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Formed: 1961 in Miami, FL
Years Active: 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: R&B

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 D... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
1976 Back at 'Cha!
1968 I Thank You
1967 Soul Men
1967 Double Dynamite
1966 Hold On, I'm Comin'
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Group Members: Dave Prater Sam Moore More >> Similar Artists: James & Bobby Purify Percy Sledge Rufus Thomas Wilson Pickett Bob & Earl More >>

Influenced By: Jackie Wilson Wynonie Harris The "5" Royales Big Joe Turner Roy Brown More >> Followers: Elvis Costello Dexys Midnight Runners The Holmes Brothers Rod Stewart The Rascals More >>

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