Sam Moore – AMEE Lifetime Achievement Award in Sound Recordings

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Sam Moore – AMEE Lifetime Achievement Award in Sound Recordings

For years, Sam Moore was best known for his work with the historic soul duo Sam & Dave. The rapid-fire style, built on the call and response of gospel, was fashioned and pioneered by Moore and became the trademark of the duo. Songs like “Hold On I’m Coming,” “I Thank You,” “When Something is Wrong with My Baby” and the monster hit “Soul Man” catapulted Sam & Dave up both the Pop and R&B charts, selling more than 10 million records worldwide in the process.

Moore has maintained through the years a successful solo career, touring and scoring critical acclaim for his work, including his duet with the late Conway Twitty, “Rainy Night in Georgia,” which earned them a platinum record as well as two Country Music Association Award nominations. The duet was just one of the many collaborations he made with many top artists including Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Sting, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Billy Joel, Annie Lennox and many other greats. His most recent critically acclaimed album, "Overnight Sensational," released in late summer 2006 with the late Billy Preston along with Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph and Italian rocker Zucchero, garnered a Grammy Nomination in the best R & B duo or group category.

Moore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the Grammy Song Hall of Fame for “Soul Man” and has also been honored with the NARAS Heroes Award and the first ever British MOBO'S Lifetime Achievement Award, among many honors.

Moore has been and remains a champion and an AFTRA partner in the passage of the Performance Rights Act, currently going through the legislative process. The bill seeks to correct the fact that the U.S. is the only developed country on the planet that does not recognize the right of performers to be compensated when their music is played on broadcast radio. Moore has testified before the House Judiciary Committee and walked the halls of Congress to personally lobby for this right.

2010 AMEES