Arthur Alexander

Real Name:

Arthur Bernard Alexander Jr.

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Born: May 10, 1940, Florence, Alabama
Died: June 9, 1993, Nashville, Tennessee

Arthur Alexander was a southern soul/ country soul singer who was one of the first to record at a prototype Muscle Shoals Studio. In fact, the money from the hit "You'd Better Move On" enabled Rick Hall to properly develop these studios.

Alexander never really made a splash as a singer: especially, after suffering health problems that forced him to retire from the music business in 1975. A 1993 comeback album was well received by audiences and critics alike, but a comeback tour was cut short by his premature death from heart failure in its early stages.

Despite having a few minor hits, Alexander is better known for other people's versions of his songs. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones owe a debt to this singer from Alabama, USA. His tragic, harmony-laden 'Anna' was covered on The Beatles - Please Please Me, and 'You Better Move On' appears on The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones EP. Other artists who've sung Alexander-penned songs include Elvis Presley - Burning Love / It's A Matter Of Time. Also, 'If It's Really Got to Be This Way' appears on Robert Plant - Sixty Six To Timbuktu and 'Every Day I Have to Cry Some' on Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep-Mountain High. Alexander sings in a soft, low crooning style somewhat akin to Sam Cooke.

Sites:

alamhof.org, MySpace, Wikipedia, secondhandsongs.com

Aliases:

Boy (28), June Alexander

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Albums
	DLP 3434		Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On (Album, Comp)	Dot Records	DLP 3434	Canada	1962	Sell This Version
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	2592, M 82592		Arthur Alexander	Arthur Alexander (Album)	Warner Bros. Records	2592, M 82592	US	1972	Sell This Version
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	AW 14144		Carl Perkins, Arthur Alexander	Carl Perkins, Arthur Alexander - Sing A Song With Me ... ‎(LP, Album)	Koala (3)	AW 14144	US	1979	Sell This Version
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	7559-61475-2		Arthur Alexander	Lonely Just Like Me (Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	7559-61475-2	Germany	1993	Sell This Version
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	45-126		Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On / Anna (Go To Him) (Single)	Dot Records	45-126	US	1962	Sell This Version
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	45-16309		Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On (Single)	Dot Records	45-16309	US	1961	Sell This Version
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	45-16387		Arthur Alexander	Anna (Go To Him) / I Hang My Head And Cry (Single)	Dot Records	45-16387	US	1962	Sell This Version
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	45-16357		Arthur Alexander	Where Have You Been (All My Life) (Single)	Dot Records	45-16357	US	1962	Sell This Version
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	DEP 655		Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On / Lover, Please / Hey! Baby! / The Wanderer ‎(7", EP)	Dot Records	DEP 655	Sweden	1962	Sell This Version
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	45-16509		Arthur Alexander	Baby Baby / Pretty Girls Everywhere (Single)	Dot Records	45-16509	US	1963	Sell This Version
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	45-16454		Arthur Alexander	Dream Girl / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (Single)	Dot Records	45-16454	US	1963	Sell This Version
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	45-16425		Arthur Alexander	You're The Reason / Go Home Girl (Single)	Dot Records	45-16425	US	1962	Sell This Version
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	RE-D 1401		Arthur Alexander	Arthur Alexander ‎(7", EP)	London Records	RE-D 1401	UK	1963	Sell This Version
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	45-16554		Arthur Alexander	Where Did Sally Go / Keep Her Guessin' ‎(7", Single)	Dot Records	45-16554	US	1963	Sell This Version
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	RE-D 1364		Arthur Alexander	Alexander The Great ‎(7", EP, Mono)	London Records, London American Recordings, London Dot	RE-D 1364	UK	1963	Sell This Version
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	D 367		Arthur Alexander	Black Knight / Ole John Amos (Single)	Dot Records	D 367	Norway	1964	Sell This Version
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	45-16737		Arthur Alexander	Detroit City / You Don't Care (Single)	Dot Records	45-16737	US	1965	Sell This Version
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	45-2572		Arthur Alexander	Show Me The Road / Turn Around (And Try Me) (Single)	Sound Stage 7	45-2572	US	1966	Sell This Version
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	HLU 10023		Arthur Alexander	(Baby) For You (Single)	Sound Stage 7	HLU 10023	UK	1966	Sell This Version
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	45-1060		Arthur Alexander	I Need You Baby / Spanish Harlem (Single)	Monument	45-1060	US	1968	Sell This Version
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	SS7-2619		Arthur Alexander	Set Me Free / Love's Where Life Begins (Single)	Sound Stage 7	SS7-2619	US	1968	Sell This Version
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	SS7-2626		Arthur Alexander	Bye Bye Love / Another Place, Another Time (Single)	Sound Stage 7	SS7-2626	US	1969	Sell This Version
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	SS7-2652		Arthur Alexander	Cry Like A Baby (Single)	Sound Stage 7	SS7-2652	US	1969	Sell This Version
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	WB 7633		Arthur Alexander	Mr. John / You Got Me Knockin' (Single)	Warner Bros. Records	WB 7633	US	1972	Sell This Version
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	WB 7658		Arthur Alexander	Burning Love / It Hurts To Want It So Bad	Warner Bros. Records	WB 7658	US	1972	Sell This Version