SWEET SOUL MUSIC
Do you like good music?
Ha! That sweet soul music,
just as long as it's swinging.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
We're out there on the floor, y'all,
goin' to a go-go,
dancin' with the music.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Spotlight on Lou Rawls, y'all.
Oh, don't he look boss, y'all.
Singin' 'Love's a Hurtin' Thing', y'all.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Spotlight on Sam and Dave, y'all.
Oh, don't they look great, y'all.
Singin' 'Hold on, I'm Coming'.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Spotlight on Wilson Pickett now,
that wicked wicked Pickett
singin' Mustang Sally'.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Spotlight on Otis Redding now
singin' '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.
Do you like good music?
Ha! That sweet soul music,
just as long as it's swinging.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
I got to get the feeling...
- music and lyrics by Sam Cooke
with additional material from
Arthur Conley & Otis Redding Jr.
Arthur Lee Conley (4 gennaio 1946 – 17 novembre 2003) è stato un cantante statunitense di soul. Noto soprattutto per il successo del 1967 "Sweet Soul Music", Conley ha avuto una carriera musicale lunga e variegata, caratterizzata da influenze blues e R and B. Nato a Memphis, Tennessee, Conley iniziò la sua carriera negli anni '60, collaborando con artisti come Otis Redding e Wilson Pickett. Il suo stile vocale potente e melodico gli ha permesso di conquistare un posto di rilievo nel panorama musicale soul dell'epoca. Oltre a "Sweet Soul Music", tra i suoi brani più famosi ricordiamo "Shake and Shout" e "The Love I Lost". Conley è rimasto attivo nella musica fino alla fine degli anni '90, continuando a registrare album e a esibirsi dal vivo.
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