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SAM & DAVE

BIOGRAPHY

Sam Moore (born in 1935 in Miami) and Dave Prater Jr (born in 1937 in Ocilla, Georgia, died april 9th, 1988) joined in 1961 and cut several records on Alston, Marlin and Roulette. They went to Atlantic in 1964 to be produced by Stax.

FOR THE RECORD Sam & Dave, an oral history
by Sam Moore and Dave Marsh

BLUE STAX AND ATLANTIC (STAX RECORDED) DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

Stax 168 : A Place Nobody Can Find / Good Night Baby
Stax 175 : I Take What I Want / Sweet Home
Stax 180 : You Don't Know Like I Know / Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)
Stax 189 : Hold On, I'm A Comin' / I Got Everything I Need
Stax 198 : Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody / If You Got The Lovin'
Stax 204 : You Got Me Hummin' / Sleep Good Tonight
Stax 210 : When Something is Wrong With My Baby / Small Portion Of Your Love
Stax 218 : Soothe Me (live) / I Can't Stand Up (For Falling Down)
Stax 231 : Soul Man / May I Baby
Stax 242 : I Thank You / Wrap It Up
Atlantic 2517 : You Don't Know What You Mean To Me / This Is Your World
Atlantic 2540   Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It) / Still Is The Night
Atlantic 2568 : Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody / If I Didn't Have A Girl Like You
Atlantic 2590 : Soul Sister, Brown Sugar / Come On In
Atlantic 2608 : Born Again / Get It (not Stax recorded)

Albums

HOLD ON, I'M COMIN' - Stax 708 : Hold On, I'm Comin' ; If You Got The Lovin' ; I Take What I Want ; Ease Me ; I Got Everything I Need ; Don't Make It So Hard On Me ; It's A Wonder ; Don't Help Me Out ; Just Me ; You Got It Made ; You Don't Know Like I Know ; Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart).  (reissued on CD)

DOUBLE DYNAMITE - Stax 712 : You Got Me Hummin' ; Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody ; That's The Way It's Gotta Be ; When Something Is Wrong With My Baby ; Soothe Me ; Just Can't Get Enough ; Sweet Pains ; I'm Your Puppet ; Sleep Good Tonight ; I Don't Need Nobody ( To Tell Me 'Bout My Baby) ; Home At Last ; Use Me.  (reissued on CD)

SOUL MEN - Stax 725 : Soul Man ; May I Baby ; Broke Down Piece Of Man ; Let It Be Me ; Hold It Baby ; I'm With You ; Don't Knock It ; Just Keep Holding On ; The Good Runs The Bad Way ; Rich Kind Of Poverty ; I've Seen What Loneliness Can Do.  (reissued on CD)

I THANK YOU - Atlantic 8205 : I Thank You ; Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody ; These Arms Of Mine ; Wrap It Up ; If I Didn't Have A Girl Like You ; You Don't Know What You Mean To Me ; Don't Turn Your Heater On ; Talk To The Man ; Love Is After Me ; Ain't That A Lot Of Love ; Don't Waste That Love ; That Lucky Old Sun.  (reissued on CD)

VARIOUS : I Take What I Want ; When Something Is Wrong With My Baby ; Hold On I'm Comin' -live (Stax 721), Soothe Me ; You Don't Know Like I Know ; You Got Me Hummin' -live (Stax 722) ; You Don't Know Like I Know ; When Something Is Wrong With My Baby ; Final (french Stax 68005), Announcements ; My Reason For Living (Stax A-11).  (reissued on CD)

CDs

SAM & DAVE ANTHOLOGY - Rhino  8122-71253-2 (double CD) : A Place Nobody Can Find ; Goodnight Baby ; I Take What I Want ; You Don't Know Like I Know ; Hold On! I'm A Comin' ; I Got Everything I Need ; Don't Make It So Hard On Me ; Blame Me ( Don't Blame My Heart) ; You Got Me Hummin' ; When Something Is Wrong With My Baby ; Small Portion Of Your Love ; I Don't Need Nobody (To Tell Me 'bout My Baby) ; That's The Way It's Gotta Be ; Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody ; Soothe Me (live) ; I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down ; Toe Hold ; Soul Man ; May I Baby ; Just Keep Holding On ; The Good Runs The Bad Way ; Rich Kind Of Poverty ; I've Seen What Loneliness Can Do ; My Reason For Living ; Stay In School (Public Service Announcement from Stax A-11 special LP) ; I Thank You ; Wrap It Up ; Broke Down Piece Of Man ; Hold It Baby ; Come On In ; This Is Your World ; You Don't Know What You Mean To Me ; Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody ; Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It) ; Ain't That A Lot Of Love ; Don't Turn Your Heater On ; Soul Sister, Brown Sugar ; Born Again ; You Left The Water Running ; Holdin' On ; I'm Not An Indian Giver ; One Part Love-Two Parts Pain (with the Dixie Flyers) ; Baby-Baby Don't Stop Now ; Standing In The Safety Zone ; Knock It Out Of The Park (with the Dixie Flyers) ; Don't Pull Your Love ; Jody Ryder Got Killed ; Starting All Over Again ; Stop (Sam Moore) ; Shop Around (Sam Moore).

Complete non Stax discography available on The Soul Of The Net web site at http://www.melingo.com/thesoulnet

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