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Sam and Dave

American music duo
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Sam and Dave, American vocal duo who were among the most popular performers of soul music in the late 1960s and whose gritty, gospel-drenched style typified the Memphis Sound. The duo’s members were Moore and Prater were gospel group veterans when they joined forces in Miami in 1961; their sound blended Moore’s soaring tenor voice with Prater’s raspy baritone. They recorded for Roulette Records before Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler signed them and sent them to Memphis to record for Stax/Volt Records, for which Atlantic acted as distributor. There, backed by Stax’s extraordinary house band, Sam and Dave became the ...(100 of 319 words)

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