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Sam Moore

Half of the legendary soul duo Sam & Dave, Sam Moore was born Samuel David Hicks in Miami on October 12, 1935. He sang gospel in church and made a name for himself in the region, both on his own and with a group called The Mellonaires. Uninterested in replacing Sam Cooke in The Soul Stirrers, he was performing at the King of Hearts club when he met Dave Prater in 1961. The result was a duo, Sam & Dave, that would become one of the decade's biggest soul attractions. After debuting with Roulette Records, Moore and Prater signed with Atlantic through Jerry Wrexler in 1965, recording...