Sweet Soul Music

"Sweet Soul Music" is a soul song, first released by Arthur Conley in 1967. Written by Conley and Otis Redding, it is based on the Sam Cooke song "Yeah Man" from his posthumous album Shake; the opening riff is a quote from Elmer Bernstein's score for the 1960 movie The Magnificent Seven.

It reached the number two spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard R&B chart, and #7 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]  J. W. Alexander, 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.[citation needed]



Contents
[hide]  *1 Lyrics  ==Lyrics[ edit] == The song is an homage to soul music. The following songs are mentioned in the lyrics:
 * 2 Cover versions
 * 3 References
 * 4 External links

Additionally, James Brown is described as "the king of them all".[3]
 * "Going to a Go-Go" by The Miracles; the band is not explicitly mentioned.
 * "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" by Lou Rawls
 * "Hold On, I'm Comin' " by Sam and Dave
 * "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett
 * "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa" by Otis Redding. A brief instrumental version of the chorus for the song is quoted, after Conley says the words "Hit it Otis".

At the end of the song, Arthur Conley sings the lyrics: "Otis Redding got the feeling." ==Cover versions[ edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">"Sweet Soul Music" has been covered by the following groups and artists:


 * Johnny Hallyday on his 1967 album Johnny 67, in French under the title "La seule vraie musique"
 * James Brown on his 1968 album Live at the Apollo, Volume II
 * The Mohawks on their 1968 album The Champ
 * Dusty Springfield performed the song to close Show 4 of her ATV series It Must Be Dusty on May 29, 1968. She sang slightly altered lyrics, also giving "spotlight" to The Supremes and Aretha Franklin.
 * Ike and Tina Turner, on their 1971 album What You Hear Is What You Get: Live At Carnegie Hall, with vocals by Tina.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  A cover of this song by Ike and Tina Turner also appears on the 2009 reissue ofThe Rolling Stones album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert
 * José Feliciano on his 1977 album Sweet Soul Music
 * The Jam on the b-side of their 1977 single "The Modern World"
 * Sam and Dave on their 1978 album The Original Soul Man
 * Hall & Oates performed the song live on tour between 1979 and 1983.
 * Rod Stewart (live) on the b-side of his 1991 single "The Motown Song"
 * Keith Frank on his 1996 album Only the Strong Survive
 * Jimmy Barnes on the 2004 re-issue of his album Soul Deep
 * John Farnham and Tom Jones on their 2005 concert John Farnham & Tom Jones – Together in Concert
 * The song is part of the final medley in the 1967 live album Martha and the Vandellas Live!
 * Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (Live- Madison Square Garden November 8, 2009)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]