The Staple Singers : I’ll Take You There [ purchase ] I’m a little surprised that I’ve never devoted a post to the great Mavis Staples—a...

Well, this was a link-up too good to miss, Human League-r Phillip Oakey's Together in Electric Dreams with Giorgio Moroder, and, now...

Edwin Hawkins Singers : Oh Happy Day [ purchase ] The elephant in the room here is Aretha Franklin, a musical titan who died last year...

Hard Times Come Again No More is a song that dates from well before the Great Depression, but it’s easy to see why you might not think so....

The Staple Singers: Respect Yourself [ purchase ] This advice song, written by James Ingram and Mark Rice over at Stax records in the chaot...