Which soul duo recorded the 1967 hit 'Soul Man'?

Sam & Dave recorded the 1967 hit “Soul Man.” The duo—Sam Moore and Dave Prater—made the song one of the defining recordings of the Stax-era soul sound.

Written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter and released on Stax in 1967, “Soul Man” paired Sam & Dave’s call-and-response vocals with the house band Booker T. & the M.G.’s. Steve Cropper’s guitar is famously acknowledged in the lyric, while the recording’s driving rhythm gave it broad pop and R&B appeal.

The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 2 on the Hot 100. It won a Grammy for the duo, later entered the Grammy Hall of Fame, and inspired a successful cover by the Blues Brothers. Wilson Pickett, James Brown, and Otis Redding were major soul artists, but none recorded the original hit as a duo.