"There simply isn't another sound like Sam's soulful tenor in American music," Springsteen writes of musical influence, friend and collaborator

Sam Moore, formerly of the musical duo Sam and Dave, died at the age of 89, reports the New York Times. Moore died in the hospital after receiving surgery, his wife and manager, Joyce Moore, told the outlet.

Sam Moore was half of the soul duo Sam & Dave, alongside Dave Prater, who died in 1988. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were best known for their hits "Soul Man," "I Than