By Roy Trakin Sam Moore, who with with partner Dave Prater helped bring the sound of the church to pop music with a string of call-and-response hits as the high tenor in the famed Stax Records duo ...

Sam Moore, one half of beloved soul duo Sam and ... was complications recovering from that surgery. As one half of Stax Records’ preeminent vocal duo, Moore and Dave Prater helped propel Stax ...

A musician rises to fame, becomes hooked on drugs, and has his career nearly spiral out of control before being saved by a savvy new romantic partner. While it may be a tale as old as time, or at ...

Tell the truth, Sam,'" said Moore. Producer Jerry Wexler caught their act, signed the duo to Atlantic Records then shipped them off to Memphis. Stax would pair Sam & Dave with two young ...

Seated behind his organ at Stax Records’ recording studio in Memphis ... Two days ago, Jones heard, like most of the world, that Sam Moore had died at the age of 89, depriving American music ...

"Sam Moore helped bring the sounds of the Black gospel church to pop music," the Rock Hall wrote Friday. "A cornerstone act for Stax Records, Sam & Dave are the most successful soul duo in history ...

(AP) — Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher ... At the Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records, Moore and Prater were second only to Otis Redding. They transformed the “call and response ...

Sam Moore, who had classic hits with the ... and a pair of 1981 sets of soul covers for Odyssey Records similarly flopped. Moore and Prater played their last show together in San Francisco on ...

Soul icon Sam Moore, half of the Grammy-winning duo Sam ... the 1960s one of the top acts on the legendary Memphis-based Stax Records, alongside stars like Otis Redding and collaborators Isaac ...

Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice ... At the Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records, Moore and Prater were second only to Otis Redding. They transformed the "call and response" of ...

Sam Moore, who had classic hits with the soul ... Their bestselling work was recorded at Stax Records in Memphis, and most of it was penned by the top songwriting team of Isaac Hayes and David ...