Roebuck ‘Pops’ Staples

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.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.