Sam Moore, One-Half of Stax Records’ Sam & Dave, Dies at 89
Sam Moore, who with partner Dave Prater assisted bring the noise of the church to pop music with a string of call-and-response hits as the high tenor in the well known Stax Records duo Sam & & Dave, has actually passed away. He was 89.
Moore passed away Friday early morning in Coral Gables, Florida, of issues recuperating from surgical treatment, his associate Jeremy Westby revealed.
Called "the best of all soul duos" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted the set in 1992, Sam & & Dave dealt with the songwriting/production group of Isaac Hayes and David Porter-- and utilized Booker T & & the M.G.'s and the Memphis Horns as their support band-- to produce a string of enduring rave-up hits from 1965-68.
Their integrated skill produced fevered back-an...