Arthur Conley
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Biography
[Edit]Arthur Conley sang and (with mentor Otis Redding) co-wrote the 1967 classic "Sweet Soul Music," arguably the finest record ever made about the genre it celebrates. Born January 4, 1946, in McIntosh, GA, and raised in Atlanta, Conley was just 12 years old when he joined the Evening Smiles, a gospel group that appeared regularly on local radio station WAOK. By 1963 he was leading his own R&B outfit, Arthur & the Corvets, which over the next two years issued three singles — "Poor Girl," "I Believe," and "Flossie Mae" — for the Atlanta label National Recording Company. Despite Conley's graceful yet powerful vocals (which owed an immense debt to his idol, Sam Cooke), the NRC singles earned little attention, and he dissolved the group to mount a solo career, releasing "I'm a Lonely Stranger" on the Ru-Jac label in late 1964. Label owner Rufus Mitchell then passed a copy of the single to soul shouter Redding, who was so impressed he invited Conley to re-record the song at Memphis' Stax Studios. With Jim Stewart assuming production duties, the recut "I'm a Stranger" hit retail in the fall of 1965, and was just the second single to appear on Redding's fledgling Jotis imprint. Conley's "Who's Foolin' Who" followed in early 1966, and proved the fourth and final Jotis effort.
At Redding's urging, Conley signed to Atco-distributed Fame Records for his next single, the Dan Penn-written "I Can't Stop (No, No, No)." Though his strongest, most incendiary record to date, it met the same commercial indifference that greeted his previous efforts. Likewise, the follow-up "Take Me (Just as I Am)" fell on deaf ears, even though the song was a major pop hit for Solomon Burke the following year. At that point Redding took an even greater role in Conley's career, encouraging his songwriting and advising him in business decisions; while jamming on a cover of Cooke's "Yeah Man," the pair began tinkering with the original song, creating what would ultimately become "Sweet Soul Music." An electrifying tribute to the Southern soul idiom that name-checked icons including James Brown, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, and — at Conley's insistence — Redding himself, the resulting single (Conley's debut for new label Atco) proved a massive hit, reaching number two on both the Billboard pop and R&B charts while reaching the Top Ten across much of Europe. An LP also titled Sweet Soul Music soon followed, compiling the singer's little-heard Jotis and Fame sides. Conley's next single, a reading of the Big Joe Turner chestnut "Shake, Rattle and Roll," returned him to the pop Top 40 and the R&B Top 20, although its follow-up, a cover of Cooke's "Whole Lotta Woman," reached only number 73 on the pop chart.
Conley was performing in Florida the night of December 10, 1967, when Redding and members of his backing band the Bar-Kays were killed in a Wisconsin plane crash; without Redding to run interference with Atco executives, the singer's career threatened to revert back to its rudderless beginnings, but in early 1968 Conley righted the ship, traveling to Memphis' American Recording Studios to collaborate with the crack producer Tom Dowd. The session generated some of the singer's finest material, including the Top 20 R&B hit "People Sure Act Funny," "Run On," and the stirring Redding tribute "Otis Sleep On." Best of all was the scorching "Funky Street," which hit number five on the Billboard R&B chart and number 14 on its pop counterpart. Weeks later Conley teamed with Burke, Don Covay, Ben E. King, and Joe Tex as the Soul Clan, recording the all-star LP Soul Meeting; he then embarked on a month-long tour of Europe, returning to American to cut the Dowd-produced "Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack," a minor hit that was reportedly the inspiration for the Temptations' smash "Psychedelic Shack." Conley closed out the year by recording a cover of the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." Featuring the great Duane Allman on guitar, the single reached number 51 pop and number 41 R&B in early 1969.
After one final outing with Dowd, the Allen Toussaint-penned "Star Review" — a naked and failed attempt to recapture the brilliance of "Sweet Soul Music" — Conley signed on with producer Johnny Sandlin, returning to the R&B Top 40 in early 1970 with "God Bless." His final Atco disc, an ill-advised rendition of Harry Belafonte's perennial "Day-O," foreshadowed the poor choices that characterized his subsequent tenure with manager Phil Walden's Capricorn label. Between 1971 and 1974, Conley released only four singles ("I'm Living Good," "Walking on Eggs," "Rita," and "It's So Nice [When It's Someone Else's Wife]"), all of them substandard and none of them hits. In 1975 he relocated to England, spending several years in Belgium before settling in the Netherlands in 1980. There he legally changed his name to Lee Roberts (the first name his own middle name, the surname his mother's maiden name). A live date recorded in Amsterdam on January 6, 1980, was issued commercially in 1988 under the title Soulin' and credited to Lee Roberts & the Sweaters. In the years to follow he emerged as a successful entrepreneur. At one point in time his Art-Con Productions consisted of some nine companies, among them Sweat Records, Upcoming Artists Records, Charity Records, Happy Jack Publishing, and the New Age Culture Exchange radio station. After a long bout with cancer, Conley died in the Dutch city of Ruurlo on November 17, 2003.
Title: Recorded Live In Amsterdam (Live)
Artist: Arthur Conley, The Sweaters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Collections
Title: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Talk to Me (Music from the Motion Picture)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Atlantic Unearthed - Soul Brothers
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Clan
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Only In America: Atlantic Soul Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Black Magic (Soundtrack) [Remastered]
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Atlantic Top 60: Sweat-Soaked Soul Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Three Sweet Soul Music Kings
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Atlantic 60th: Soul, Sweat and Strut
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Blues & Soul Masters CD 1
Title: Pacha Ibiza Flower Power CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Deep Soul 25
Genre: Pop
Title: Duane Allman: An Anthology, Volume 2
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: All The... 60'S (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Body & Soul CD 1
Genre: Soul
Title: Soul Legends (CD14)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Psychedelic
Title: 100 Hits - Party (CD2)
Genre: World Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Happy Days Are Back Again Volume 1 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Arte Summer Of Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Title: 100 Hits Soul (CD01)
Title: Rock And Roll Enganchados - 60s 70s (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Beg, Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul
Genre: Soul
Title: Sweet Soul Music 30 Scorching Classics From 1967
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Sweet Soul Music 1968
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: 100 Tubes Soul (CD2)
Title: The Complete FAME Singles Volume 1: 1964-67 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: My Perfect List 60 Titres SOUL 1 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Atlantic Gold - 100 Soul Classics (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Ultimate Soul Men (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Mod Anthems (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: 100 Hits: Soul
Title: 100 Hits: Party
Title: Simply The Best Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: Various Artists - The Muscle Shoals Sound
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Discobaar A Moeder 2de Vitesse
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Pop
Title: New Millennium Soul Party
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Peaches (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Country Rock
Title: Anthems Soul Classics - Ministry Of Sound (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Disco
Title: Let It Be: Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney And Harrison
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk
Title: Atlantic R&B Hits Of The Sixties
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul: The Collection (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Vocal Jazz, Funk
Title: 60s R&B
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Feel Good Music
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Folk Rock, Glam Rock, Disco
Title: 60s Soul Beyond The Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Move On Up - Dance Music
Title: Introducing... Soul
Title: Memphis Soul: A Stateside Selection
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Gold - Best Of The 60s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Get Right: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Vol. 2: 1964-1966
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Featuring albums
Title: 60’s Soul Beyond Hits / 60's Soul Beyond Hits
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Essencial e Inesquecível / Soul Essencial e Inesquecivel
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: X5 Music Group
Artist: Crate Dig Funk
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Soul Jazz, Funk, Psychedelic, Bossanova