Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award: Mavis Staples, the woman hailed as one of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” by Rolling Stone and the 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll by VH1. The legendary gospel, soul, and R&B singer, who defined those genres for decades with her family band, The Staple Singers, also sang at the inaugurations of presidents Kennedy, Carter, and Clinton. She continues to dazzle.
Tickets(limited availability)from $35-$250 at www.AmericanSongbook.org; CenterCharge, 212-721-6500 and at the Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall Box Offices (Broadway at 65th Street) and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office (Broadway at 60th Street).
American Songbook in The Allen Room
The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall (Broadway at 60th Street)
The Staples Singers Respect Yourself (live):
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