An Influence On The Staple Singers' Sound?

[Boogiedown]

It might well be a reach, but in familiarizing myself with the style of Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson, I couldn't help but be reminded of The Staple Singers and I got to wondering if the duo may have had some degree of influence on them, Mavis in particular.


Here's Peggy & JoJos first hit, from the summer of 1968.



LOVER'S HOLIDAY made #8 on the R&B Chart and broke into the Billboard Hot 100's Top Forty, reaching #31. It was recorded in Nashville, just three hours away from The Staple Singers' Stax headquarters in Memphis where they were newly signed. I'm guessing LOVER'S HOLIDAY likely started out as a regional hit where it might have also had its biggest success, and it seems likely there would have been a substantial awareness of it throughout Tennessee. [[who knows, it might have even been a favorite radio tune of Mavis'[[?), who found herself easily able to sing along).