Sam & Dave

Features4 months ago

In The R&B Groove: Elvis Costello Gets Soulful With ‘Get Happy!!’

Costello's soul schooling showed itself as never before on this fourth album, and third with the Attractions.

Features6 months ago

The Rhythm & Blues Legacy: The Secret History Of Rock And Pop

Fifty songs that were part of rhythm and blues heritage but which didn’t fully find a mainstream audience until they were remade.

Features7 months ago

‘You Don’t Know Like I Know’: Sam & Dave’s Soul Starter

In the first week of 1966, the duo arrived on the national US scene with the first in a series of classic singles for Stax.

Features7 months ago

‘…To Be Continued’: America’s Lovin’ Feelin’ For Isaac Hayes

At the end of 1970, '...To Be Continued' further enhanced a solo career path that made Hayes an R&B superstar.

Features11 months ago

‘Soul Man’: Sam & Dave, Comin’ To Ya In 1967

The irresistible Isaac Hayes-David Porter composition and production 'Soul Man' became another Stax classic.

James and Bobby Purify I Take What I Want

Features12 months ago

‘I Take What I Want’: James & Bobby Purify Call On Sam & Dave

One soul duo covered another in 1967, when James and Bobby remade the Sam & Dave song of two years earlier.

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Features12 months ago

“They All Learned From Ahms”: Atlantic Records’ Visionary Ahmet Ertegun

Ertegun died at 83 in December 2006, but to this day, the standards he set are aspired to by the modern generation of label heads.

Features2 years ago

Whisky A Go Go: When LA Rock Ruled the Strip

From its glitzy beginnings to its hair metal heyday, we’re tracing the history of the Whisky a Go Go, one of the most storied clubs in America.

Features2 years ago

‘Soul Men’: Sam & Dave Reach New Heights At Stax

Finally, after years of dues-paying, the duo had the unswerving attention of pop audiences, radio and TV.

News2 years ago

Stax ‘Soul Explosion’ Campaign Launches Playlist, Merchandise And More

The playlist coincides with the release of the 2LP compilation of the same name, with digital reissues to follow daily throughout Black Music Month in June.

Features2 years ago

Warm And Tender: Percy Sledge, Of ‘When A Man Loves A Woman’

The Alabama soul man recorded a host of other great material in his long career.

News3 years ago

Black Sabbath To Receive Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic, Sam & Dave and Julio Iglesias are also among the 2019 honorees.

Isaac Hayes The Spirit Of Memphis Album Cover

News4 years ago

Stax Figurehead Isaac Hayes Celebrated With ‘The Spirit Of Memphis’ Set

The influential career of Isaac Hayes will be anthologised by Craft Recordings with the 22 September 2017 release of The Spirit of Memphis (1962-1976).