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Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples is a person from the US, active since 1939.

Person US since 1939 soul rhythm and blues gospel
TOTAL PLAYS
242
SONGS PLAYED
70
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2008-12-10 05:43 · 6 Music — "Dont Change Me Know"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Anthem"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026
40 30 20 10 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 122 50%
6 Music 117 48%
Radio 1 3 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Christmas Vacation 68 2025-12-26
2 Can You Get To That 15 2023-11-11
3 Worthy 11 2025-11-08
4 Change 10 2019-05-23
5 Will the Circle Be Unbroken 8 2021-12-14
6 High Note 8 2016-12-19
7 Fight 7 2015-12-21
8 Chocolate City 6 2022-05-21
9 We Get By (Glastonbury 2019) 5 2022-06-22
10 If All I Was Was Black 5 2018-07-18
11 Godspeed 4 2025-12-19
12 Who Told You That 4 2024-03-19
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-03-11 21:56 Anthem Radio 2
2026-01-31 19:40 Sad and Beautiful World Radio 2
2026-01-20 19:53 Chicago Radio 2
2025-12-26 10:37 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
2025-12-25 23:41 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
2025-12-25 15:48 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
2025-12-24 22:30 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
2025-12-24 18:41 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
2025-12-23 17:05 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
2025-12-23 04:34 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
2025-12-22 12:04 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
2025-12-21 00:41 Christmas Vacation Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

70 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Piece of the Action — 2 ▶
Action (feat. tUnE-yArDs) — 1 ▶
Ain't No Better Than You — 1 ▶
Anthem — 1 ▶
Anytime — 1 ▶
Beautiful Strangers — 1 ▶
Brothers And Sisters — 3 ▶
Can You Get To That — 15 ▶
Chained — 3 ▶
Chance on Me — 1 ▶
Change — 10 ▶
Chicago — 2 ▶
Chocolate City — 6 ▶
Christmas Vacation — 68 ▶
Dedicated — 1 ▶
Dont Change Me Know — 1 ▶
Down In Mississippi — 2 ▶
Eyes On The Prize — 1 ▶
Fight — 7 ▶
Fight (Glastonbury 2015) — 1 ▶
Fight / Freedom Highway (Glastonbury 2015) — 1 ▶
Fight / Respect Yourself (Glastonbury 2015) — 1 ▶
Freedom Highway (Glastonbury 2015) — 1 ▶
Freedom Highway (Live at Womad 2008) — 1 ▶
ghost fri raw — 1 ▶
Godspeed — 4 ▶
Gotta Serve Somebody — 3 ▶
High Note — 8 ▶
Holy Ghost — 2 ▶
I Have Learned To Do Without You — 4 ▶
I Like The Things About Me — 2 ▶
I LikeThe Things About Me — 3 ▶
I'll Take You There (Live) — 1 ▶
If All I Was Was Black — 5 ▶
If It's A Light — 1 ▶
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) Live — 1 ▶
In Christ There Is No East Or West — 2 ▶
Jesus Lay Down Beside Me — 1 ▶
Jesus Wept — 1 ▶
Koochie Koochie Koochie — 3 ▶
Last Train — 1 ▶
Lay My Burden Down — 1 ▶
Little Bit — 2 ▶
Love and Trust — 2 ▶
No Time For Cryin' — 1 ▶
No Time For Crying — 1 ▶
No Time For Crying - Live in London — 1 ▶
One More Change — 1 ▶
One True Vine — 2 ▶
Respect Yourself (Glastonbury 2015) — 3 ▶
Respect Yourself (Glastonbury Festival 27.06.15) — 1 ▶
Sad and Beautiful World — 1 ▶
Security — 1 ▶
Since I Fell For You — 1 ▶
Some Holy Ghost — 1 ▶
Sometime — 3 ▶
Sometimes — 1 ▶
Son Of A Preacher Man — 2 ▶
Sow Good Seeds — 1 ▶
Take Us Back — 2 ▶
Tomorrow — 1 ▶
Touch A Hand, Make A Friend (Glastonbury 2019) — 3 ▶
We Get By — 1 ▶
We Get By (Glastonbury 2019) — 5 ▶
We're Gonna Make It — 2 ▶
Who Told You That — 4 ▶
Will the Circle Be Unbroken — 8 ▶
Worthy — 11 ▶
You Are Not Alone — 3 ▶
You Send Me — 1 ▶