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6 unusual facts about Mavis Staples


Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan

Dylan himself performs on the album in a duet with Mavis Staples of "Gonna Change My Way of Thinking," which Dylan completely re-wrote and prefaced by some humorous banter between the two.

# "Gonna Change My Way of Thinking" - Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples - 5:17

Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash

#"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" - Mavis Staples

Mavis Beacon

Mavis's name comes from a combination of Mavis Staples (one of the software developer's favorite singers) and the word beacon (an allusion to her role as a guide to typing).

Time Waits for No One

Time Waits for No One is an album by American soul singer Mavis Staples.

Wholy Holy

The song would be later covered by soul-gospel greats Aretha Franklin, who recorded a live version of the song on her Amazing Grace live album, and Mavis Staples, who famously covered it during an episode of The Cosby Show.


Curtom Records

Along with the Impressions' releases and Mayfield's own solo material, artists on or affiliated with Curtom included the Five Stairsteps, Donny Hathaway (principally as a songwriter/orchestration arranger), Linda Clifford, Baby Huey and the Babysitters, Leroy Hutson, The Natural Four, Bobby Whiteside, Holly Maxwell, the Staple Singers, and Mavis Staples' solo efforts.


see also

Laclede's Landing, St. Louis

Bobby "Blue" Bland, Henry Townsend, Bo Diddley, Mavis Staples, Johnnie Johnson, Ike Turner, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Fontella Bass, Oliver Sain, Hubert Sumlin, Shemekia Copeland, Little Milton, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Dr. John, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Joe Louis Walker, Roy Gaines, Sonny Landreth, and Ana Popovic!