Sam & Dave are members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, and are Grammy Award and multi-Gold Record award winning artists. According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Sam & Dave were the most successful soul duo, and brought the sounds of the black gospel church to pop music with their string of call-and-response hit records. Primarily recorded at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee from 1965 through 1968, these songs included Soul Man, Hold On, I'm Coming, I Thank You, and other Southern soul classics. Other than Aretha Franklin, no other soul act during Sam & Dave s hitmaking Stax years (1966-1968)had more consistent R&B chart success, which included 10 consecutive top 20 singles and 3 consecutive top 10 LP's. Their strong crossover popular charts appeal(13 straight appearances and 2 top 10's)also played a role in the adoption and acceptance of soul music by predominatly white pop audiences. Soul Man has been recognized by many organizations as one of the best or most influential songs of the past 50 years, including the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone Magazine, and RIAA Songs of the Century. Soul Man was also used as the soundtrack and title for both a 1986 film and a 1997 1998 television series