Famous Soul Singer Sam Moore, Half of Sam & Dave, Dies at 89
Sam Moore, half of the critical duo Sam & & Dave, passed away Friday (Jan. 10) in Coral Gables, Fla. The cause of death was issues from surgical treatment. He was 89.
Moore, who was revered by artists consisting of Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Garth Brooks and Jon Bon Jovi, had a quickly identifiable tenor, very first heard on such call-and-response classics as Sam & & Dave's 1960s strikes "Hold On, I'm Coming" and the Grammy-winning "Soul Man," both of which reached No. 1 on Signboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, in addition to "I Thank You" and "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby." The duo, who carried out at Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial performance at Madison Square Garden following his assassination in 1968, was inducted into the Rock & & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 by Bi...