Arthur Conley - More Sweet Soul (1969)

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Arthur Conley - More Sweet Soul (LP ATCO 33-276, 1969).
(Genre: Funk / Soul).

Arthur Lee Conley (January 4, 1946 – November 17, 2003) was an American soul singer, best known for the 1967 hit, "Sweet Soul Music". 

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Conley began his recording career in 1959 with the musical group, 'Arthur And The Korvets,' later becoming a protege of Otis Redding, who later wrote and sang the 1967 hit album and song, "Sweet Soul Music" with. As a recording artist on the Atco Record Label and the Atlantic Record Label, he later became a member of the musical group, 'The Soul Clan' along with Joe Tex, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, and Don Covay. He also toured overseas on the Stax/Volt Revue Record Label. In 1970s after touring Europe for several years he moved to The Netherlands where he died on November 18, 2003, at the age of 57, of intestinal cancer. 

Arthur Conley (More Sweet Soul album):

This album was released in February 1969. 

It’s a combination of Memphis and Muscle Shoal sessions produced by Tom Dowd, features Arthur’s hit cover of the Beatles Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with Duane Allman on guitar) and his hit Aunt Dora s Love Soul Shack, which was reportedly the inspiration for the Temps Psychedelic Shack! And chief among the other tracks is the song Run On, which rivals mentor Otis Redding for sheer passion…. 

Track List: 

Ob-la-di ob-la-da / Shing-a-ling / One night is all I need / I got a feeling / Aunt Dora's love soul shack / Stuff you gotta watch / Something you got / Is that you love / Speak her name / Run on / That can't be my baby / Take a step.