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Samuel David Moore (October 12, 1935 – January 10, 2025) was an American singer who was best known as a member of the soul and R&B duo Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He was a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame (for "Soul Man"), the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.
Sam Moore, the Grammy-winning soul singer and one half of the duo Sam & Dave, has died.. The musician died Friday at age 89 in Coral Gables, Fla., his publicist Jeremy Westby confirmed to ...
Sam Moore, an influential R&B artist and half of the iconic soul duo Sam & Dave, has died.He was 89. News of his passing was confirmed by his publicist Jeremy Westby, who said in a statement ...
(To Moore’s chagrin, Prater later toured as Sam & Dave with a different singer, Sam Daniels.) In 1982, Moore married Joyce McRae, who also began managing his career and helped him overcome an ...
In 2008, the movie “Soul Men” depicted a pair of aging, estranged singers who bore more than a little resemblance to Sam & Dave. Moore lost a lawsuit claiming the resemblance was too close. He also spent years suing Prater after Prater hired a substitute and toured as the New Sam & Dave. Prater died in a 1988 car crash in Georgia.
Legendary soul singer Sam Moore died Jan. 10, 2025 at the age of 89. Sam Moore will always be a 'soul man' Born in 1935 in Miami, Moore grew up singing in churches in the city’s Overtown and ...
Moore and Prater listed Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke as influences on their styles, [5] and Moore was also influenced by Little Willie John, whom he and Dave opened for often in the early 1960s. Sam & Dave met working the gospel music circuit, and later in small clubs in Miami during amateur nights in 1961 according to Dave. [ 6 ]
"Soul Man" is a 1967 song written and composed by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, first successful as a number 2 hit single by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam & Dave, [3] which consisted of Samuel "Sam" Moore and David "Dave" Prater.