Sin Vadder wir den Bugarbeeter un Blues-Musiker Arthur Alexander Senior. Leven un Loopbahn Īrthur Alexander Junior is in'n Norden vun Alabama tau Welt kaamen. Sine Komposition Anna (Go to Him) is de irste Fremdkomposition op en Album vun de Beatles. Sine Leder hebben uck The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan un Elvis Presley sungen. Sin Lied You Better Move On wir dei irste grote Hit ut Muscle Shoals in Alabama. Alexander wir en Wegbereiter vun'n Country-Soul, en Spelart vun'n Southern Soul. Juni 1993 in Nashville, Tennessee) wir en US-amerikaansch Soulsinger un Komponist. Younger's account is enriched by his interviews with more than 200 artists, family members, and friends-such as Rick Hall, Billy Sherrill, Charlie McCoy, Chuck Jackson, Gerry Marsden, and Kris Kristofferson-and includes an abundance of never-before-seen photographs.Arthur Alexander, Jr. In telling Alexander's story, Richard Younger captures the burgeoning music scenes in Muscle Shoals and Nashville during the 1960s and 1970s and recovers the life of a fascinating musician whose influence was international. Just three months after the album's release in March 1993, he suffered a heart attack in the offices of his music publisher in Nashville and died three days later. The studio and recorded the critically praised album Lonely Just Like Me. In 1977, he quit the music business, but his music lived on. His meteoric rise after the release of "You Better Move On" gave way to lean years caused both by his drug and alcohol abuse and by the mishandling of his career by producers and managers. Alexander's story is a tragic one, with a brief, redemptive finale.
His 1962 song "You Better Move On" was the first hit to emerge from the fedgling Muscle Shoals FAME studio in Alabama, and his fusion of country and soul and his heartfelt vocals on such songs as "Anna (Go to Him)" and "Every Day I Have to Cry" were revered by musicians including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, all of whom recorded his songs. Although his name is not well known today, Alexander's musical legacy is vast. Get a Shot of Rhythm and Blues chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of Arthur Alexander, an African American singer-songwriter whose music infuenced many of the rock and soul musicians of the 1960s. The first book-length biography of an influential country/soul legend whose songs have been recorded by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan.
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