Stax Records have paired the Staple Singers’ 1971 protest anthem “Respect Yourself” with a new lyric video that features footage from both the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Lives Matter protests ...

Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville's bracingly impressive docu "Respect Yourself" makes a great case for Stax Records as the greatest soul label ever. Without making a direct declaration, Robert Gordon ...

Born in the black church, gospel took a secular turn in 1971 when the Staple Singers recorded “Respect Yourself.” Written by Mack Rice and Luther Ingram, the message song with a soul-gospel feel ...

Rare performances by Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Sam & Dave and Booker T & the MGs, Staple Singers, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Eddie Floyd and more chart the rise of the Memphis Soul Sound during the ...

Jim Stewart sat in his barber's chair. Jim's hair was short, his face boyish and scrubbed clean. He wore thick-rimmed glasses and a necktie, his jacket on the barber's coat hook. It was 1957 and Jim ...

I arrived in Memphis for the first time in 1996, on a mission to visit, among other places in town, Stax Records, the recording studio and label responsible for producing the most enduring American ...

Mack Rice, the composer of ’60s hit “Mustang Sally” and co-writer of the Staple Singers’ landmark “Respect Yourself” has died in Detroit. He was 82. Laura Rice told The Associated Press that her ...

What’s the greatest soul music label of all time? With all respect to Philadelphia International Records, which places a strong third, the battle royal ultimately comes down to Motown – Berry Gordy’s ...