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Bruce Springsteen leads tributes to Sam Moore


Sam Moore has died aged 89. As a duo with Dave Prater, Moore loved hits together with “Maintain On! I’m Comin’” and “Soul Man”.

Bruce Springsteen described Moore as “one in all America’s biggest soul voices.”

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Born in Miami, Moore carried out in gospel quartets earlier than assembly Prater in 1961. The pair signed to Atlantic Information in 1965, earlier than shifting to Stax Information below the auspices of songwriting/manufacturing group Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

At Stax, Sam & Dave’s run of hits included “You Don’t Know Like I Know”, “Maintain On! I’m Comin’”, “You Received Me Hummin’”, “When One thing Is Mistaken With My Child”, “Soul Man” and “I Thank You”.

When Sam & Dave broke up in 1970, Moore continued as a solo artist, sometimes reuniting together with his former duo companion – notably on the again of the The Blues Brothers’ cowl of “Soul Man” in 1979.

Prater died in 1988 and Moore’s profession continued. He toured with fellow Stax labelmates Booker T & the M.G.’s, Carla Thomas and Eddie Floyd in 1990 and in 1992, he recorded a number of songs with Springsteen for the Human Contact album. Springsteen contributed to Moore’s 2006 solo album In a single day Sensational, whereas Moore additionally joined the musician for covers of “I Forgot to Be Your Lover” and “Soul Days” on Springsteen’s album Solely The Sturdy Survive. 

Paying tribute to Moore, Springsteen wrote, “There merely isn’t one other sound like Sam’s soulful tenor in American music. Having had the honour to work with Sam on a number of events, he was a candy and humorous man. He was full of tales of the halcyon days of soul music, and to the top had that fringe of deep authenticity in his voice I may solely surprise at.

“We provide our prayers to his spouse Joyce and thanks for the immortal recordings Sam left us. God bless.”

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