Otis Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia on September 9, 1941 and was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Redding started his music career singing in gospel choirs around the ...
Had he lived, The King Of Soul, Otis ... Redding is still held, though he died almost 50 years ago, in December 1967. The man who epitomised the sound of Stax Records, and who brought soul music ...
The great Otis Redding’s facility with a weepie ... So he delivers a dozen songs mostly, but by no means exclusively, in a slow vein; mostly, but not exclusively, written by himself.
It was on that boat, gazing across the Pacific towards San Francisco, that Redding wrote a single ... to revisit the song once Redding’s tour was over. Three days later Otis Redding boarded ...
He adds with a smile: “My playing has always sucked, but it sells, because I keep it simple, I guess. I'm not a guitar player ...
He is best known for his book about the Rolling Stones. But he mostly wrote about blues artists, some of them famous (B.B.
Otis Redding's age was deceptive ... which makes his talent seem so much the more extraordinary. He wrote most of his greatest songs including "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Mr. Pitiful ...
Otis Redding III performs during the Otis Redding 75th Birthday Celebration at the Macon City Auditorium on Sept. 11, 2016, in Macon, Georgia. The singer-guitarist has died at the age of 59.