As a teenager, Arthur Conley moved from Georgia to the Baltimore area (Aberdeen, to be precise) and made a record titled “I’m A Lonely Stranger.” That release came to the attention of Otis Redding, who took him under his wing as they collaborated on “Sweet Soul Music” in 1967. After Otis died unexpectedly, Conley’s career stalled out. Arthur moved to the Netherlands, disillusioned with the music business but partly to live out his life as a gay black man. He passed away in 2003.
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