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PopMaster and Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples picks the Tracks of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2018. There's the love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Mavis Staples, American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from The Band and Bonnie Raitt. The interview was first broadcast in January 2018 at the time Mavis released her sixteenth studio album 'If All I Was Was Black'. It was written and produced by Jeff Tweedy who features on the fourth track 'Ain't No Doubt About it'. At the time Mavis said her new album "...brings us all together as a people. That's what I hope to do. You can't stop me. You can't break me. I'm too loving. These songs are going to change the world."

Born on the 10th July 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, Mavis began singing with her family, The Staple Singers, at local Chicago churches before signing with the gospel label Vee-Jay Records in 1953. The family put on a concert in Montgomery, Alabama, which Martin Luther King Jr. was attending. The group later had a number of soul hits and a No. 1 pop song with "Let's Do It Again," from the film soundtrack of the same name. Mavis has also established a successful solo career while working with a range of artists, from Prince to Natalie Merchant. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.

Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 25 Aug 2020 09:30

Music Played

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    That's the Way (I Like It)

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • McFly

    Happiness

    • Young Dumb Thrills.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Madonna

    Beautiful Stranger

    • Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
    • Maverick.
    • 13.
  • Basement Jaxx

    Do Your Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 12.
  • Record of the Week

    • The Pretenders

      Maybe Love Is In NYC

      • Hate For Sale.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.
  • Rita Ora

    Anywhere

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    The Living Daylights

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.
    • 11.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Say Something

    • DISCO.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd..
  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.
  • Brenda Russell

    Piano in the Dark

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.
  • Roachford

    Gonna Be The One

    • Twice In A Lifetime.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Asia

    Heat Of The Moment

    • Various Artists - New Frontiers.
    • Temple Records.
  • Elton John

    Philadelphia Freedom

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Nell Bryden

    These Changes

    • The Collection.
    • 157 Records.
  • Phil Collins

    Something Happened on the Way to Heaven

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
    • 10.
  • Kygo & Tina Turner

    What's Love Got To Do With It

    • Golden Hour.
    • Columbia.
  • Chic

    I Want Your Love

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Christina Aguilera

    Loyal, Brave & True

    • Mulan O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.
  • Album of the Week

    • The Killers

      Caution

      • Imploding The Mirage.
      • Island Records.
  • Neil Diamond

    Cracklin' Rosie

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.
  • Keith Urban

    Superman

    • The Speed Of Now Pt. 1.
    • Capitol Nashville.
  • The O’Jays

    Back Stabbers

    • The Ultimate Sound Of Philadelphia.
    • Columbia.
  • Tracks of My Years

    • Bonnie Raitt

      Something To Talk About

      • (CD Single).
      • Capitol.
    • The Band

      The Weight

      • The Hits Of 1968 (Various Artists).
      • MFP.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Scarlet (feat. Jimmy Page)

    • Goats Head Soup (2020).
    • Polydor.
  • Paloma Faith

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Aug 2020 09:30