Real name: Arthur Cleveland Tolbert

Effective period / Period of releases: 1982 - 2015

An American soul artist from Alabama (born on 11-July-1944 in Selma, Alabama, died 1997 - cause: heart attack). His nickname "O.C." was given to him by his father, an Alabama preacher, who though he acted like his brother, i.e., Arthur's uncle. He began his career in 1966 and subsequently moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1967 to find fame without much success. Thereafter, he met the producer Jack Taylor and released his first album Damn Sam The Miracle Man And The Soul Congregation in 1970.