Arthur Alexander is one of those hugely underrated musicians.
‘Anna’, ‘You Better Move On’, ‘Where Have You Been (All My Life)’ – all magical songs.‘Black Night’ is one of my favourites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkeklzYz3YY

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#ArthurAlexander #blacknights #music #soul

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #HalfMiddleOfTheCenter. Here are the first five songs that I came up with:

Johnny Cash: The One On the Right Is On the Left (a live version from 1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9zXgMzvJM

Arthur Alexander: In the Middle of It All (1962, originally unreleased)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN0x180tG0w

Nancy Wilson: (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD770D11Y1E

Billy Fury: Halfway to Paradise (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTXBQp5OgI

Charlie Rich: Caught in the Middle (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrHEjERqjpo

#JohnnyCash #ArthurAlexander #NancyWilson #BillyFury #CharlieRich

Arthur Alexander is the second studio album by Arthur Alexander, released in 1972.

Review by Mark Deming

...Alexander been out of the public eye for a few years when he scored a deal with Warner Brothers and cut a self-titled album in 1972. Alexander had great faith in the project, which was produced by Tommy Cogbill and featured the cream of the Muscle Shoals studio players, along with songwriting contributions from Dan Penn, Donnie Fritts, and Alexander himself. Sadly, the album flopped in the marketplace, but a listen to the results confirms this was the fault of the promotion men, not the artists; hitting a mid-point between deep Southern soul and country-leaning funk,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tinrxlh1ntY&list=PLo2s4z3wbWs0KHk6tw4SUZ4CH7gzfl7ad&index=6

#ArthurAlexander #MuscleShoals #Soul #CountrySoul #Blues #Music #SouthernSoul

Moi, tous les jours que Dieu fait :

I NEED A SHOT OF R&B !

https://song.link/fr/i/635625500

(1962), du soulman que tout le monde a repris à l'époque mais qu'on connaît plus bien...

BTW : c'est quoi votre version préférée de ce tube? Johnny Kidd ? Suzi Quatro, ... ?

#ArthurAlexander #Soul #SouthernSoul

You Better Move On by Arthur Alexander, released on Dot in 1962.

You Better Move On Review by Ron Wynn

Arthur Alexander was a wonderful deep soul and country-influenced singer. He could express the urgency and longing of a soul artist and tell a story with the sensitivity and innocence of a great country artist. The title track as well as the other cuts on this greatest-hits work were his finest from the '60s. "Anna" and "You Better Move On" were turned into bigger hits by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBBeRPwrZAs&list=RDFBBeRPwrZAs&start_radio=1

#arthuralexander #youbettermoveon #anna #rollingstones #beatles #countrysoul #memphissoul #1962inmusic