Mother and son dance songs on the wedding day make for some everlasting memories. For most sons, their wedding is incomplete ...

Brenton Wood, the singer and songwriter behind hits like "The Oogum Boogum Song" and "Gimme Little Sign," has died at age 83.

In 1967, Wood landed his first hit with "The Oogum Boogum Song," which reached No. 19 on ... as a founder of the ‘oldies but goodies’ movement." Born Alfred Jesse Smith in Shreveport ...

This is their cover of a Gary U.S. Bonds song. It hit No. 12 on the pop charts in 1963, but it hasn’t survived on oldies playlists and stations the way some other songs have. That’s a shame ...

The duo transformed the “call and response” of gospel music into a frenzied stage show and recorded some of soul music’s most ...

Sam & Dave scored crossover hits in "Soul Man," and "Hold On I'm Comin'." They are credited with introducing soul music to ...

(AP) — Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era ... He wrote the song “Dole Man,” modeled on “Soul ...

Moore wrote the song “Dole ... had another major hit. He married his wife, Joyce, in 1982, and she helped him get treatment ...

Sam Moore, who was the higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, influenced musicians including Michael Jackson, Al Green and ...