Bobby Sherman

It was at this time that Sherman focused more on his personal life, and he eventually left the public spotlight. Pops Staples died due to a concussion from a fall in 2000. In 1972, his first son was born, with another son following in 1974. In 1994, they recorded a duet with Mary Stuart ("The Weight", The Band), somewhat re-establishing an audience. However, both the hit single and the television series landed a number of cover stories on teenage magazines such as Tiger Beat. After this, however, they were not able to regain their momentum, releasing occasional minor hits. The show was up against All in the Family on Saturday nights and due to the tough competition, the show was canceled after just thirteen episodes. The Stape Singers then signed to Curtom, Curtis Mayfield's label, and released "Let's Do It Again", produced by Mayfield; the song was a huge hit.

In 1971, after a high-rated appearance on The Partridge Family, he was given his own show on ABC, called Getting Together. The song's theme of self-empowerment had universal appeal, released in the period immediately following the intense American civil rights movement of the 1960s. In 1969, his first hit single, Little Woman, became enormously popular, eventually peaking at #3 on the Billboard charts and effectively cementing his status as a performer popular with teenage girls. Their 1972 recording on Stax of "Respect Yourself," written by Luther Ingram and Mack Rice, was number 2 on the R&B charts and a Top 40 pop hit as well. For many years, he tried to record singles and break out into the music business, but he did not have much luck until he earned a role on the television series Here Come the Brides. The first Stax hit was "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)". The series is considered by many to be his "discovery" by the entertainment world. By 1970, Al Bell had become producer, and the family began recording at the fame Muscle Shoals studio, moving in a more funk and soul direction.

He first became famous as a house singer on the television series Shindig! from 1964 to 1966. In 1968, the Staple Singers signed to Stax and released two albums with Steve Cropper and Booker T & the MG's - Soul Folk in Action and We'll Get Over. Bobby Sherman (born Robert Cabot Sherman, Jr. on July 22, 1943 in Santa Monica, California) is an American singer and actor, who became a very popular teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was on Epic that the Staple Singers began moving into mainstream pop markets, with "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) in 1967. Pops Staples, the patriarch of the family, formed the group in 1951, signing with United Records, then Vee-Jay, Riverside and, finally, Epic Records. The Staple Singers were a United States gospel music group.