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Monday, January 21, 2019

This will do for a Monday!
I have mentioned the compilation album 'This Is Soul!' over and over and bought the album in 1968 and bot did it do the trick. Heart of this was undoubtedly this gentleman!

On this day in music history: January 20, 1967 - “Sweet Soul Music” by Arthur Conley is recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. Written by Otis Redding and Arthur Conley, it is the debut single and biggest hit for the R&B singer from Hinesfield, GA. Conley is discovered by Soul legend Otis Redding who takes the singer under his wing and releases one single on Conley on his own Jotis Records label in 1965, before helping him secure a recording contract with Atlantic Records’ Atco subsidiary in late 1966. The pair write Conley’s first hit, taking its inspiration from the Sam Cooke song “Yeah Man” and name checking several R&B contemporaries including Lou Rawls, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, James Brown and Redding himself. Released in February of 1967, “Sweet Soul Music” quickly climbs both the R&B and pop singles charts peaking #2 on both charts in May of 1967. “Sweet Soul Music” is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.

Do you like good music
That sweet soul music
Just as long as it's swingin'
Oh yeah, oh yeah
We are here on the floor now
We're going to a go go
Dancin' to the music
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Spotlight on Lou Rawls, y'all
Ah don't he look tall, y'all
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing, y'all
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Spotlight on Sam and Dave y'all
Ah don't they look boss(?) y'all
Singin' hold on I'm comin'
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Spotlight on Wilson Pickett now
That wicked picket Pickett
Singin Mustang Sally
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Spotlight on Otis Redding now
Singing fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Spotlight on James Brown, y'all
He's the king of them all, y'all
He's the king of them all, y'all
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Songwriters: Arthur Lee Conley / Otis Redding / Sam Cooke

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