Sam and Dave
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Year:
1992
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Inducted by:
Billy Joel
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Category:
Performers
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Sam Moore -
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Dave Prater
Introduction
This soul duo was a force of nature.
Sam and Dave’s work with producer Isaac Hayes and backing band Booker T and the M.G.’s made them a formidable team. Their hit “Soul Man” endures today as an R&B smash and a unifying force between black and white audiences.
Billy Joel Inducts Sam & Dave
Billy Joel Inducts Sam & Dave at the 1992 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony-
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Billy Joel Inducts Sam & Dave00:05:23 -
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Sam Moore Acceptance Speech00:04:34 -
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"When Something Is Wrong With My Baby"00:03:43 -
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"Soul Man"00:03:14 -
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"Hold On, I'm Comin'"00:03:12 -
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"When Something Is Wrong With My Baby"00:05:39
Hall of Fame Essay
1992
In the summer of 1964, Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records was attending a DJ convention in Miami. Florida record man Henry Stone suggested he stop in at a nightclub called the King of Hearts to check out a local singing duo known as Sam & Dave.
"It was like 165 degrees,” Wexler later told writer Rob Bowman. “It was hot and they were hot...When I heard them there that night, that was all she wrote. I signed them up immediately.”
a staple of soul music radio.
Photography: Kevin Mazur, WireImage
