Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave
Top Songs
| 1 | Hold On, I'm Coming | ||
| 2 | Soul Man | ||
| 3 | Hold On I'm Comin' | ||
| 4 | I Thank You [LP / Single Version] | ||
| 5 | When Something Is Wrong with My Baby [2006 Remaster LP / Single Version] |
Albums
Apr 2023 • 13 songs
Apr 2023 • 2 songs
Apr 2023 • 2 songs
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Popular On
- 60s Pop Hits
- Motown/Soul Hits, Commercial-Free
- 60s & 70s Pop Hits
About
Biography
Perhaps no act epitomized soul music as the secularization of gospel more than Sam & Dave. The original pairing of Sam Moore and Dave Prater met in Florida in 1961, and they recorded unsuccessfully for several years before being signed to Atlantic Records in 1965. Atlantic persuaded their Memphis affiliate Stax Records to produce them, and in December that year the writing and production team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter delivered the crisply soulful "You Don't Know Like I Know." Hayes and Porter became the éminence grises behind Sam & Dave, much as Holland-Dozier-Holland p...