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- Dave Prater Sr., of the soul-singing duo Sam and Dave, was killed Saturday when the car he was driving went off Interstate 75 near Sycamore, Ga., and hit a tree. He was 50 years old.
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David Prater Jr. (May 9, 1937 – April 9, 1988) was an American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until his death in 1988.
Apr 13, 1988 · Dave Prater Sr. of the Grammy-winning Sam and Dave soul duo has been killed in an auto crash, it was reported Tuesday. Prater became popular with the 1960s hit “Hold On, I’m Comin” and...
Apr 13, 1988 · Dave Prater Sr., of the soul-singing duo Sam and Dave, was killed Saturday when the car he was driving went off Interstate 75 near Sycamore, Ga., and hit a tree. He was 50 years old.
Apr 12, 1988 · SYCAMORE, Ga. -- Dave Prater Jr., half of the Sam and Dave singing team that helped define soul music with songs like 'Hold On, I'm Coming' and 'Soul Man,' died in a car wreck, authorities said...
Apr 3, 2020 · Today in 1988, soul singer Dave Prater of Sam & Dave died at age 50 in a single car accident in Georgia. He was in the duo from 1961 until his death in 1988.
Feb 2, 2016 · From the beginning, Sam’s otherworldly high tenor overshadowed Dave’s low harmony, and for a variety of reasons—some personal, some practical, some musical—the history of Sam & Dave has been rewritten in the nearly thirty years since Prater’s death so as to diminish Dave’s contributions.
Sam & Dave were an American soul and R&B duo who performed together from 1961 until 1981. The tenor (higher) voice was Sam Moore (born 1935) and the baritone/tenor (lower) voice was Dave Prater (1937–1988).
