{{short description|American singer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sam Gary | birth_date = February 19, 1917 | birth_place = ''Florida'' | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|07|20|1917|02|19}} | genre = blues and folk | occupation = singer | module3 = }}
'''Sam Gary''' (February 19, 1917 – July 20, 1986) was an American blues and folk singer known for his collaboration with Josh White.
Born in Florida, Gary in the 1940s was a member of Josh White and His Carolinians and the Almanac Singers.{{Better source needed|date=October 2024|reason=Blog}}<ref name="medium zero">{{Cite web |last=Gaunt |first=James |date=2022-12-14 |title=Sam Gary Sings — On the life of Samuel Gary (1917–1986) |url=https://medium.com/the-shadow-knows/sam-gary-sings-on-the-life-of-samuel-gary-1917-1986-b4c74d610d67 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=The Shadow Knows |language=en}}</ref> In 1956, he recorded an album for Tom Wilson's Transition Records that was later released on the British record label Esquire.<ref name="medium zero" /> it was produced by Dean Gitter and with guitar accompaniment by Josh White.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Illustrated Sam Gary discography |url=https://www.wirz.de/music/gary.htm |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=www.wirz.de}}</ref>
After retiring from music, Sam Gary moved to Aiken, South Carolina with his wife.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Norris |first=Martha |date=18 January 1987 |title=A Life Full Of Music, Children, And Love |pages=6 |work=Aiken Standard}}</ref> He died July 20, 1986 in a fire.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 1986 |title=Samuel Gary |pages=4 |work=Aiken Standard}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.wirz.de/music/gary.htm Illustrated Sam Gary discography]
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