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 ...
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 ...
Prater recruited singer Sam Daniels. Ignoring Mr. Moore’s complaints, Prater and Daniels performed as Sam & Dave or the New Sam & Dave Revue. In 1988, Prater was killed in a car crash in Georgia.
Along with Dave Prater, Moore recorded timeless hits including “Soul Man,” “Hold On, I’m Comin'” and “I Thank You” as the duo Sam & Dave. The duo, which broke up in 1970, was ...
Mr. Moore and Dave Prater stormed the R&B and pop charts with indelible hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’.” By Bill Morris Sam Moore, the tenor half of the scorching soul ...
Once called “the greatest of all soul duos,” he and late musical partner Dave Prater were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. By Roy Trakin Sam Moore, who with with partner ...
and the MG’s as their backup band, Sam and Dave soon became one of Stax’s powerhouses; Moore was the gregarious showman, while Prater took a secondary, low-key role. (It was Moore who was ...
Sam Moore, who made up one half of American soul group Sam & Dave alongside Dave Prater—known for hits like “Hold On, I’m Comin,’” “Soul Man,” and “Soothe Me”—has died ...
Moore sued Prater after Prater began touring with a new bandmate as the New Sam & Dave, according to the AP. Moore battled a drug addiction throughout the 1970s, which eventually impacted his career.
Soul icon Sam Moore, half of the Grammy-winning duo Sam and Dave, died Friday at age 89. Moore — who with his late partner Dave Prater cut some of the best-known records of the genre with hits ...
Moore, whose admirers ranged from Al Green to Bruce Springsteen, was inducted with Dave Prater into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. “Over on E Street, we are heartbroken to hear of the death ...