Sam & Dave

Sam & Dave

Samuel David Moore (b. October 12, 1935, Miami, Florida) and David Prater (b. May 9 1937, Ocilla, Georgia,- d. April 9,1988 Sycamore, Georgia), were American Soul and Rhythm & Blues (R&B) singers who were members of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave. Sam Moore was the tenor (higher) vocalist and Dave Prater was the baritone/tenor (lower) vocalist.

Sam & Dave are members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame and Grammy Award and multi-Gold Record award winning artists. Though they recorded and performed together from 1961 through 1981, they are best remembered for their tenure on Stax Records from 1965 to 1968, during which time they recorded the hits "Hold On, I'm Coming", "Soul Man", and many other Southern soul classics.

The Early Career Years

Singers Sam Moore and Dave Prater both grew up with strong gospel roots, being exposed to gospel at an early age through church. Dave sang with his older brother JT Prater in The Sensational Hummingbirds, who recorded one single "Lord Teach Me" in the 1950s. Sam recorded two songs in 1954 with the doo-wop group The Majestics. Both Moore and Prater listed Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke as major influences on their singing and performing styles.

Sam & Dave met in The King of Hearts Club in Miami in December 1961, where Moore was the MC and Prater was performing on amateur night. According to Moore, when Prater forgot some of the the words to the Jackie Wilson song "Doggin' Around", Moore jumped in and started singing with him, to positive audience response. Moore and Prater started working together professionally immediately thereafter, developing a raucous live act featuring gospel-inspired call-and-response performances.

After recording three singles on the locally-based Alston and Marlin labels with Miami producer Henry Stone, Stone helped them get signed to the Roulette Records label in New York. They released six 45's from 1962-1964 (two of which were re-releases of the Marlin recordings) with Roulette, a few of which received regional airplay but did not achieve national chart success. The songs, produced by Henry Glover, Steve Alaimo, and Stone, were similar in style to other recordings by other R&B artists of the time such as Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson.

In the summer of 1964, Stone introduced the duo to Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler, who signed them to the Atlantic label. Wexler asked Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records, which Atlantic distributed nationally, to work with Sam & Dave. Wexler wanted to capture the Southern roots and gospel style of their live performances, so the pair were 'loaned out' to Stax to record and release records, although legally they remained Atlantic Records artists. According to Wexler from his autobiography Rhythms & Blues, "Their live act was filled with animation, harmony and seeming goodwill. I put Sam in the sweet tradition of Sam Cooke or Solomon Burke, while Dave had an ominous Four Tops' Levi Stubbs-sounding voice, the preacher promising hellfire."

The Stax Years (1965-1968)

Arrival at Stax and early Stax singles

When Sam & Dave first arrived at Stax they worked with producer Jim Stewart and a range of songwriters, including Steve Cropper from Booker T. & the MG's who wrote or co-wrote four of their first eight Stax recordings. However, the duo quickly gravitated to the newly emerging songwriting team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter for much of their material. Hayes & Porter had a very significant impact on Sam & Dave's career, writing and (from 1967) producing most of the duo's biggest hits. According to both Moore and Prater, they even influenced the duo's singing style.

While their first two Stax singles failed to chart, their third Stax single, the Hayes/Porter composition "You Don't Know Like I Know" hit #7 R&B in 1966. This started a string of 10 consecutive Top Twenty R&B chart hits for Sam & Dave over the next three years, and 14 R&B chart appearances overall during their career.

Hold On, I'm Comin' Single & LP

"Hold On, I'm Comin" (R&B#1/Pop#21), released in March 1966, was the first Sam and Dave record to make a significant impact on the pop charts. It was also the first Sam and Dave single where the higher voiced Sam Moore took over primary lead vocals on the first verse and the deeper, rougher voiced Dave Prater was given the "response" role and second verse (at Hayes and Porter's suggestion.) The duo stayed with this winning formula on most of their future songs.

The song was created when Hayes was trying to write and called to Porter, who was in the bathroom. Porter responded with "Hold on, man, I'm comin'", and Hayes and Porter later claimed they had the song written in 10 minutes.

"Hold On, I'm Comin", when originally released, received objections from radio stations and Atlantic Record officials over the potentially sexually suggestive title. This resulted in a quick name change by Stax boss Jim Stewart, and some copies of the released single bear the title "Hold On, I'm A-Comin".

Regardless of what it was called, "Hold On, I'm Comin'" spent 20 weeks on the R&B charts in 1966, and peaked at #1 in June. The song was named the #1 song of the year for 1966 on the Billboard R&B charts, and in 1988 Rolling Stone magazine named it one of the best 100 songs of the past 25 years. "Hold On, I'm Comin'" received an RIAA Gold Record award for 1 million units sold in 1995, 29 years after its release.

The quickly released LP Hold On, I'm Comin' (4/66) reached #1 on the R&B album charts in 1966. Thanks to its success, later that same year Roulette released the album Sam & Dave, a collection of the A & B sides of their six Roulette 45's.

Double Dynamite LP & Singles

Success continued for Sam and Dave during 1966 and 1967, with the top 10 R&B hits "Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody", "You Got Me Hummin", and "When Something is Wrong with My Baby". This last song was the only hit Sam & Dave recorded where Dave sang the first verse solo; all their other hits either started with Sam & Dave together or Sam singing the first verse.

These singles, along with several other tracks, were compiled on Double Dynamite (12/66), Sam & Dave's second LP on Stax. Though it didn't chart as high as thier first album, peaking at #7 R&B and #118 Pop, it was still a commercially successsful release.

Sam & Dave's Live Performances

In the spring of 1967, Sam and Dave were the #2 headliner for the "Hit the Road Stax Tour" in Europe, which included Booker T & the MGs, The Mar-Keys, Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas, Arthur Conley and headliner Otis Redding. For most of these musicians, it was their first time in Europe, their first time performing in front of all white audiences, and by far the largest crowds they had ever played in front of (sometimes 2,000 plus people). For most of the African-American artists, it was also the first time they did not encounter regular racial discrimination. The European audiences were rabid and enthusiastic R&B fans, and this tour was described in the British press as the "Soul Invasion", in much the same way as the Beatles and the British invasion hit the U.S. in 1964. The Beatles, who were big fans of the Stax artists, sent their limos to pick up the bands at the airport, and Paul McCartney attended a warm-up show with the MG's before the opening night.

Although Otis Redding headlined the tour, many musicians and fans agreed that Sam & Dave stole the show on many of the nights. According to Otis Redding's and Sam & Dave's manager Phil Walden, after this tour, Otis Redding refused to be booked on the same bill with Sam & Dave again. An October 1968 Time article reads: "Of all the R & B cats, nobody steams up a place like Sam & Dave . . . weaving and dancing (while singing!), they gyrate through enough acrobatics to wear out more than 100 costumes per year!"

A live version of Sam and Dave's Double Dynamite LP track "Soothe Me" was recorded in Paris during the '67 tour. Released as a single in mid-1967, it became a moderate R&B hit.

Soul Man Single & Soul Men LP

Sam and Dave's next single was "Soul Man" (R&B #1/Pop #2), released in August 1967. It is for many people Sam & Dave's best remembered song and the song most closely associated with the duo. Sam & Dave won the Grammy Award in 1967 for "Best Performance - Rhythm & Blues Group" for "Soul Man". The "Soul Man" Sam & Dave recording was also voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

The accompanying Soul Men LP (October 1967) was Sam & Dave's third Stax LP, reaching #5 on the R&B charts and #68 Pop..

I Thank You LP & Singles

Beginning in late 1967, the Hayes/Porter team began producing Sam & Dave's singles, as well as writing most of them. The first of these singles was "I Thank You" (R&B #4/Pop #9), released in January 1968. It is one of the group's many gospel-inspired tunes, and was another major hit for Sam & Dave, enjoying top ten status on both charts like "Soul Man".

Due to a parting of the ways between Stax and Atlantic Records, "I Thank You" was Sam and Dave's final single on Stax. Although they continued to work at Stax studios with the Hayes/Porter writing and production team, as of May 1968, the duo's work was released on Atlantic Records.

Sam and Dave's initial 1968 single for Atlantic was "You Don't Know What You Mean To Me", written for them by Eddie Floyd. Sam and Dave would later say it was their favorite song , but the track just barely scraped in to the R&B top 20, and was not a pop hit. The same fate befell their next single, "Can't You Find Another Way."

Their final single of 1968, "Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody", marked the true beginning of their commercial decline. It failed even to make the R&B top 20, and ended Sam and Dave's run of ten straight R&B top 20 singles.

Though released on Atlantic, the I Thank You LP (10/68) was built around their 1968 singles that were initially released on both the Stax and Atlantic labels. The LP peaked at #38 on the R&B charts, and was the only LP by Sam & Dave of their Stax recordings not to chart on the Pop LP charts.

The Atlantic Records Years (1968-1972)

Deteriorating personal relationship, and declining commercial fortunes (1968-1969)

Now on a new label, the sudden lack of chart success added stress to the increasingly volatile personal relationship between Sam and Dave. Sam reached a breaking point in their personal relationship in 1968 and said, "Dave, I will perform with you, but I will never speak to you again." Sam said he literally did not speak to Dave offstage for the next 12 years.

As was later revealed, drug problems contributed to the pair's instability. Prater was much later arrested for selling crack to an undercover police officer; Moore, meanwhile, went public in 1983 about his lengthy battles with drug addiction.

Still, 1969 opened well on commercial level for the duo, as Atlantic released "The Best of Sam & Dave" LP in January of 1969. It contained all of their Stax A side singles (except "A Place Nobody Can Find") and several B-sides, and peaked at #24 on the R&B LP charts and #89 on the Billboard LP charts. As well, their first single of the year, "Soul Sister, Brown Sugar", returned Sam and Dave to the R&B top 20, and was also a #15 hit in the UK. Follow-up single "Born Again", however, was a flop, and was also the last single Sam and Dave would record at Stax studios.

Break with Stax, first break-up, and reunion (1970-1972)

Looking to rejuvenate their flagging career, Atlantic executive Jerry Wexler (along with co-producer Tom Dowd) tried producing Sam & Dave in New York, with Atlantic songwriters and musicians. Wexler waited eight months to issue "Ooh, Ooh, Ooh", the first Sam and Dave single produced at Atlantic. However, "Ooh, Ooh, Ooh" was a total flop; it was the first time in four years that a Sam & Dave single completely failed to chart.

Two more singles followed in 1970, ("Baby, Baby, Don't Stop Now", and "Don't Steal From Me") both produced by Wexler and Dowd in New York and both commercially unsuccessful. According to Wexler, "We just made some shit-ass records with them. I never really got into their sensibilities as a producer." Wexler then sent the duo south to Muscle Shoals and Miami to work with producers Brad Shapiro and Dave Crawford for their next single "Knock It Out The Park". This track also failed to chart, and after five straight commercial duds, Sam and Dave split up in June 1970.

According to Sam , the split came about as a result of Sam's dissatisfaction working with Dave and his desire to pursue a career as a solo artist. Sam recorded three singles for Atlantic as a solo artist over the next year, but out of financial necessity reunited with Dave after only one year apart in August of 1971.

In October 1971, the duo released their last Atlantic single "Don't Pull Your Love", a cover of the recent hit by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. This Shapiro/Crawford production was a minor hit (R&B #36/Pop #102), but not a substantial enough commercial success to keep the duo signed to the label. Sam & Dave made their final Atlantic recordings in August of 1972, four songs which were never released by the label. Sam & Dave's contract with Atlantic expired shortly thereafter.

Later Years (1972-1981)

Despite their lack of newly-recorded output after the end of their affiliation with Atlantic, Sam & Dave found there was still demand for their public performances, especially in Europe. They toured Turkey in the spring of 1972 and England in spring of 1973. Sam & Dave also continued to be visible in the US during this period, performing on several TV shows including "The Midnight Special" and "The Mike Douglas Show".

Sam and Dave returned to the studio in 1975, recording an album of new songs titled Back at Cha for United Artists. The album -- their first album of new material in 7 years -- was produced by Steve Cropper, and featured the MG's and The Memphis Horns and spun off a minor R&B hit, "A Little Bit of Good" (R&B #89). Songwriters for the LP included Cropper, Allen Toussaint, and Jimmy Cliff.

In 1976-77, Sam & Dave spent time in the UK with producer John Abbey. Two singles were released on Abbey's Contempo label in the UK and Germany, with limited success. Ironically, given the duo's personal disputes, one of the last singles by Sam & Dave was a cover of The Beatles "We Can Work It Out".

In 1978, Sam & Dave re-recorded their old hits for the LP "Sweet & Funky Gold" (Gusto), and also re-recorded some of their songs and other soul hits during this period in Nashville for K-Tel Records. In the summer of 1978, they also toured Germany for two weeks.

Towards the end of the 1970s, Sam & Dave enjoyed a small resurgance in popularity as a result of Dan Aykroyd's and John Belushi's sketch characters The Blues Brothers, and The Blues Brothers' 1979 top 40 cover of "Soul Man". The Blues Brothers' personas and stage act were heavily influenced by Sam & Dave, according to an April 1988 interview with Dan Aykroyd in the Chicago Sun-Times. As a tribute, Aykroyd had director John Landis play the Sam and Dave songs "Hold On, I'm Comin'" and "Soothe Me" in The Blues Brothers film.

Meanwhile, in 1979 Sam and Dave opened some shows for English punk band The Clash on their U.S. tour, including at the Palladium in New York City. In 1980, the duo appeared in Paul Simon's film One Trick Pony and also performed on Saturday Night Live. In 1980, they also were featured in a U.S. Tour opening for the 50's band Sha Na Na.

In 1981, they again re-recorded many of their hits along with Sam Cooke and Otis Redding covers for LPs titled "Soul Study Vol. 1" and "Soul Study Vol. 2" (Odyssey). The pair last performed together on New Year's Eve, 1981, at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. According to Moore, when they walked off stage it was the last time they ever spoke to one another or saw each other face to face.

Dave and other Sams (1982-1988)

In 1982, Prater started touring under the Sam & Dave name with other Sams, including Sam Daniels who performed with Dave for many years. Moore attempted to legally block Prater from using the group's name without his participation and permission, but was generally unsuccessful in stopping the act from performing.

1n 1985, Prater and Sam Daniels released a newly-sung medley of Sam & Dave hits, which peaked at #92 R&B and was credited to "Sam & Dave". Sam Moore made the label recall the single for using the "Sam & Dave" name without permission, and the record was re-labelled and re-issued as being by as "The New Sam & Dave Revue".

Dave Prater had his last performance with Sam Daniels on April 3, 1988 at a Stax Reunion show at the Atlanta Civic Center which also featured Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd, and Rufus and Carla Thomas. Six days later, on April 9, 1988, Prater died in a car crash in Sycamore, Georgia, while driving to his mother's house.

Samuel Moore continues to perform as a solo act. For further information, see the wikipedia entry on Samuel David Moore.

Discography

Singles

Original issues only. Does not include information on re-releases.

Release date	Title	Label & Cat no.	Chart Positions
			US Hot 100	US R&B	UK
1962	Never, Never (Henry Stone)	Alston 777
1962	I Need Love (Sam Moore/Dave Prater)	Marlin 6100
1962	No More Pain (Steve Alaimo)	Marlin 6104
1963	She's Alright (Glover/Levy/Watts)	Roulette 4461
1963	It Was So Nice While It Lasted (Bill Nash)	Roulette 4480
1963	If She'll Still Have Me (Roberts/Taylor)	Roulette 4508
1964	I Found Out (Steve Alaimo)	Roulette 4533
1965	A Place Nobody Can Find (David Porter)	Stax 168
1965	I Take What I Want (Isaac Hayes/Mabon Hodges/David Porter)	Stax 175
1966	You Don't Know Like I Know (Hayes/Porter)	Stax 180	#90	#7
1966	Hold On, I'm Comin' (Hayes/Porter)	Stax 189	#21	#1
1966	Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody (Hayes/Porter)	Stax 198		#7
1967	You Got Me Hummin' (Hayes/Porter)	Stax 204		#8
1967	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Hayes/Porter)	Stax 210	#41	#2
1967	Soothe Me (Live) (Sam Cooke)	Stax 218		#16
1967	Soul Man (Hayes/Porter)	Stax 231	#2	#1	#24
1968	I Thank You (Hayes/Porter)	Stax 242	#9	#4
1968	Don't Knock It (Hayes/Porter) Europe only	Stax 169 016
1968	You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (Eddie Floyd/Steve Cropper)	Atlantic 2517	#48	#20
1968	Can't You Find Another Way (Homer Banks/Raymond Jackson)	Atlantic 2540	#54	#19
1968	Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody (Hayes/Porter)	Atlantic 2568	#73
1969	Soul Sister Brown Sugar (Hayes/Porter)	Atlantic 2590	#41	#18	#15
1969	Born Again (Hayes/Porter)	Atlantic 2608	#92
1969	Ooh Ooh Ooh (Donnie Fritts/John Reid)	Atlantic 2668
1970	Baby Baby Don't Stop Now (Hayes/Porter)	Atlantic 2714
1970	When You Steal From Me	Atlantic 2728
1970	Knock It Out The Park (Crawford/Martin)	Atlantic 2733
1971	Don't Pull Your Love Out (Dennis Lambert/Brian Potter)	Atlantic 2839	#102	#36
1974	A Little Bit of Good (Cures a Whole Lot of Bad)	United Artists 438		#89
1974	Under the Boardwalk (Kenny Young/Arthur Resnick)	United Artists 531
1977	We Can Work It Out (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)	Contempo 7004
1977	Why Did You Do It (Kirby) UK/Europe only	Contempo 2109

Also of note:

• 1982: Hold On, Edwin's Coming (Guv-nor Records) Single for Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards third election campaign.
• 1985: The New Sam & Dave Review: Medley/Hold On, I'm Comin Atlantic 7-99636 (with Sam Daniels & Dave Prater)

Albums

The LP discography includes all U.S. Releases and significant known international releases, including the UK, Italy, Japan, Belgium and Germany LP's. It does not include the numerous collections that Sam & Dave hits were included on which were released during the 1960's-1980's.

• Hold On, I'm Comin'(Stax 708/S708) March 1966 - #1 on the R&B album charts, was an RIAA certified Gold Album, and was ranked the #16 Billboard R&B album of 1966 and achieved a peak position at #45 on the Billboard Pop album charts.

• Sam & Dave Roulette (R25323) 1966
• Double Dynamite (Stax 712/S712) December 1966 - #7 on the Billboard R&B LP charts, ranked #118 on the Billboard Pop LP charts, and was ranked the #32 Billboard R&B LP of the year for 1967.
• The Stax/Volt Revue Volume 1-Live in London July 1967 (3 Sam & Dave tracks)
• The Stax/Volt Revue Volume 2-Live in Paris July 1967 (3 Sam & Dave tracks)
• Live In London Vol. 1 (Stax) 1967 UK 4 Sam & Dave tracks, including UK performance of "Soothe Me"not included on US version
• Stay in School, Don't Be A Dropout (Stax) July 1967 Promo LP 1 Sam & Dave track plus a PSA
• Soul Men (Stax 725/S725) 1967
• I Thank You (Atlantic SD8205) 1968
• Double Golden Album (Nippon Grammaphone/Atlantic MT 9057/58) Japan 1969
• Best of Sam & Dave (Atlantic SD 8218) 1969
• Back At Cha (UA 524-G) 1975
• Soul Express Contempo Germany 1977 (two Sam & Dave tracks Contempo UK recordings)
• Soul Deep Vol 2 Contempo Germany 1978 (one Sam & Dave track, "Livin it Down" from Contempo UK recordings)
• Hold On Im Coming (Spice Records-JTU AL 46) Belgium year unknown-Contains 5 of the 6 known tracks from the Contempo recording sessions:You don't know like I know, Hold On, Im Comin', We Can Work It Out, Why Did You Do It, and Don't Mess with my Money, my Honey or my Woman
• Sweet & Funky Gold (Gusto records) 1978
• Soul Study Volume 1 (Odyssey Records) 1982
• Soul Study Volume 2 (Odyssey Records) 1982
• I Cant Stand Up for Falling Down (Edsel ED 133) UK 1984-The last six atlantic singles(A & B sides) and also: I Cant Stand Up, This is your World, My Reason for Living and Come On In
• Jaco Pastorious, Jaco Pastorious 1976 Sam & Dave vocals on Come On, Come Over
• Sweet Soul Music (Topline 163) 1987 UK KTEL recordings from 1977-78
• La Grande Storia Del Rock 66 (GSR 66) Italy year unknown. KTEL recordings from 1977-1978 (these are all covers of other artists soul and R&B songs; some tracks differ from Sweet Soul Music)
• Soul Sister, Brown Sugar Japan (Atlantic/Warner) year unknown Includes only known LP versions of Soul Sister, Brown Sugar, Goodnight Baby, and If I Didn't Have A Girl Like You

• Texas International Pop Festival 1969: Three LP Set: Volume 3-Sam & Dave, This is a famous underground recording, which has been fairly broadly distributed. Sam & Dave perform: I Take What I Want, I've Been Loving You Too Long, May I Baby, Soul Man.

There are numerous other Sam & Dave LP collections from various countries, but the listings above include all known LP cuts issued by Sam & Dave as a duo. The Double Golden Album and Best of Sam & Dave are both collections of the Stax singles and some B sides. The Double Golden Album(Japan) on the Nippon Grammaphone Label was Sam & Dave's only known double LP issued, is quite rare, and includes insert pages with excellent quality color performance photos of Sam & Dave and lyrics for the songs.

The other 22 LPs (excluding the two collections mentioned above) represent a complete collection of known Sam & Dave songs to have been published in LP format. A number of their US singles were never released in LP format in the U.S.. They are: Never, Never, Lotta Lovin, A Place Nobody Can Find, Goodnight Baby, Sweet Home, Blame Me, This is Your World, Still is the Night, Soul Sister, Brown Sugar, Come on In, If I Didnt Have A Girl Like You, and also all six of their last atlantic singles A & B sides which were released in the UK on the 1984 Edsel LP "I cant stand up for falling down".

Sam and Dave did numerous re-recordings of their Stax songs, examples of which can be found on: "Hold on Im Coming" Belgium LP, "Sweet and Funky Gold", the "Soul Study" LPs, and "Sweet Soul Music". "La Granda Storia Del Rock" are all covers of other Soul, R&B and Rock songs Sam & Dave had not previously recorded. The re-makes are of varying quality. The most notable thing about many of these tracks is that, due to the improvisational stylings of Sam & Dave, the vocal tracks are markedly different on some the recordings from the originals.

CD Discography

• Hold On, I'm Comin' (Rhino)
• Sam & Dave (The Legendary Henry Stone Presents...) (Henry Stone Music) 2005 - includes all 14 Roulette, Alston & Marlin+Dave Prater solo single A & B sides from 1972
• Double Dynamite (Rhino)
• The Stax/Volt Revue Volume 1-Live in London (Atlantic)
• The Stax/Volt Revue Volume 2-Live in Paris (Atlantic)
• Stay in School, Don't Be A Dropout (Stax)Distributed by Victor Ent. Japan
• Soul Men (Rhino)
• I Thank You (Atlantic/Rhino)
• Best of Sam & Dave (Atlantic) 21 tracks, includes 7 tracks not on best of LP release
• Sweet & Funky Gold (Highland Music) 1985
• Sweet Soul Music (Delta Music) Germany 1988 includes all 16 tracks from KTEL recording sessions
• An Anthology of Sam & Dave-The Stax Years(Atlantic) 1990 Digitally remastered, 33 Tracks including detailed booklet written by Soulsville author Rob Bowman;
• Sweat & Soul Anthology (Rhino) 1993 2 CD's-50 tracks, including 4 previously unreleased tracks:

Toe Hold, You Left the Water Running, Standing in the Safety Zone, and Starting All Over Again

• Southern Soul (Prism Leisure) 2002 UK contains all 20 tracks from Soul Study Volume 1 & 2

• The Definitive Soul Collection (Rhino) 2006; 30 Tracks, Digitally Remastered, Spans from first Stax Single, every hit single, some great B sides and LP tracks, to last Atlantic single. This is the best and most comprehensive Sam & Dave collection currently in print.

A number of Sam & Dave tracks have never been re-issued digitally. They are: the tracks from the "Back At Cha" LP, all of the Contempo recordings, and Atlantic singles tracks: Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Get It, and You Easily Excite Me.

Discography Sources: listings from Sam & Dave an Oral History, by Sam Moore and Dave Marsh; Soulsville USA by Rob Bowman and Time Barrier #26 1978; Article Looka Here It's Sam & Dave; actual album releases and cover information

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/samanddavesoulmen
• http://www.sammoore.net
• http://www.melingo.com/thesoulnet/samndave.htm Includes realaudio songs by Sam & Dave
• Hold on Im Comin' performance from Stax/Volt 67 Tour
• http://www.history-of-rock.com/sam_and_dave.htm
• http://www.classicbands.com/samdave.html
• http://www.geocities.com/shakin_stacks/daveprater.txt
• http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=183
• Youtube video
• http://jpp-product.club.fr/sp_-_sam_&_dave.htm