Let's Do It Again
The Staple Singers
1976
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About The Staple Singers
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
The Staple Singers grew from a Chicago family gospel group led by guitarist Roebuck 'Pops' Staples and his children. Mavis Staples's deep lead voice and the family's harmonies carried church music into a wider popular setting. Their work connected spiritual themes with civil rights and social concerns. At Stax, recordings such as Respect Yourself and I'll Take You There brought that approach to soul audiences, while later collaborations extended the group's presence in film and concert performance.
Artist background sources
The Staple Singers - Stax Records artist spotlight
Read Pops/family/Chicago gospel beginnings, Mavis voice, civil-rights context, Stax repertoire and later screen/concert collaborations. Group scope excludes assigning Mavis solo material; omit ranks and specific song inspirations. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Let's Do It Again by The Staple Singers appears at number 66 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1976. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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