Genres: Soul, Southern Soul, Deep Soul, Memphis Soul Active: 60's, 70's Formed: 1961 in Miami, FL
Bob & Earl, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding, James & Bobby Purify, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, James Carr, Aretha Franklin, Mel & Tim, Johnnie Taylor, Joe Tex, Clarence Carter, Don Covay, The Wallace Brothers The Holmes Brothers, The Rascals, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Hassles, Swamp Dogg, Marvin Sease, The Blues Brothers, Bobby King, Mosley & Johnson, Hamilton Loomis, The Embers, Howard Hewett, Groundhogs, Mandala, Paul Carrack, Darrell Banks, Southside Johnny |  |
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 December that year the writing and production team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter delivered the crisply soulful "You Don't Know Like I Know." Hayes and Porter became the éminence grises behind Sam & Dave, much as Holland-Dozier-Holland pulled the strings behind the Supremes. They wrote, they produced -- and the result was a string of hits, including "Soul Man," "Hold On! I'm Comin'," and "I Thank You," songs that survive as the very epitome of Southern soul. Certainly, Sam & Dave's hits are among the most soulful ever to crack the Hot 100. Their albums often bore the hallmarks of hasty execution, though.
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Release: February 23, 2010
Label: Collectables Records
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Release: December 9, 2008
Label: Hip-O
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