There are certain songs that were so universally popular that they define moments in our lives. Well the Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There" definitely qualifies as one of those songs. Written by Alvertis Isbell, produced by Al Bell this song was the number one song nationally by June of 1972 and it hasn't stopped playing somewhere since! There sound has never been duplicated and I don't believe it ever will. Here's just a small taste of a classic. Here they are: Pops, Mavis, Cleotha and Yvonne hailing from Chicago by way of Mississippi! The Staple Singers!
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I just been watching Miss Congeniality 2 and got hooked on this track…. didn’t know who it was and good old ‘you tube’ came up trumps as usual. What a voice!! Listened to a couple of other tracks…very 70′s….yet contemporary too …am loving it !!
@benadmin I know you’re right!
@crit1227 Sho nough!
daddy daddy daddy now..
Thanks for uploading this onto Youtube.
@penmace1 I heard that on NPR when she was on wait wait don’t tell me. You can see why…
This is my jam right here, oh it brought so many memories, I loved old songs!
@penmace1 Interesting. Never heard that.
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you can see why bobby dylan was madly in love with her – or so they say
Love it close your eyes and feel the music . O so good
@ladyfuschia What the hell?? The colour of your skin can’t make u better than the way you are… It can’t make u understand music or anything, colour doesn’t do anything!
It’s that attitude that’s wrong, their isn’t a better colour so don’t try to judge yourself or someone else about it!
“Somebody help me, now.” I still repeat this saying all the time. I LOVE THE STAPLE SINGERS.
Have a look at this NEW RnB song entitled–GOD IS GOOD EVEN IF
Just Enter: mark behrens (in the search field)–God Bless.
@LikeIsNas Aw not available on mobile for me
Pop staples was the coolest! Play yo, play yo piano now!
@ladyfuschia …………hahahah, Love how you said, “SOMETIMES”. LMAO Let me tell you…..it ain’t always easy Baby! Can I get an AMEM? But I do Love it!
But you are anyway. Look at the origins of Humanity.
PEACE
@ladyfuschia Don’t, be yourself
You are loved for being YOU
Yup sir. Rocking my big old fro. LAWD Black is Beautiful. … such a shame how we have lost touch
@ladyfuschia thank you
@tonytarheel55 Aw……thanks. Peace!
@ladyfuschia i bet you’re great just the way you are!
@jerrynuevo Yeah, it really is a shame. I hate it that so much prejudice and hatred is still happening. It’s a deep and complicated mess that I pray will get worked out someday. Good luck to you!
@ladyfuschia me too…then one day I woke up black and realized how biased and predjudiced this world is….damn I’m stuck. I guess I better ride this black thing out and see where it takes me….lol
@benadmin That’d be true if Mavis didn’t jsut win a grammy and is still selling out stadiums with that Wilco dude who produced her last album. Adele is another great example of a similar talent who doesn’t really have the typical popstar image but also won a grammy. I still wonder why Nikka Costa didn’t blow up, her funky songs are so dope, and sadly she eventually did try dumbing her stuff down and slutting up her videos but to no avail, just wasted time when real music could have been made.
@benadmin That’d be true if Mavis didn’t jsut win a grammy and is still selling out stadiums with that Wilco dude who produced her last album. Adele is another great example of a similar talent who doesn’t really have teh typical popstar image but also won a grammy. I still wonder why Nikka Costa didn’t blow up, her funky songs are so dope, and sadly she eventually did try dumbing her stuff down and slutting up her videos but to no avail, just wasted time when real musci could have been made.
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