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    • Mar 15, 1999
    Bob Wills is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, alongside Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Paul McCartney, who end up playing together in a jam session at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Also added: Del Shannon, The Staple Singers, Dusty Springfield and record producer George Martin
    Dec 19, 2000
    Roebuck "Pops" Staples dies in Chicago. He headed The Staple Singers, who joined Marty Stuart to sing "The Weight" on the album "Rhythm Country & Blues." They also preceded The Oak Ridge Boys in recording "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend"
    Dec 23, 2000
    Pops Staples, of The Staple Singers, is memorialized at a funeral in Chicago. Among his pallbearers is Marty Stuart
    Mar 31, 2001
    Charley Pride, Conway Twitty, Jerry Lee Lewis and Marty Stuart are inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in Jackson, with Muddy Waters, Pops Staples and The Staple Singers, John Lee Hooker, Glen Ballard and The Blackwood Brothers
    Feb 27, 2002
    Willie Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger" album enters the Grammy Hall of Fame. Other 1970s additions include Janis Joplin's "Me And Bobby McGee" and recordings by Carole King, James Taylor, The Staple Singers and Don McLean
    Nov 2, 2007
    The Denzel Washington movie "American Gangster" debuts. The Johnny Cash hit "Guess Things Happen That Way" supports a Russell Crowe sex scene; The Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Louis Armstrong and Bobby Womack are also heard
    Jun 23, 2010
    Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" and the Willie Nelson album "Red Headed Stranger" are added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry along with audio by The Band, Little Richard and The Staple Singers
    Nov 29, 2012
    Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis are among the 25 inaugural inductees in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, along with Sam Phillips, Al Green, Otis Redding, The Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, W.C. Handy and Booker T. & The MG's
    Feb 21, 2013
    Cleotha Staples, of The Staple Singers, dies with Alzheimer's disease at her home in Chicago. The Staples recorded the original R&B version of "Touch A Hand, Make A Hand," remade as a country hit by The Oak Ridge Boys
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