Arthur Conley
Arthur Lee Conley (January 4, 1946 – November 17, 2003) was a U.S. soul singer, best known for the 1967 hit "Sweet Soul Music".
Early life
Conley was born in McIntosh County, Georgia, U.S., and grew up in Atlanta. He first recorded in 1959 as the lead singer of Arthur & the Corvets. With this group, he released three singles in 1963 and 1964—"Poor Girl", "I Believe", and "Flossie Mae"—on the Atlanta-based record label, National Recording Company.
Biography and career
In 1964, he moved to a new label (Baltimore's Ru-Jac Records) and released "I'm a Lonely Stranger". When Otis Redding heard this, he asked Conley to record a new version, which was released on Redding's own fledgling label Jotis Records, as only its second release. Conley met Redding in 1967. Together they rewrote the Sam Cooke song "Yeah Man" into "Sweet Soul Music", which, at Redding's insistence, was released on the Atco-distributed label Fame Records, and was recorded at FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It proved to be a massive hit, going to the number two position on the U.S. charts and the Top Ten across much of Europe. "Sweet Soul Music" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
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Arthur Conley
ALBUMS
- The Platinum Collection released: 2007
- Sweet Soul Music released: 1967
- Sweet Soul Music: The Best of Arthur Conley released:
The Platinum Collection
Released 2007- Sweet Soul Music
- Funky Street
- Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack
- Hearsay
- People Sure Act Funny
- Who's Foolin' Who
- I Got a Feeling
- I Can't Stop (No, No, No)
- Something You Got
- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- That Can't Be My Baby
- Run On
- Shing-A-Ling
- I'm a Lonely Stranger
- Is That You Love
- Speak Her Name
- Take a Step
- Take Me (Just as I Am)
- This Love of Mine
- Otis Sleep On
Sweet Soul Music: The Best of Arthur Conley
- I'm a Lonely Stranger
- Who's Fooling Who
- In the Same Old Way
- I Can't Stop (No, No, No)
- Take Me (Just as I Am)
- Sweet Soul Music
- Let's Go Steady
- Wholesale Love
- Shake, Rattle & Roll
- Whole Lotta Woman
- People Sure Act Funny
- Funky Street
- Get Yourself Another Fool
- Run On
- Otis Sleep On
- Put Our Love Together
- Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- Star Review
- They Call the Wind Maria
- God Bless
- Nobody's Fault but Mine
Born: 1946-01-04
Died: 2003-11-17
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Shake, Rattle & Roll
by: Arthur ConleyGet out of that bed
And wash those face and hands
You don't hear me
Get out of that bed
And wash those face and hands
Oh, yeah
You better get in that kitchen
And make some noise
With the pots and pans
Lookie here
I believe to my soul
You're wearing them nylon hose
Lord, have mercy
I believe to my soul
You're wearing them nylon hose
Oh, yeah, and you won't do right
To save your natural soul
And all you wanna do is
Shake, rattle and roll in the morning
Shake, rattle and roll in the evening
Shake, rattle and roll all night long
Shake, rattle and roll
Ha ha, you won't do right
To save your natural soul
Let me tell you something, uh
I'm like a one-eyed cat
Peeping in a seafood store, oh, yeah
And I can look at you and tell
You ain't no child no more
And all you wanna do is
Shake, rattle and roll all night long
Shake, rattle and roll in the morning
Shake, rattle and roll all night long
Shake, rattle and roll
You won't do right
To save your natural soul, oh, yeah
Shake, rattle and roll, baby
Shake, rattle and roll, oh, yeah
Shake, rattle and roll
What you gonna do now
Shake, rattle and roll
What you gonna do now
Shake, rattle and roll
Everybody sing it
Shake, rattle and roll
Oh, one more time
Shake, rattle and roll
Got to, got to do it
Shake, rattle and roll
What you gonna do now
Shake, rattle and roll
Come on, do it
Shake, rattle and roll
All night long
Shake, rattle and roll
Everybody, sing it
Shake, rattle and roll
Oh, one more time