [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:47 |
| Uncloudy Day | 2:59 |
Greatest Hits [1999]
Soul Gospel Classics [Platinum 3 Disc] [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Pray On | 2:41 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:51 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:42 |
Too Close [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:16 |
| Pray On | 2:43 |
| Touch a Hand (Make a Friend) | 8:57 |
| Respect Yourself | 3:36 |
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:39 |
The Very Best of the Staple Singers, Vol. 1: Live [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Let's Do It Again | 5:09 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:39 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:43 |
| Touch a Hand (Make a Friend) | 8:33 |
A Soulful Christmas: WHUR 96.3 FM Washington DC [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Who Took the Merry out of Christmas | 2:32 |
A Soulful Christmas: WMXD 92.3 FM Detroit, Michigan [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? | 2:32 |
Stax: Top of the Stax, Vol. 2: Twenty Greatest Hits [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Touch a Hand (Make a Friend) | 2:37 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) | 3:30 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind! Vols. 1-5 [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) | 3:08 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 16 [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Touch a Hand (Make a Friend) | 3:29 |
The Marty Party Hit Pack [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Weight | 3:37 |
| Western Girls | 3:37 |
| Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True) | 2:07 |
Uncloudy Day [Charly] [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 3:02 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:55 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:49 |
| Pray On | 2:48 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975 [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll Take You There | 3:16 |
| This World | 3:39 |
| Be What You Are | 5:00 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:20 |
| Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | 3:26 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975 [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Oh la de Da | 3:34 |
| Touch a Hand (Make a Friend) | 3:26 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Long Walk to D.C. | 2:34 |
| (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | 2:56 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) | 3:10 |
| Who Took The Merry Out of Christmas | 2:31 |
| You've Got to Earn It | 3:32 |
| Respect Yourself | 3:30 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) | 2:58 |
| Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? | 2:29 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay [Album Version] | 2:57 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) [Album Version] | 3:05 |
| You've Got To Earn It [Album Version] | 3:28 |
The Staple Singers at Their Best [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 2:59 |
| Pray On | 2:46 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:46 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:53 |
Uncloudy Day/Will the Circle Be Unbroken [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 3:01 |
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 2:50 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:56 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:49 |
| Pray On | 2:47 |
Oh Happy Day [Charly Box] [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Pray On | 2:44 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:45 |
| Uncloudy Day | 2:57 |
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 2:46 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:52 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 11 [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:26 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 4 [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) | 3:08 |
It's Christmas [Stax] [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? | |
| What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas? |
Respect Yourself [1990]
The Best of the Staple Singers [Stax] [1990]
Turning Point [1984]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Bridges Instead of Walls | 3:43 |
| That's What Friends Are For | 3:30 |
| Slippery People [Instrumental] [*][Instrumental] |
Chronicle [1979]
Let's Do It Again: Greatest Hits Live in Concert [1975]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Let's Do It Again | 5:07 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:40 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:14 |
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 2:26 |
City in the Sky [1974]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| My Main Man | 2:16 |
| Oh la de Da [*] | 4:48 |
| Respect Yourself [*] | 4:33 |
| I'll Take You There [*] | 5:05 |
Be What You Are [1973]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Be What You Are | 5:03 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) | 4:29 |
| Touch a Hand (Make a Friend) | 4:04 |
| Grandma's Hands | 2:41 |
| Bridges Instead of Walls | 4:04 |
| That's What Friends Are For | 4:16 |
Be What You Are [1998] [1973]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Be What You Are | 5:03 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) | 4:30 |
| Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | 4:05 |
| Bridges Instead of Walls | 4:05 |
| That's What Friends Are For | 4:14 |
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself [1972]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| World | 3:40 |
| This World | 3:38 |
| The World | 3:40 |
| Respect Yourself | 4:57 |
| I'll Take You There | 4:49 |
| We the People | 3:52 |
| Are You Sure | 4:30 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy [Alternate] [Alternate Take][#][*][Version] | 3:41 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy [Alternate] | 3:41 |
Wattstax: The Living Word (Concert Music from the Original Movie Soundtrack) [1972]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Oh La De Da | 4:48 |
| Respect Yourself | 4:33 |
| I'll Take You There | 5:15 |
The Staple Swingers [1971]
I Had a Dream [1970]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:46 |
| Pray On | 2:47 |
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:02 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:55 |
We'll Get Over [1970]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Every Day People | 3:27 |
| Everyday People | 3:24 |
| The End of Our Road | 2:34 |
| God Bless the Children | 3:55 |
| Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? [*] | 2:29 |
Soul Folk in Action [1968]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay | 3:13 |
| (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | 3:12 |
| The Weight | 4:36 |
| Long Walk to D.C. | 2:33 |
Freedom Highway [1965]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:39 |
| Are You Sure | 2:45 |
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 2:24 |
| Jacob's Ladder | 2:06 |
| For What It's Worth | 2:25 |
| Be Careful of Stones That You Throw | 2:50 |
| This Train | 2:38 |
Soulsville U.S.A.: A Celebration of Stax
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Weight | 4:34 |
| Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) | 3:08 |
| Respect Yourself | 3:31 |
| I'll Take You There | 3:16 |
| If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | 3:22 |
The Collection 1953-62
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Uncloudy Day | 2:57 |
| I Had a Dream | 2:52 |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:48 |
| Pray On | 2:45 |
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 2:58 |
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