# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pops-staples
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:28:08.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pops-staples"
name: "Pops Staples"
slug: "pops-staples"
description: "Roebuck \"Pops\" Staples was an American gospel and R&B musician. A \"pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s\", he was a songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha."
tagline: "American gospel and R&B musician (1914–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pop_Staples_2000.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1914-12-28"
deathDate: "2000-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.98
  momentum:             0.4252535165194636
  historical:           9.981398666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822925/"
    handle:    "nm0822925"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/311808"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "پوپس ستاپليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Staples"
    title: "Pops Staples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Staples"
    title: "Pops Staples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Staples"
    title: "Pops Staples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Staples"
    title: "Pops Staples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%97%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ポップス・ステイプルズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B7%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%81"
    title: "Стейплз, Попс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Staples"
    title: "Pops Staples"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Stables"
    title: "Pops Stables"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b70b23f2-a310-4f08-8ec2-a45d3cc27bc1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2104293"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76145"
    title: "Roebuck 'Pops' Staples"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump