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Sam Moore, One-Half of Stax Records’ Sam & Dave, Dies at 89

Sam Moore, One-Half of Stax Records’ Sam & Dave, Dies at 89

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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...
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Famous Soul Singer Sam Moore, Half of Sam & Dave, Dies at 89

Famous Soul Singer Sam Moore, Half of Sam & Dave, Dies at 89

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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...
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