Sweet Soul Music
~ Song
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"Sweet Soul Music" is a soul song first released by the American singer Arthur Conley in March 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.
In the US, "Sweet Soul Music" reached the No. 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "The Happening" by The Supremes), and No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart. Overseas, it peaked at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. "Sweet Soul Music" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
J.W. Alexander, Cooke's business partner, sued both Redding and Conley for appropriating the melody. A settlement was reached in which Cooke's name was added to the writer credits, and Redding agreed to record some songs in the future from Kags Music, a Cooke–Alexander enterprise.
Relationships
| writer: | Arthur Conley Sam Cooke Otis Redding |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/42665 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q6646771 [info] |
| is based on: | Yeah Man |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| 1969-11 | Sweet Soul Music | cover and live | Ike & Tina Turner | 1:17 |
| 1977-09-11 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1977-09-11: 100 Club, London, UK) | cover and live | The Jam | 1:41 |
| 1981-07-15 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1981-07-15: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Bruce Springsteen | 1:34 |
| 1981-08-20 | Detroit Medley (inc.: You Can’t Sit Down / Sweet Soul Music / Shake) (live, 1981-08-20: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 15:01 |
| 1981-08-20 | Detroit Medley: I Hear a Train / You Can’t Sit Down / Sweet Soul Music / Shake (live, 1981-08-20: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? | |
| 1981-08-20 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1981-08-20: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1981-08-24 | Medley: You Can’t Sit Down / Devil With the Blue Dress / Sweet Soul Music / Shake (live, 1981-08-24: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Bruce Springsteen | 6:06 |
| 1981-08-24 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1981-08-24: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1981-10-25 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1981-10-25: Studio B15) | cover and live | The Jam | 2:04 |
| 1984-11-08 | Medley: Devil With a Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly / C.C. Rider / Travellin’ Band / Shake / Sweet Soul Music (live, 1984-11-08: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | cover, live, medley and partial | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-04-01 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-04-01: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-04-23 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-04-23: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:28 |
| 1988-04-27 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-04-27: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:01 |
| 1988-04-28 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-04-28: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:18 |
| 1988-05-03 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-05-03: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-05-03 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-05-03: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-05-03 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-05-03: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-05-09 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-05-09: Met Center, Bloomington, MN, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-05-10 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-05-10: Met Center, Bloomington, MN, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:09 |
| 1988-05-16 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-05-16: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:44 |
| 1988-05-23 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-05-23: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:54 |
| 1988-06-11 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-06-11: Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:10 |
| 1988-06-11 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-06-11: Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-06-11 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-06-11: Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-06-11 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-06-11: Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-06-11 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-06-11: Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-06-15 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-06-15: Stadio Flaminio, Rome, Italy) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-06-16 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-06-16: Stadio Flaminio, Rome, Italy) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-06-28 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-06-28: Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-03 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-03: Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:05 |
| 1988-07-14 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-14: St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-14 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-14: St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:43 |
| 1988-07-14 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-14: St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-14 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-14: St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-17 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-17: Olympia Reitstadion Riem, Munich, West Germany) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-19 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-19: Radrennbahn Weissensee, East Berlin, East Germany) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-19 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-19: Radrennbahn Weissensee, East Berlin, East Germany) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-19 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-19: Radrennbahn Weissensee, East Berlin, East Germany) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-22 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 1988-07-22: Waldbühne, West Berlin, West Germany) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:09 |
| 2005-02 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 2005-02: Australia) | cover and live | John Farnham & Tom Jones | 3:26 |
| 2009-11-08 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 2009-11-08: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 2009-11-08 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 2009-11-08: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:28 |
| 2009-11-08 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 2009-11-08: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Curt Ramm | ?:?? |
| 2009-11-08 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 2009-11-08: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 3:24 |
| 2012-11-16 | Sweet Soul Music | cover and live | Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs | 3:11 |
| 2013-01 | Sweet Soul Music | cover | Edsilia Rombley | 2:31 |
| 2013-07-27 | Sweet Soul Music (live, 2013-07-27: Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, Ireland) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:29 |
| Atlantic/Stax Tribute: In the Midnight Hour / Mustang Sally / Respect / Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) / Green Onions / Soul Man / Gimme Some Loving / Sweet Soul Music | cover and medley | Flashback Band | 5:56 | |
| Atlantic/Stax Tribute: In the Midnight Hour / Mustang Sally / Respect / Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) / Green Onions / Soul Man / Gimme Some Lovin’ / Sweet Soul Music | cover and medley | The Flashback Band | 5:52 | |
| Encore Medley: Rock and Roll Music / Sweet Soul Music / Bye Bye Johnny | cover, live and medley | Status Quo | 7:03 | |
| Sweat Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:21 | ||
| Sweat Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:20 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:19 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:18 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:21 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:18 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | cover | The Love Depression | 1:57 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | Ike & Tina Turner | 2:06 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Sam Cooke | 2:08 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music (live on Musikladen) | Arthur Conley | ?:?? | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | cover and live | Rod Stewart | 2:52 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | cover and live | Xander de Buisonjé | 2:10 | |
| Sweet Soul Music (live) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:27 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:27 | |
| Sweet Soul Music (live, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? | |
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | ?:?? | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:21 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | ?:?? | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:17 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | cover | Sam & Dave | 2:24 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | cover | Sam & Dave | 2:23 | |
| Sweet Soul Music (re-recording) | cover | Sam & Dave | 2:24 | |
| Sweet Soul Music (re-recording) | cover | Sam & Dave | 2:23 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | cover | Sam & Dave | 2:24 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | cover | Sam & Dave | 2:20 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | cover | Sam & Dave | 2:25 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:22 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | cover | The Overtones | 2:35 | |
| Sweet Soul Music | The Mohawks | 2:35 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:19 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:25 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:20 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:19 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:20 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music (part of “60’s Soul mix 2” DJ-mix) | Arthur Conley | 2:18 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:21 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:20 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:22 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:20 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:20 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:20 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:20 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:21 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:21 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:21 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:19 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:21 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:23 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:22 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 2:22 | ||
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