Posted 8 months ago
Steptoe1
(1979 items)
Hello just pulled this out, I don’t think it’s Rare but could be wrong . Looks in great condition noticed it’s produced by Otis Redding , I like his music but no idea what this is yet
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Playing this right now lol what a classic oh yeah
Arthur Lee Conley was born on January 4, 1946 in McIntosh, Georgia, and grew up in Atlanta. He recorded from the late '50s with local groups such as Arthur and the Corvets and The Evening Smiles. He moved to Baltimore, where he recorded a song, I'm a lonely stranger, which caught the attention of Otis Redding in 1965. Otis recommended him but he would only meet Conley two years later.
By then, Redding was already thinking about spreading his wings and became Conley's protector, finding him a contract with the illustrious New York label Atlantic, and also taking him on tour as part of the Southern company's Stax show. Otis produced Sweet soul music, a happy adaptation of Yeah, man, Sam Cooke's song with lyrics that celebrated some soul heroes. Likewise, Otis was behind his version of Shake, Rattle and Roll, which also entered the charts in 1967.
The death of Otis Redding left Conley in an awkward position, although he attempted to claim the position of the deceased's musical heir. Atlantic promoted him by integrating him into The Soul Clan, a fleeting supergroup - the other members were Solomon Burke, Ven E. King, Joe Tex and Don Covay - that triumphed with Soul Meeting (1968). Conley's other impacts were the great Funky Street (1968), People Sure Act Funny (1968), Aunt Dora'a love soul shake (1968), Ob-la-di, ob-la-da (1969) and God bless ( 1970), all in Atlantic. The fact that they convinced him to do Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, one of the Beatles' lightest pieces, showed his lack of direction: Otis Redding was also pressured to sing another hit. moment, Winchester cathedral, but refused.
Already on the Capricorn label, the successes were not repeated. Conley had worked successfully in Europe - during his time in Spain, he expressed his sympathy - and moved there, living in the United Kingdom and Belgium before settling in Holland. For personal reasons, he legally changed his name to Lee Roberts (the last name was his mother's). As Lee Roberts & the Sweaters, he released Soulin' in 1986, an LP recorded live in Amsterdam.
From Ruurlo, he ran several independent labels, a music publisher and a small radio station. Unlike other generationmates, he did not benefit from the revaluation of soul in the eighties and nineties. However, his songs continued to flow in other voices. Sweet soul music, glorious paradigm of the most danceable soul, was even part of the repertoire of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Jones.-
The soul music star of the sixties, Arthur Conley, died at the age of 57 in the Dutch town of Ruurlo, where he had lived since the beginning of the seventies. The artist suffered from intestinal cancer, whose condition deteriorated in recent weeks. Protected by the ill-fated Otis Redding, Arthur Conley rose to fame thanks to the classic 'Sweet Soul Music'. The death of Arthur Conley joins this year the deaths of contemporary artists close in style such as Barry White, Edwyn Star or Mongo Santamaría. He would have turned 58 on January 2. Born in Atlanta (Georgia, USA) in 1946, the singer rose to fame thanks to the tutelage exercised by the legendary Otis Redding. Everyone remembers him for his enduring classic Sweet Soul Music from 1967, but Conley began his career in 1959 when he was fronting Arthur and the Corvets. Heir to Sam Cooke's style, he adapted his Yeah, Man with Redding, turning it into a tribute to soul in Sweet soul music. The pairing would also work very well that same year with Yeah man. Conley's other minor hits were Funky Street and People Sure Act Funny. In the early 1970s, Arthur Conley retired from the United States, dissatisfied with the artistic direction his career was taking, under pressure from Atlantic. He settled in Holland after living in several countries. In 1986 he recorded a live album in Amsterdam, Soulin', under the name Lee Roberts & the Sweaters.
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Thanks Kelly great information about him.
Brilliant