Sam & Dave

Genres:	R&B / Soul
Descriptive "tags":	soul • rhythm and blues • funk • 60s • rnb
Decades Active:	1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • MySpace • Wikipedia

Biography

Samuel David Moore (12 October 1935, Miami, Florida, USA) and David Prater (b. 9 May 1937, Ocilla, Georgia, USA, d. 9 April 1988). Sam And Dave first performed together in 1961 at Miami’s King Of Hearts club. Moore originally sang in his father’s Baptist church before joining the Melonaires, while Prater, who had worked with the Sensational Hummingbirds, was also gospel-trained. Club-owner John Lomelo became the duo’s manager and was instrumental in securing their contract with Roulette. Five singles and one album subsequently appeared between 1962 and 1964, produced by R&B veteran Henry Glover, but it was not until Jerry Wexler signed Sam And Dave to Atlantic Records that their true potential blossomed. For political reasons, their records appeared on Stax Records; they used the Memphis-based house band, while many of their strongest moments came from the Isaac Hayes / David Porter staff writing team. ‘You Don’t Know Like I Know’,...

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