{"id":2391468,"date":"2025-01-17T04:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-moore-1935-2025-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T04:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:22:21","slug":"sam-moore-1935-2025-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-moore-1935-2025-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Moore, 1935-2025 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsam-moore-1935-2025-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sam Moore, a renowned soul and R&#038;B artist, passed \u200caway at the age of \u200b89 in Florida. Born on October 12, 1935, in Miami, moore&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-music-save-ryan-adams-life\/\" title=\"Can Music Rescue Ryan Adams?\">musical journey began<\/a> in his childhood involvement with his church&#8217;s choir\u200d and a gospel group. His \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">extraordinary vocal abilities led<\/a> to the\u200b formation of the iconic duo &#8220;Sam &#038; Dave&#8221; after an impromptu performance at a Miami club where he\u200c helped another \u2063singer with lyrics, captivating the audience with his call-and-response style. Moore&#8217;s\u2062 life story\u2063 embodies the classic narrative of a musician&#8217;s rise to fame,struggles with \u2063addiction,and eventual redemption,marked notably by a\u200b supportive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-arrest-pennsylvania-woman-accused-of-stealing-pelosis-laptop\/\" title=\"Feds Arrest Pennsylvania Woman Accused of Stealing Pelosi\u2019s Laptop\">romantic partner<\/a>.His contributions \u200bto music earned him a place in the Rock &#038; \u200dRoll Hall of\u200d Fame, \u2064leaving \u200ca \u200dlasting legacy \u2062in the music world.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sam Moore, 1935-2025<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Stop me if you&rsquo;ve heard this story before: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">musician<\/a> rises to fame, becomes hooked on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">drugs<\/a>, and has his career nearly spiral out of control before being saved by a savvy new romantic partner. While it may be a tale as old as time, or at least as old as pop music, the way this story unfolded was anything but typical in the life and times of Sam Moore, the dynamic soul and R&amp;B artist and Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame inductee who died this week in Florida at the age of 89.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Samuel Moore was born in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/miami\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Miami<\/a> on Oct. 12, 1935. Actively involved in music from a young age, participating in his Baptist church&rsquo;s choir and a gospel group would prove pivotal for him, providing him a unique set of vocal and performative skills that he would put to exhilarating effect in his musical career.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Samuel David Moore, member of the soul and R&amp;B duo Sam &amp; Dave. (Newscom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While performing one night at the King of Hearts club in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Miami<\/a> in 1961, Moore, in between sets, noticed that the singer who was onstage was having trouble remembering the words to the Jackie Wilson song he was trying to sing. Moore took pity on him, joined him onstage, and helped him out with the lyrics. The audience responded so enthusiastically to the gospel-influenced call-and-response style of singing Moore was using to guide his fellow singer through the song that Moore and his accidental partner decided to become partners, calling themselves simply &ldquo;Sam &amp; Dave.&rdquo; One night in 1964, three Atlantic Records executives happened to be in the audience for one of their King of Hearts shows. Dazzled by the duo&rsquo;s rousing performance, the executives signed them to a deal with the Memphis soul label Stax Records, an Atlantic subsidiary. Sam &amp; Dave quickly became some of Stax&rsquo;s biggest stars. Their 1967 single &ldquo;Soul Man&rdquo; earned them a Grammy. Some of their other hits, such as &ldquo;I Thank You,&rdquo; are now probably even more recognizable than &ldquo;Soul Man&rdquo; thanks to how often we hear them in commercials and movies. (It&rsquo;d be especially hard to imagine modern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">political rallies <\/a>without the staple &ldquo;Hold On I&rsquo;m Coming.&rdquo;)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the perks of stardom, though &mdash; entourages, groupies, private buses, fame &mdash; came some of the usual pitfalls: heroin, cocaine, addiction, and infighting. By 1970, Sam &amp; Dave had broken up, completing the whole VH1 <em>Behind the Music <\/em>career arc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But their story still wasn&rsquo;t over. When their solo careers didn&rsquo;t take off as they hoped, Sam and Dave reunited, hoping to recapture some of the old magic that had made them America&rsquo;s premier &rsquo;60s soul duo. But this time their partnership would be even more tenuous than the first time around. Never exactly close friends, their relationship deteriorated even further when Dave shot and injured his wife during a fight. (Sam was no stranger to these kinds of domestic altercations; years earlier, he had been shot by the husband of a woman with whom he was having an affair.) Sam said he would continue to perform with Dave but vowed to never speak to him again.<\/p>\n<p>Sam &amp; Dave broke up again in 1981, that time for good. But their contretemps was still not over. Dave recruited a new Sam (Sam Daniels) to perform with him under the name &ldquo;the new Sam &amp; Dave Revue,&rdquo; prompting the original Sam to sue him. Their feuding only came to an end when Dave died in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">car <\/a>crash in 1988.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eight years ago, Moore was one of the select few musicians invited by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> to perform at his inaugural welcome concert. Several of the invited artists backed out, caving in to pressure from the Left. But Moore was not among them. &ldquo;I am not going to let them, the left side, intimidate me from doing what I feel is the right thing to do for the country and that [presidential] seal,&rdquo; Moore declared. &ldquo;As an American, I am honored to perform for President-elect Donald Trump. I was a participant in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-civil-rights-leaders-in-leaked-call\/\" title=\"Biden Snaps at Civil Rights Leaders in Leaked Call\">civil rights movement<\/a> and have seen many positive changes and advancement in my 81 years of living in this wonderful country, but I know we must all join hands and work together with our new president. I honestly believe that if we can accomplish this, the best is yet to come. We all as Americans need to unite behind our new president and give him a chance. He needs everyone&rsquo;s support to make America greater, stronger and an even better country.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moore&rsquo;s words, like his moving rendition of &ldquo;America the Beautiful&rdquo; on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, will be on the minds of many as Trump takes office a second time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Ross Goodman is a&nbsp;<\/em>Washington Examiner<em>&nbsp;contributing writer and the author, most recently, of&nbsp;<\/em>Soloveitchik&rsquo;s Children: Irving Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish Theology in America<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Moore, 1935-2025: A musician&#8217;s rise, struggles with addiction, and a comeback story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2854,"featured_media":2391469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Obit.012225.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48651,48650,32229,48649,32076],"class_list":["post-2391468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-1935-2025","tag-notable-figures","tag-obituary","tag-sam-moore","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Obit.012225.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391472,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391468\/revisions\/2391472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}