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Sam and Dave's biggest hit and best remembered song, " Soul Man " ( R & B # 1 / Pop # 2 ), was released in August 1967.

It was the number # 1 song in the US according to Cashbox magazine Pop charts in November 1967.

Sam & Dave won the Grammy Award in 1967 for " Best Performance-Rhythm & Blues Group " for " Soul Man ", their first gold record.

" Soul Man " was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

The song helped popularize the term to describe the emerging music genre " Soul Music " that would be so popular in the late 1960s.

According to co-writer Isaac Hayes, the title was inspired by news reports of soul pride that emerged after the 1967 race riots, where stories that painting the word " soul " on your door was a message for looters to bypass your house.

Hayes-Porter extrapolated that to " I'm a soul brother, I'm a soul man .".

It has been recognized as one of the best or most influential songs of 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone, and R. I. A. A.

Songs of the Century.

" Soul Man " was used as the soundtrack and title for a 1986 film, a 2008 film Soul Men, a 1997 – 1998 television series.