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**** White House To Salute “Memphis Soul” **** Sam Moore Legendary Soul Man  Sam Moore will perform in the East Room at the White House to celebrate the timeless classics of “Memphis Soul” as part of the Emmy Award-Nominated PBS Music Special IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE Series on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host the all-star concert, which will include performances by Sam Moore, William Bell, Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Ben Harper, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, Joshua Ledet, Charlie Musselwhite. Alabama Shakes, Mavis Staples and Justin Timberlake, along with Booker T. Jones as music director and band leader. The program will premiere on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. EST on PBS stations nationwide. Sam Moore is very appreciative of the invitation from the President, as the White House is saluting “Memphis Soul” and the artists who were fortunate enough to have been part of the creation...

On September 29th, the Japanese queen of R&B, Akiko Wada, will perform in New York for the first time to celebrate the 40th anniversary since her debut as an artist. Akiko Wada decided to celebrate with a performance at the renowned Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York due to its history of presenting R&B favorites including, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson and Aretha Franklin, with whom Ms. Wada is often compared.The performance will include special guest and legendary soul icon, Sam Moore, who is the famous voice behind the well known soulful, hit song “Soul Man”. This is a happy reunion for Akiko Wada and Sam Moore since they have performed on stage together. The duo first performed together on Japanese Television early in Akiko Wada’s career and at the time of Sam Moore’s rise to fame as lead vocalist of Sam & Dave.The band, The Wild Women will be opening the show and The Bronx Mass Choir will be performing as back-up for Akiko Wada throughout the performance. Ticket prices r...