Atlanta (Georgia) January 4, 1946 Ruurlo (Netherlands) November 16, 2003
Gradually, as his genius asserts itself on stage and in studio, Otis Redding took charge various aspects of his career whether the scene studio, or writing. In 1965, he even decided to produce other artists, to give chance to those who come after him. That year, his path crosses that of a singer nineteen year-old from Atlanta, Arthur Conley.
After taking him on tour with him, Otis led the studio, like Stax in Memphis to Muscle Shoals. Their first collaboration, I'm a Lonely Stranger is followed Sweet Soul Music , inspired Yeah Man Sam Cooke, Otis Redding gives distribution Atco, Atlantic sub-brand.
Ranked in second place on the charts R & B and Pop in spring 1976 (a feat Otis himself had not yet successful), Sweet Soul Music becomes an inescapable anthem to the soul, with references to all the giants of the genre, James Brown, Wilson Pickett Lou Rawls and Sam & Dave, while the album Sweet Soul Music became a bestseller of the season. On his return from a European tour with Otis and other Stax stars, Arthur Conley found the charts during the summer with the beach as another production signed Otis, Shake Rattle & Roll.
The death of Otis Redding a few months later is catastrophic for Arthur Conley who loses his best protector. Atlantic did not want to give up along the way an artist as promising, the engineer assigned to the firm, Tom Dowd, became the artistic director of the album Soul Directions.
Without both Otis, Tom Dowd gets away with the honors since Funky Street among the Top 10 black and Top 20 Pop in the first half of 1968, which is to participate in Arthur Conley adventure ephemeral Soul Clan alongside Joe Tex, Ben E. King, Don Covay and Solomon Burke to record the 45-t. Soul Meeting.
After a recent collection titled Atlantic More Sweet Soul giving Arthur Conley hit two minors in 1969 (including a replay of Ob-La-Di, Ob-la-da Beatles), his career mired despite a contract with Capricorn and mark it ends s Install in Holland where he lived for many years of his legendary status of the soul.
Biography taken from the book Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Soul by Sebastian Danchin, Fayard (2002).
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As his genius asserted on stage and in the studio, Otis Redding took on the different aspects of his career be them stage, studio or writing. In 1965, he even decided to produce other artists, to give a chance to those who would come after him. On that year, his road crossed the one of a nineteen year-old singer from Atlanta named Arthur Conley.
After taking him on his tour, Otis put him in studio, at Stax in Memphis or in Muscle Shoals. Their first collaboration, I'm a Lonely Stranger is followed by Sweet Soul Music, inspired by Sam Cooke's Yeah Man, which Otis Redding gives the distribution to Atco, division of Atlantic.
Coming second in the R&B and Pop charts in the spring of 1976 (a thing Otis had never managed to do yet), Sweet Soul Music became a Soul anthem, with references to all the legends of the genre, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Lou Rawls and Sam & Dave. Meanwhile, the album Sweet Soul Music turned into one of the best selling records of the season. Coming back from the Stax tour with Otis and others, Arthur Conley got back in touch with the charts during the summer with an other Otis production, Shake Rattle & Roll.
The death of Otis a few months later is catastrophic for Arthur Conley who lost his best protector. Atlantic, not willing to give up such a talented artist, placed Tom Dowd, the sound engineer of the company, as artistic director for the album Soul Directions.
Without doing as well as Otis, Tom Dowd managed to get Funky Street to the Black Top 10 and the Pop Top 20 during the first semester of 1968 which allowed Arthur Conley to take part in the short Soul Clan adventure along with Joe Tex, Ben E. King, Don Covay and Solomon Burke for the recording of the 45rpm Soul Meeting.
After a last Atlantic compilation entitled More Sweet Soul, giving Arthur Conley two minor hits in 1969 (among which a reinterpretation of the Beatles' Ob-La-Di, Ob-la-Da) his career faded despite a contract with Capricorn Records. He ended up settling in Holland where he lived for a long time on his reputation of Soul music legend.
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