{"title":"Arthur Conley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee Roberts, better known by his stage name Arthur Conley, was an American soul singer born on January 4, 1946 in McIntosh, Georgia. He started his career as part of the group The Soul Clan before embarking on a successful solo career. Conley released several singles at various record labels including Atlanta's Fame Records and Baltimore's Ru-Jac Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1967, he signed with ATCO Records where he achieved great success with hit singles like \"Sweet Soul Music\". Conley continued to release music with ATCO until the early 1970s when he switched to another label called Bell Records. In 1975, he made the decision to move to Europe and settled in the Netherlands after living briefly in the UK and Belgium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his musical talents, Conley legally changed his name to Lee Roberts in 1980 as a tribute to his middle name and his mother's maiden name. He released an album titled [a3518452] \u0026amp; [a4826894], which was recorded on January 8, 1980. Throughout his career, Arthur Conley drew inspiration from artists such as Don Covay, Wilson Pickett, and Solomon Burke among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"i-m-living-good-1964-1974-the-soul-of-arthur-conley","title":"I'm Living Good 1964-1974: The Soul Of Arthur Conley","description":"\u003cp\u003earthur conley's career as a first-tier soul man was largely overshadowed by the worldwide success of his biggest hit, 'sweet soul music' and the entertaining, but often cliched, funk and dance tracks that he was obliged to record in his attempts to find a follow-up hit of comparable magnitude. hidden on the flips of many of those funk workouts and \/ or spread across three albums were some of the best deep and sweet southern soul sides of the late 60s. although highly collectable they have never been available in once place - until now. 'i'm living good' assembles arthur's great deep and sweet soul sides for ru-jac, atco, jotis, fame and capricorn records, cut for producers like otis redding, clarence carter, swamp dogg, tom dowd and rick hall over ten years. these show that he deserves the same appreciation as the very best singers in his peer group, rather than being seen as just the 'sweet soul music' man. arthur was a regular visitor to europe during the years spanned by these recordings and eventually settled in the netherlands in the late 1970s. his european fame will ensure a wide audience for this cd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50438061719883,"sku":"342624","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4805537e-a148-4161-a01b-038e1b2838f4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726937649"},{"product_id":"sweet-soul-music-2","title":"Sweet Soul Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eArthur Conley’s album was released on 15th September 1967. The title track was written by Conley and Otis Redding, and reached the No. 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhino Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50530659795275,"sku":"2007474","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/R-2174093-1270051536_66be3df1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728082520"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_06c702d1_thumbnail_4096_14d88c20-39e3-4468-bc8c-d92ccfdc9568.jpg?v=1726937627","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/arthur-conley.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}