Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas and especially Sam & Dave. Two days ago, Jones heard, like most of the world, that Sam Moore had died at the age of 89, depriving American music of another legend.

Wilson performed a lively, rollicking version of Quincy's Ray Charles track "Let The Good Times Roll" alongside singer and composer Jacob Collier.

Voice work is also turned in by Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), comic Fortune Feimster and ...

Country chart-topper Lainey Wilson has been named fast-food brand Whataburger's national brand ambassador for 2025.

But that night he went to a Jackie Wilson concert ... And he passes on the heritage to kids at the Stax Music Academy. Sam Moore at Stax Music Academy / Credit: CBS Sam Moore has always been ...

he was approached to replace Sam Cooke in the Soul Stirrers, but quickly turned down the invitation after seeing a performance by R&B star Jackie Wilson. Gospel-to-pop crossovers Cooke and Wilson ...

By Roy Trakin Sam Moore, who with with partner Dave Prater helped bring the sound of the church to pop music with a string ... including Wilson Pickett in Europe in spring 1982, when he married ...

While friends and family – including fellow soul singer Sam Cooke – encouraged Moore to continue singing gospel, Moore had other ideas after seeing Jackie Wilson play at a local club ...

A 2022 Broadway revival of Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning play starred John David Washington as Boy Willie, Danielle Brooks as Berniece, and Samuel L. Jackson as Doaker Charles. Washington and ...

Perhaps more than any other act, their songs illustrated the debt owed by R&B music ... Wilson in his last years, and now put Moore through rehabilitation. They were married in 1982. Sam and ...

But that night he went to a Jackie Wilson concert ... And he passes on the heritage to kids at the Stax Music Academy. Sam Moore has always been uncomfortable being called the original "Soul ...