Arthur Conley

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Arthur Conley (1967)

Arthur Conley (born January 4, 1946 in Atlanta , Georgia , † November 17, 2003 in Ruurlo , Netherlands ) was an American soul singer.

Life

Conley grew up in Atlanta. He made his first record in 1959 as the singer of the band "Arthur & the Corvets". With this formation he recorded a total of three singles in 1963 and 1964 for the record company "National Recording Company" in Atlanta .

In 1964 he moved to the record company "Ru-Jac Records" in Baltimore and released "I'm a Lonely Stranger" here. When Otis Redding heard of this recording, he made Conley an offer in 1967 to release a new version on Redding's own record company "Jotis Records", which was only the company's second record. Together they then rewrote the original Sam Cooke song "Yeah Man" as "Sweet Soul Music", which was then released at Redding's endeavor at Atco Records , a subsidiary of "Fame Records", and at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. has been recorded. It became a hit that rose to number two in the US charts and the top ten in most European countries. “Sweet Soul Music” was sold over a million times and was awarded a gold record. ( Music recording sales certification ).

After further single releases in the early 1970s, Conley went to England in 1975 and then settled in Amsterdam in the spring of 1977 . At the beginning of the 1980s he had successful appearances as "Lee Roberts and the Sweaters" at Ganzenhoef, Paradiso, De Melkweg and the Concertgebouw . At the end of the 1980s he moved to Ruurlo, where he officially changed his name to Lee Roberts (a combination of his middle name and his mother's maiden name).

Here he continued the music business with his company "Art-Con Productions Company". One of the music groups under contract with him was the heavy metal band "Shockwave" from The Hague .

A live concert by Lee Roberts & the Sweaters on January 8, 1980 was released as the album Soulin 1988.

Conley died of colon cancer in Ruurlo in November 2003 at the age of 57. He is buried in the Vorden cemetery.

Record recordings

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Sweet Soul Music
  US 93 05/13/1967 (13 weeks)
Shake, Rattle & Roll
  US 193 08/19/1967 (2 weeks)
Soul Directions
  US 185 07/06/1968 (2 weeks)
Singles
Sweet Soul Music
  US 2 03/11/1967 (15 weeks)
  CA 5 03/18/1967 (12 weeks)
  UK 7th 05/03/1967 (14 weeks)
Shake, Rattle & Roll
  US 31 06/10/1967 (7 weeks)
  CA 38 06/17/1967 (6 weeks)
Whole Lotta Woman
  US 73 04/11/1967 (3 weeks)
Funky Street
  US 14th March 16, 1968 (12 weeks)
  CA 18th 03/23/1968 (11 weeks)
  UK 46 04/16/1968 (1 week)
People Sure Act Funny
  US 58 06/22/1968 (5 weeks)
  CA 39 06/22/1968 (5 weeks)
Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack
  US 85 10/26/1968 (4 weeks)
  CA 79 10/21/1968 (2 weeks)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
  US 51 04/01/1969 (6 weeks)
  CA 56 12/30/1968 (4 weeks)
God Bless
  CA 84 05/23/1970 (1 week)
  • Aunt Dora's Soul Love Shack , 1968
  • Burning fire
  • Baby, What You Want Me To Do
  • Day-O , 1969, Jamaican folk song recorded by Harry Belafonte
  • Flossie Mae , 1963, as Arthur & the Corvets
  • Funky Street , 1968, # 5 R&B
  • God Bless , 1970, Top 40 R&B
  • Ha ha ha
  • I Believe , 1963, as Arthur & the Corvets
  • I Can't Stop (No, No, No) , 1966, written by Dan Penn
  • I got a feeling
  • I'm a Lonely Stranger , 1964, solo, re-recorded in 1965
  • I'm Living Good , 1971-1974
  • It's So Nice [When It's Someone Else's Wife] , 1971-1974
  • Is that you love
  • Let's Go Steady , B-side from Sweet Soul Music
  • Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da , 1968, # 41 R&B, Beatles cover featured guitar of Duane Allman
  • One Night Is All I Need
  • Otis Sleep On , 1968
  • People Sure Act Funny , 1968, Top 20 R&B
  • Poor Girl , 1963, as Arthur & the Corvets
  • Put Our Love Together , B-side by Funky Street on Atco Records produced by Tom Dowd
  • Rita , 1971-1974
  • Run On , 1968
  • Shake, Rattle and Roll , 1967, Top 20 R&B
  • Shing-a-Ling
  • Something You Got
  • Speak Her Name , featured guitar of Duane Allman.
  • Star Review , 1969, with Tom Dowd , written by Allen Toussaint
  • Stuff You Gotta Watch , featured guitar of Duane Allman.
  • Sweet Soul Music , 1967, co-authored by Otis Redding, # 2 R&B
  • Take a step
  • Take Me (Just as I Am) , 1966–1967 (?)
  • That Can't Be My Baby
  • Walking on Eggs , 1971-1974
  • Who's Foolin 'Who , 1966
  • Whole Lotta Woman , 1967
  • Wholesale love

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stax Records . www.goergwa.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs , 2nd. Edition, Barrie and Jenkins Ltd, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , p. 218.
  3. ↑ Chart sources: Charts US, CA Charts UK
personal data
SURNAME Conley, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soul singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 2003
Place of death Ruurlo , Netherlands