THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
530-Sam & Dave-Soul Man.
1967-Number 24 single.
Best Bit-At 0.09.If you ever wondered where the term ‘Soul’ music came from, now you know.
Sam Moore and Dave Prater (died 1988,) were active as a duo between 1961-1981.
Soul Man was written and produced by Isaac Hayes and David Porter with all the music played by the ‘Stax’ house band Booker T. & the MG’s (see best songs 906.)
Isaac Hayes spoke about the song,’I got the idea from watching on TV the riots in Detroit.It was said that if you put ‘Soul’ on the door of your business establishment,they wouldn’t burn it.Then the word ‘Soul,’it was a galvanising kind of thing for African Americans.’
It is said that The Blues Brothers,’John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd based their characters on Sam & Dave.
‘Coming to you on a dusty road good loving I got a truck load.’
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