Soul Men (album)

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Soul Men is the third album by R&B duo Sam & Dave, released in 1967. It reached #5 on the Billboard "Black Album" chart in 1967 and #62 on the "Pop Album" chart in 1968. The album launched the hit single "Soul Man" which ranked #1 on the "Black Singles" charts and #2 on the Pop Singles charts. The song won Sam & Dave a Grammy in 1967 for Best R&B Group, Vocal or Instrumental.

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Track listing

Side one

1. "Soul Man" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 2:36
2. "May I Baby" (Hayes, Porter) - 2:38
3. "Broke Down Piece of Man" (Steve Cropper, Joe Shamwell) - 2:46
4. "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoé) - 2:45
5. "Hold It Baby" (Bonnie "Mack" Rice) - 2:35
6. "I'm With You" (Lowman Pauling) - 2:50

Side two

1. "Don't Knock It" (Hayes, Porter) - 2:28
2. "Just Keep Holding On" (Alvertis Isbell, Booker T. Jones) - 2:52
3. "The Good Runs the Bad Away" (Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love) - 2:15
4. "Rich Kind of Poverty" (Hayes, Paul Selph) - 2:13
5. "I've Seen What Loneliness Can Do" (Homer Banks, Allen Jones) - 2:58

Personnel

• Sam Moore - vocals
• Dave Prater - vocals
• Booker T. & the MG's and the Mar-Key Horns - instrumentation:
  • Booker T. Jones - acoustic and electric pianos
  • Steve Cropper - guitar
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass guitar
  • Al Jackson, Jr. - drums
  • Charles "Packy" Axton - tenor saxophone
  • Don Nix - baritone saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson - trombone, trumpet
  • Isaac Hayes - organ

Technical

• Loring Eutemey - design
• Jean-Pierre Leloir - photography