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• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOops, in an earlier post I goofed, please refer to this one...
  On this day in 1967 {April 29th} Arthur Conley was interviewed by Dick Clark during the 'Hot Line' segment on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandsatand'...
  At the time Arthur Connelly's "Sweet Soul Music" was at position #4 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, the following week it was at #3, then a week later it peaked at #2* {for 1 week} and it spent fifteen weeks on the Top 100...
  And also at the time the song was in it's first of five weeks at #2 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, during it's first two weeks at #2 the #1 record was "I Never Loved A Man (Like I Loved You)" by Aretha Franklin, then "Jimmy Mack" by Martha & The Vandellas kept it out of the top spot during it's third week, and for it's fourth and fifth week at #2 Aretha was back, it was her "Respect" that was at position #1 for those two weeks...
  Besides the above "Sweet Soul Music", the Georgia native had six other Top 100 records, his next biggest hit was "Funky Street", it reached #14 in 1968...
  As noted above, Arthur Conley passed away at the young age of 57 on November 17th, 2003 {intestinal cancer}...
  May he R.I.P.
  * The week "Sweet Soul Music" was at #2 on the Top 100 chart, the #1 record for that week was "The Happening" by the Supremes...
  
• Anonymous from NyThis song was really written by Sam Cooke. Conley and Otis Redding plagiarized Cooke's "Yeah Man" and were subsequently sued. I smile every time I hear this song cause they mention a lot of great soul singers but they don't mention the greatest of all time. You know the one they ripped off. ;)
  
  From Wikipedia: "Sam Cooke's business partner, sued both Redding and Conley for plagiarizing the melody. A settlement was reached in which Cooke's name was added to the writer credits, and Otis Redding agreed to record some songs in the future from Kags Music, a Cooke – JW Alexander enterprise."
  
  If you listen to Cooke's "Yeah Man", it is practically the same song. The just changed the words.
• Babbling Babette from Tulsa OkOh yes I still have the vinyl album after all these years, I gave the single to one of my cousins decades ago. It was such an upbeat song. I haven't listened to the song in years, but I still recall hearing voices in the background like it might've been the record producer or engineer or someone at the studio. Can't really tell what they're saying. Anyone know? I think Otis Redding was the producer so it might've been Otis' voice. The drums on this song are absolutely riveting!! Sacre bleu !!
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 5th 1967, "Sweet Soul Music" by Arthur Conley entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #81; and on May 7th it peaked at #2 (for 1 week) and spent 15 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 7 of those 15 weeks it was on the Top 10)...
  It also reached #2 (for 1 week) on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
  The week that it was at #2 on the Top 100 and the R&B Singles chart, the #1 record was "The Happening" by the Supremes on both those charts...
  R.I.P. Mr. Conley (1946 - 2003).
• Stella from Ham Lake, MnOtis Redding is the only one mentioned twice in the song.
• Jay from Brooklyn, NyThis is not my own observation - I read it elsewhere - but it is interesting. In 2006, three people mentioned in this song died: Low Rawles, Wilson Pickett, and James Brown. Otis Redding died in 1967, and Dave Prater in 1988. This leaves Sam Moore the last living person sung about by Arthur Conley.
• Don from Newmarket, CanadaAlso produced by Otis. A great track!
• Lynne from Baltimore, MdThis song was written by Otis Redding. Arthur Conley grew up in Aberdeen, Maryland and was an entertainer at a friends "beer joint" on weekends. I was privileged to know this great singer.

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