Born in 1935 in Miami, Moore grew up singing in churches in the city’s Overtown and Liberty city neighborhood. While friends and family – including fellow soul singer Sam Cooke – encouraged ...

American singer Sam Moore speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Florida International University Biscayne Bay Campus on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in North Miami, Fla. The ceremony was held to ...

He took that to heart. ‘No, no, no.’” Joyce and Sam Moore at a Miami Heat game in recent years. Moore sang for six United States presidents — Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton ...

Family, friends and peers of Miami music legend Sam Moore paid tribute and said “I Thank You” as the star was honored with laughter, tears and a choir at a memorial service and interment on a drizzly ...

Sam Moore was living in Scottsdale at the time ... Prater while hosting a talent show at the King O’ Hearts Club in Miami. Moore died Friday, Jan. 10, in Coral Gables, Florida, while recovering ...

They often paid homage to Sam & Dave during their act, as well. Moore was born Oct. 12, 1935, in Miami, Florida and kickstarted his singing career in church. The duo had a contentious relationship ...

Sam Moore, the towering tenor of the Sam & Dave soul music duo whose mid-1960s hits “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’ ” ...

Sam Moore is at right, holding microphone. Photo courtesy of Sam and Joyce Moore. One good thing about growing up Black in Miami during the 1950s was that everybody knew everybody. I thought about ...

The dynamic soul and R&B artist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee died this week in Florida at the age of 89.

MIAMI – Sam Moore, the towering tenor of the Sam & Dave soul music duo whose mid-1960s hits “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’ ” soundtracked the lives of countless fans and then ...

Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice ... but didn’t meet until 1961 in Miami. Moore helped coach Prater on the lyrics of a song and they quickly became a popular local duo.