Soul Man : Rolling Stone

Written by: Isaac Hayes, David Porter
Produced by: Hayes, Porter
Released: Sept. '67 on Stax
Charts: 15 weeks
Top spot: No. 2

For the follow-up to "Hold On, I'm Comin'," writer-producers Hayes and Porter decided to tinker with their winning formula: Porter asked singer Sam Moore to give him "the Bobby Bland squall," guitarist Steve Cropper came up with the licks that set up the familiar blast of the Memphis Horns, and -- voila! -- another Memphis soul classic was born. "We had no idea how good we were," Hayes said of the partnership.

Appears on: Soul Men (Rhino)

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