Hold On Im Coming - Música

One Of The Greatest Of All Soul Duos Sam Moore And Dave Prater Brought The Sound Of The Black Church To Pop Music With Their String Of Call-And-Response Hits For Stax Records From 1965 To 1968. The Pair Usually Worked With The Songwriting And Production Team Of Isaac Hayes And David Porter Using Booker T. And The M.G.’s As Backing Musicians. From These Collaborations Came Such Soulful Fevered Exchanges As You Don’t Know Like I Know Hold On I’m Comin' Soul Man And I Thank You. Sam & Dave Also Gained Renown As An Electrifying Live Act In The Stax Revues Of The Mid-Sixties Where They’d Compete For Applause With Such Labelmates As Otis Redding. Prater Was Born In Georgia And Moore In Florida The Duo Met In The Latter’s Hometown Of Miami US In 1961. Moore A Church-Reared Singer Who Sang With Such Gospel Quartets As The Gales And The Mellionaires Once Turned Down An Offer To Replace The Departing Sam Moore In The Soul Stirrers. Prater Had Himself Moved To Miami To Sing In His Brother’s Gospel Group The Sensational Hummingbirds. But It Was R&B That Brought The Two Singers Together Onstage At Miami’s King Of Hearts Nightclub One Fateful Amateur Night. Sam & Dave Recorded For The Alston And Roulette Labels Before Being Discovered By Atlantic Records’ Jerry Wexler Who Caught Their Act At The King Of Hearts In 1964 And Then Sent Them To Memphis-Based Stax To Record The Next Year. Theirs Was The Perfect Balance Of Pop Melody And Church Feeling Moreover The Duo Intuitively Played Off Each Other To Great Effect. In 1968 Sam And Dave's Recording Contract Reverted To Atlantic When Stax Was Sold To Gulf-Western. The Subsequent Hits Were Largely R&B Most Notably "You Don't Know What You Mean To Me" And "Soul Sister Brown Sugar." Disbanding For Solo Careers In The Late 1969 They Reunited From 1972 To 1975 Recording Back At 'Cha For United Artists. Various Artists Gave Their Renditions To Sam And Dave's Songs. The Most Known Covers Were Made By Aretha Franklin And B.B. King & Eric Clapton. After "Back At 'Cha" They Separated Again But Reunited After The Success Of The Blues Brothers' Late 1978 Recording Of "Soul Man" To Tour Through 1981. Never As Close Offstage As They Were In Performance Sam And Dave Finally Called It Quits After A Performance In San Francisco On New Year’s Eve 1981. In 1986 Moore Re-Recorded "Soul Man" With Lou Reed For The Film Of The Same Name. Prater Was Killed In A Car Accident Near Sycamore Georgia On April 9 1988. Moore Appeared With Junior Walker In The 1988 Film Tapeheads And Enjoyed A Renewed Solo Career In 1994 When His Duet With Conway Twitty "Rainy Night In Georgia" Appeared On The Top 10 Crossover Album Rhythm Country And Blues. Moore Still Performs And Records As A Solo Artist And Has Also Performed In Numerous Duets With Other Popular Artists. read less