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...years later, while Sam was singing at a Miami club called the King of Hearts, that he got to know Dave Prater. Dave, now 31, a laborer's son from Ocilla, Ga., had also sung in church. But since moving to Miami, he had supported himself as a short-order cook and baker's assistant. One night at the King of Hearts, still dressed in his baker's white outfit, he joined Sam on the stage for some "clowning around." They have been making joyful noises ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soul: Joyful Noisemakers | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...Jimmy Irvine (Levine) Feb. 1 Ocilla, Ga. Beaten to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 27, 1930 | 10/27/1930 | See Source »

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