Booker T. Jones, who backed Sam & Dave on many classics, pays tribute to the late soul legend Sam Moore: 'I will miss this beautiful set of lungs' ...

Rubbing shoulders with Motown for soul's defining label, Memphis' Stax Records boasted an impressive discography, all ...

The first two letters of their last names gave the studio its snappy moniker: Stax. "David pushed past ... Drum roll please: Otis Redding ("(Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay"), Sam & Dave ("Soul ...

You don't have to be an expert on classic soul and R&B to recognize the American music monuments that emerged from Stax Records in the Sixties and Seventies. Sam & Dave's "Soul Man," Otis Redding ...

I walked to his house. I had Otis Redding playing on my phone. And I sat down and he said, “What do you think about doing a documentary on Stax Records? This company White Horse Pictures ...

In 1962, Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers had an audition in Memphis for the rising new label, Stax Records ...

(AP) — Fans of the soulful sounds of Detroit’s Motown and Memphis’ Stax Records will be able to ... Stax’s contribution comes from Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor ...

Otis Redding died in a plane crash a few months ... The concert will be led by Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. Stax Records began as a small regional record label in Memphis ...

Redding soon started playing with local bands and came to the attention of Atlantic Records, who signed Otis and sent him to record at the legendary Stax studios in Memphis, recording, among ...

Bruce Springsteen has paid heartfelt tribute to Sam Moore, one half of Stax Records' Sam& Dave. "Over on E Street, we are heartbroken to hear of the death of Sam Moore, one of America's greatest soul ...

Along with labelmate Otis Redding, Sam & Dave were show ... then “loaned” out to Stax to produce, record and release their records. The pair’s November 1965 single, “You Don’t Know ...

On the European tour [the Stax/Volt Revue, 1967], I called Sam “the pacemaker” for the tour. He set the tone for the shows. Otis was the biggest star, so he closed the show, but even Otis was ...