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Sam Moore

SAM MOORE:CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Television Appearances

PBS SPECIALS:

  • Rhythm Country & Blues
  • Back to Stax,The Midem Show
  • History of Rock & Roll
  • R & B 40
  • BBC Salutes the Apollo
  • EGG The Arts: Voices' The Instrument

THE GRAMMYS: 2006

  • Closing number salute to
  • New Orleans and Wilson Pickett
  • with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis
  • Costello, The Edge, Dr. John,
  • Bonnie Raitt and others

NETWORK (America):

  • Letterman (several)
  • Leno-Tonight Show
  • The Wayne Brady Show
  • The Today Show
  • “Live The Hard Rock” (NBC)
  • The Atlantic 40th at Madison Sq. Garden( ABC & HBO)
  • The Elvis Tribute (HBO)
  • Roots of Country (CBS)
  • The Belushi Birthday Bash (Disney)
  • Hello Darlin' A Tribute to Conway (TNN)
  • ACM Awards
  • David Sanborn Sunday
  • The Soul of VH-1
  • VH-1 Honors
  • VH-1 Club Karaoke with Rosanne Barr, Sting, Michael Winslow, Wynonna
  • Friday Night Videos (NBC)
  • An American Saturday Night (ABC)
  • Nightline (ABC)
  • Prime Time Country (Numerous)
  • Good Morning America(ABC)
  • Good Day Live (Fox)
  • Music City Today
  • At The Ryman(Numerous)(TNN)
  • Home & Family(ABC)
  • Nashville Now (Numerous)
  • Apollo Theater Hall of Fame
  • Phil Collins MTV Rocumentary
  • CBS Morning News
  • CNN (Numerous)
  • Sweet Soul Music
  • Crook & Chase (Numerous)
  • Imus in the Morning (MSNBC)
  • Music City News Awards
  • Roots of Country-Nashville Salutes the Ryman
  • Several News Pieces including Entertainment Tonight and CNN
  • Several Telethons including MDA, Several News bites all networks,
  • Mentions on hundreds more

VIDEOS:

  • “Rainy Night in Georgia” with Conway Twitty
  • “C-O-U-N-T-R-Y” with Joe Diffie
  • “Soul Man” with Lou Reed, Bruce Willis, Elvira, Cybil Sheppard, James Earl Jones etc.
  • “Ordinary Man” with Jr. Walker, John Cusack, Tim Robbins & Others
  • “Hey Joe” with Franchesco de Jockamo (of Felinni fame)

SOUND TRACKS AND THEME SONGS:

  • Soul Man for the Dan Aykroyd ABC Series of the same name
  • Soul Man with Lou Reed for the movie of the same name
  • “Girl of My Dreams” for Car 54 Where Are You the movie
  • “Hot Fun In The Summertime” for the Aykroyd/Candy movie “The Great Outdoors”
  • “I Take What I Want” for the movie “White Men Can't Jump”
  • “If I Should Loose Your Love” for the movie “Another Day In Paradise”

MOVIE ROLES AND APPEARNACES:

  • Adam Rifkin/Steve Bing film “Night At The Golden Eagle” ( star non-singing cameo)
  • Michael Nesmith film “Tapeheads” as cult figure duo member of Swanky Modes
  • Armstead Maupin's PBS “Tales of the City” as the Rev. Willie Sessums (non singing)
  • Aykroyd/Landis “Blues Brothers 2000” as Rev. Morris opposite James Brown
  • Paul Simon's “One Trick Pony” as himself a central plot character
  • Sidney Pollack's “40 Shades of Blue” as himself (filming in early 2003)

DOCUMENTARIES:

  • The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Salutes Sam Moore (2002)
  • “Only The Strong Survive” Miramax (2003 released)
  • “The Soul Man Returns, Sam Moore recovers (1983)
  • Numerous on the subject of music for various uses around the world, VH-1, BBC, French and Italian Television, Japanese Television, Australian Television etc.

COMMERCIALS:

  • Budweiser Radio Spots 30 & 60 Second versions
  • Northwest Airlines (spokesperson for 5 years)
  • National Football Association (NFL) Players Association Super Bowl Half-Time
  • Burger King
  • British Telecom

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • R & B Foundation Pioneer Award 1991
  • Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee 1992
  • CMA Award Nominee (2 categories)
  • ACM Award Nominee
  • Music City News Award Nominee
  • EAT'M Living Legend Award 2000
  • NARAS 2003 HERO AWARD...Florida NARAS Chapter

GOLD/PLATINUM/MULIT-PLATINUM RECORDS:

  • Rhythm Country & Blues Album (MCA)
  • Blues Brothers 2000 The Soundtrack Album (MCA)
  • Rainy Night In Georgia with Conway Twitty (MCA)
  • Human Touch, the Bruce Springsteen Album (SONY)
  • Building the Perfect Beast, the Don Henley Album (WARNER BROS)
  • Jools Holland and Friends II (WARNER/RHINO)

SPECIAL APPEARANCES:

  • AMFAR Celebrity Fund Raiser w/ Elton John & Sharon Stone Cannes 2002
  • Cannes Film Festival Judges Forte Nights Cannes 2002
  • Mohegan Sun Hotel Opening w/ Blues Bros. Steven Tyler, Bill Clinton, John Cusack, Peter Wolfe, Ashford & Simpson, Cher, Rosanne Barr and more 2002
  • The Queen's Golden Jubilee, Cardiff with Joe Cocker & Michael Bolton
  • The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 50 Years of Rock & Roll with Drew Carey, Joan Jett
  • Bergen Blues Festival, Bergen Norway 2002
  • Nashville Rocks with Michael McDonald, Wynonna, Chris Cross, Kim Carnes etc.
  • Sweet Soul Music, The Festival Bologna, Italy 2001
  • The George Bush Inaugural Bash
  • George & Barbara Bush 50th Anniversary Gala
  • The Rain Forest At Carnegie Hall with Elton John, Sting, Billy Joel, Tom Jones, Ricky
  • Martin, Gladys Knight, James Taylor
  • 50 Years of Florida's Rock and Roll History Celebration Concerts:
    Tallahassee
    Miami
  • Hard Rock Café Openings:
    Miami
    Memphis
    Cabo San Lucas
    Dallas
  • Planet Hollywood Openings:
    Nashville
    Phoenix
  • AMFAR Rock of Ages
  • The Ear Foundation Balloon Classic with the Nashville Symphony
  • The Phoenix Symphony Ball (3 years in a row)
  • Under The Stars with the Phoenix Symphony
  • The Joe Williams Salute with Henry Mancini
  • Musicares Salute to Phil Collins
  • Olympic Torch Comes to Nashville
  • NARAS Salutes Tom Dowd
  • NFL Super Bowl Players Ball
  • Rhythm Country & Blues, The Concert at Universal Amphitheater
  • QVC By The Shore
  • Royal British Air Force 50th Anniversary with the London Royal Philharmonic
  • Sam's Place
  • House of Blues Opening, Chicago
  • The Smithsonian Salutes Porter and Hayes
  • The Pioneer Awards for Porter and Hayes
  • Inaugural(s) of Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist
  • Final Crossing of the SS Norway
    ...and many more besides corporate dates, private parties, casino shows etc.
  • Premier “Only The Strong Survives”
  • Royal Albert Hall with Jools Holland, Sam Brown and Jimmy Cliff 2002
    with Elvis Costello and Pink Floyd as the back up band 1993
  • Nice Jazz Festival 2003
  • Pori Jazz 2003
  • BAM, Brooklyn 2003
  • Springsteen Christmas Shows, Asbury Park, New Jersey 2004
  • St. Suplice, Paris Espire Jazz Festival 2004
  • Hollywood Bowl 2005
  • New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2006

PRINT FEATURES:

  • Details
  • Spin
  • Rolling Stone (Numerous Random Notes and Other pieces)
  • GQ
  • People (2 Features and numerous mentions)
  • Jet
  • Billboard (Numerous)
  • Big City Blues (Cover story)
  • Mojo (Numerous)
  • Q Magazine
  • Blues & Soul (Feature and numerous)
  • Cash Box (Feature)
  • Village Voice (Feature)
  • Washington Post (numerous)
  • LA Times (several features and stories)
  • LA Daily News (features)
  • VOX
  • Country Weekly
  • In Style
  • Vanity Fair
  • USA TODAY (numerous stories and a feature)
  • Variety (numerous)
  • Hollywood Reporter (numerous)
  • Arizona Republic (numerous and feature)
  • Miami Herald (feature and numerous)
  • Music Maker
  • New York Daily News (numerous)
  • New York Times (numerous)
  • Chicago Sun Times (feature and numerous)
  • The Rep (feature)
  • The New Times Phoenix (Feature)
  • TV Guide
  • and on and on and on.

RADIO and Internet: (too numerous to mention other than)

  • Imus In the Morning
  • Larry King
  • Howard Stern (numerous)
  • Westwood One (numerous)
  • BBC (all formats numerous)
  • CBC (all formats several)
  • NPR (Numerous)
  • AP Radio (numerous)
  • Sirius Soul Special
  • Randy Jackson for Westwood One
  • Dave Marsh on Sirius

FILM FESTIVALS: (in person or by project)

  • Sundance
  • Cannes
  • Telluride
  • Chicago
  • The Hamptons
  • AFI
  • Vienna, Austria
  • London

Other blurbs and such:

Bio pieces at CNN and TV Guide Network to tie into the release of the “lost solo album” album and the new PBS Specials “Soul and Inspiration” “EGG The Arts” and “Only The Strong Survive”

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BIOGRAPHY
Sam Moore

For years Sam Moore was best known for his work with the historic soul duo bearing his name. The rapid-fire style he built, with writer/producer Isaac Hayes, on the call and response of his gospel roots, was fashioned and pioneered by Sam along with his unmistakable and incredible voice, which has become his trademark.
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