Originals

• 1960: DON'T KNOCK
• 1965: FREEDOM HIGHWAY
• 1965: WHAT YOU GONNA DO
• 1966: WHY (AM I TREATED SO BAD)?
• 1968: GHETTO, THE
• 1968: SLOW TRAIN
• 1968: WE'VE GOT TO GET OURSELVES TOGETHER
• 1969: WHEN WILL WE BE PAID
• 1971: RESPECT YOURSELF
• 1973: HEAVEN
• 1973: IF YOU'RE READY (COME GO WITH ME)
• 1973: OH LA DE DA
• 1974: CITY IN THE SKY
• 1974: TOUCH A HAND, MAKE A FRIEND

Covers

• Cover of FAITH AND GRACE in 1953 - debut recording; self-released on Royal, added as vinyl 45 with Stax comp Faith And Grace, A Family Journey 1953-1976
• Cover of REVIVE US AGAIN in 1953
• Cover of THESE ARE THEY! in 1953 - B-side of Faith And Grace (see there); crediting T. Frye
• Cover of SIT DOWN SERVANT in 1954 - as Won't You Sit Down and in '62 as Sit Down Servant
• Cover of UNCLOUDED DAY, THE in 1956 - as Uncloudy Day for Vee-Jay; Roebuck Staples' comment: "It sold like R&B"
• Cover of LET US ALL GO BACK TO THE OLD LANDMARK in 1957 - as The Old Landmark
• Cover of HEAVEN'S DOORS GONNA BE CLOSED in 1957 - in gospel medley Let Me Ride as an arrangement of Swing Low Sweet Chariot
• Cover of GOING TO HEAVEN ANYHOW in 1958 - as On My Way To Heaven; lead vocal: Mavis
• Cover of WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (BY AND BY) in 1960 - first song they learned
• Cover of GET RIGHT CHURCH in 1960 - as Get Right Church (Let's Go Home)
• Cover of TOO CLOSE TO HEAVEN in 1960 - idem
• Cover of AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS in 1961 - as Good News with the intro of What'd I Say
• Cover of MAY BE THE LAST TIME in 1961 - idem; with Mavis Staples; may be the source for the Stones version
• Cover of I'VE BEEN BUKED AND I'VE BEEN SCORNED in 1961 - as I've Been Scorned
• Cover of DAY IS PAST AND GONE, THE in 1961 - as The Day Is Passed And Gone
• Cover of WHAT MONTH WAS JESUS BORN IN in 1962 - idem, seasonal hit in '73
• Cover of SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY in 1962
• Cover of HAMMER AND NAILS in 1962 - title track LP; new version in '65 on Freedom Highway
• Cover of SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN in 1962 - as The Dying Man's Plea
• Cover of LORD I JUST CAN'T HELP FROM CRYING in 1962 - idem
• Cover of ALL THE WAY in 1962 - as I'm Willing; lead vocal: Mavis
• Cover of OLD TIME RELIGION, THE in 1963
• Cover of I KNOW I'VE BEEN CHANGED (ANGELS IN HEAVEN DONE CHANGED MY NAME) in 1963
• Cover of (JESUS IS GETTING US READY FOR) THAT GREAT DAY in 1963 - as Great Day
• Cover of EACH DAY in 1963 - recorded in '55
• Cover of BLOWIN' IN THE WIND in 1963
• Cover of WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN HEAVEN TODAY? in 1964
• Cover of SHOUT ALL OVER GOD'S HEAVEN in 1964 - as You Got Shoes
• Cover of I'LL FLY AWAY in 1964
• Cover of NOTTAMUN TOWN in 1964 - idem
• Cover of BE CAREFUL OF STONES THAT YOU THROW in 1965
• Cover of AS AN EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST in 1965 - idem
• Cover of O MARY DON'T YOU WEEP (DON'T YOU MOURN) in 1965
• Cover of JESUS ON THE MAIN LINE in 1965 - as Tell Him What You Want
• Cover of AMEN in 1965 - title track lp
• Cover of IF I HAD MY WAY I'D TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN in 1965
• Cover of WAITING FOR MY CHILD in 1966
• Cover of HAPPY IN PRISON in 1966 - as Glory Glory Hallelujah
• Cover of MY SWEET HOME in 1966
• Cover of JOHN BROWN in 1966
• Cover of RIVER OF JORDAN in 1966 - as I'm Gonna Tell God (About My Troubles)
• Cover of HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL, A in 1967
• Cover of LET THAT LIE ALONE in 1967
• Cover of PEOPLE GET READY in 1967
• Cover of LORD'S PRAYER, THE in 1967
• Cover of (WE ARE CLIMBING) JACOB'S LADDER in 1967
• Cover of PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND in 1967
• Cover of DON'T LET NOBODY TURN YOU AROUND in 1968
• Cover of ONLY A TRAMP in 1968 - idem
• Cover of LET'S GET TOGETHER in 1968
• Cover of WEIGHT, The in 1969
• Cover of EVERYDAY PEOPLE in 1969
• Cover of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY in 1969
• Cover of HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY in 1970
• Cover of BRAND NEW DAY in 1970
• Cover of YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME CRY in 1971
• Cover of GIVE A HAND TAKE A HAND in 1971
• Cover of YOU'VE GOT TO EARN IT in 1971 - top 20 R&B
• Cover of ARE YOU SURE in 1972 - also for Stax
• Cover of THIS WORLD in 1972 - top 10 R&B
• Cover of WHAT AM I TO DO NOW in 1972 - bass intro of I'll Take You There; n°1 US; reggae experiment following some Muscle Shoals musicians' visit to Jamaica
• Cover of GRANDMA'S HANDS in 1973
• Cover of IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE in 1973
• Cover of BACK ROAD INTO TOWN in 1974 - on Stax
• Cover of LOVE BEING YOUR FOOL in 1978
• Cover of MYSTERY TRAIN in 1978
• Cover of (THERE'S A) HANDWRITING ON THE WALL in 1978
• Cover of OLD FLAMES (CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU) in 1981
• Cover of SLIPPERY PEOPLE in 1984
• Cover of STONED SOUL PICNIC in 1998 - sixties recording