# Sam Gary

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{{short description|American singer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Sam Gary
| birth_date        = February 19, 1917
| birth_place       = ''[Florida](/source/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](/source/Josh_White).

Born in [Florida](/source/Florida), Gary in the 1940s was a member of [Josh White](/source/Josh_White) and [His Carolinians](/source/His_Carolinians) and the [Almanac Singers](/source/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](/source/Tom_Wilson_(producer)) [Transition Records](/source/Transition_Records) that was later released on the British record label [Esquire](/source/Esquire_Records_(UK)).<ref name="medium zero" /> it was produced by [Dean Gitter](/source/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](/source/Aiken%2C_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 ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.wirz.de/music/gary.htm Illustrated Sam Gary discography]

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Category:American blues singers
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Category:20th-century African-American male singers
Category:20th-century American male singers
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:Singers from Florida
Category:Blues musicians from Florida

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