💖🎵 Sam & Dave - ' Hold On I'm Comin' ' (1967) LIVE 🎵💖

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** Interesting ; )

"When Bob Dole ran for president of the United States in 1996, he used this song, repurposed as "Dole Man," as his campaign song until he was sued by the copyright holders of the song."
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/sam-dave/soul-man

"While campaigning for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama would play this song. Moore wrote him a letter, putting a stop to it: “I have not agreed to endorse you for the highest office in our land. I reserve my right to determine who I will support when and if I choose to do so. My vote is a very private matter between myself and the ballot box. My endorsement and support of a candidate, because I do carry some celebrity, makes it quite a different matter.”"
https://genius.com/Sam-and-dave-hold-on-im-comin-lyrics
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'Soul Man' sues filmmakers for depicting him
Sunday, 26 April 2009

Surviving member of Sam & Dave says Samuel L. Jackson's 'tawdry' portrayal tarnishes his reputation.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sam Moore, one half of the Stax Records duo Sam & Dave in the 1960s, has filed suit in Nashville's federal court against movie producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein as well as others involved in the film "Soul Men," released last November. ...

https://web.archive.org/web/20110513093131/http://www.originalsoulmen.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7:soul-man-sues-filmmakers-for-depicting-him&catid=2:latest-headlines
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