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@Justin-case, if you want me to pull this just say the word.....I try to only post things of this nature in 'friendly' threads...)
Have we got a moment to talk about Arthur Conley?
Personal life
Conley was gay, and several music writers have said that his homosexuality was a bar to greater success in the United States and one of the reasons behind his move to Europe and his eventual name change.
[4] In 2014, rock historian Ed Ward wrote, "[Conley] headed to Amsterdam and changed his name to Lee Roberts. Nobody knew 'Lee Roberts,' and at last Conley was able to live in peace with a secret he had hidden--or thought he had--for entire career: he was gay. But nobody in Holland cared."
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Death
Conley died from
intestinal cancer in
Ruurlo, Netherlands aged 57 in November 2003. He was buried in
Vorden.
Recordings
- "Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack", 1968
- "Burning Fire"
- "Baby, What You Want Me To Do"
- "Day-O", 1969, Jamaican folk song recorded by Harry Belafonte
- "Flossie Mae", 1963, as Arthur & the Corvets
- "Funky Street", 1968, #5 R&B, #14 pop
- "God Bless", 1970, Top 40 R&B
- "Ha Ha Ha"
- "I Believe", 1963, as Arthur & the Corvets
- "I Can't Stop (No, No, No)", 1966, written by Dan Penn
- "I Got A Feeling"
- "I'm a Lonely Stranger", 1964, solo, re-recorded in 1965
- "I'm Living Good", 1971–1974
- "It's So Nice [When It's Someone Else's Wife]", 1971–1974
- "Is That You Love"
- "Let's Go Steady", B-side of "Sweet Soul Music"
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", 1968, #51 pop, #41 R&B, Beatles cover featured guitar of Duane Allman
- "One Night Is All I Need"
- "Otis Sleep On", 1968
- "People Sure Act Funny", 1968, Top 20 R&B
- "Poor Girl", 1963, as Arthur & the Corvets
- "Put Our Love Together", B-side of "Funky Street" on Atco Records produced by Tom Dowd
- "Rita", 1971–1974
- "Run On", 1968
- "Shake, Rattle and Roll", 1967, #31 pop, #20 R&B
- "Shing-A-Ling"
- "Something You Got"
- "Speak Her Name", featured guitar of Duane Allman.
- "Star Review", 1969, with Tom Dowd, written by Allen Toussaint
- "Stuff You Gotta Watch", featured guitar of Duane Allman.
- "Sweet Soul Music", 1967, co-written with Otis Redding, #2 R&B, #2 pop
- "Take A Step"
- "Take Me (Just as I Am)", 1966-1967(?)
- "That Can't Be My Baby"
- "Walking on Eggs", 1971–1974
- "Who's Foolin' Who", 1966