Reelblack One | Who Did It Better? - Sam Cooke vs. Arthur Conley (1965/1967) @reelblack | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
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"Sweet Soul Music" is a soul song first released by American singer Arthur Conley in March 1967. Written by Conley and Otis Redding,[2] it is based on the Sam Cooke song "Yeah Man" from his posthumous album Shake;[citation needed] the opening riff is a quote from Elmer Bernstein's score for the 1960 movie The Magnificent Seven.

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.
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