"starting in April 1979, peaking at number 65. The Reddings, who included two of Otis Redding's sons, released a version which charted for nine weeks starting in June 1982 and peaked at number 55. In 2016, the British coffee brand Nescafé remixed part of the song in a television advertisement featuring American musician will.i.am. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay ""(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash."
"Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Redding's style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. During his lifetime, his recordings were produced by Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and at the age of"
"The Immortal Otis Redding The Immortal Otis Redding is a posthumous studio album by American soul recording artist Otis Redding, released in June 1968 by Atco Records. It compiles 11 songs recorded by Redding in a three-week stretch of sessions that concluded days prior to his death in December 1967. ""The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)"" was the only song previously released, having been a single in April 1968. ""The Immortal Otis Redding"" featured four charting singles including ""The Happy Song"", ""I've Got Dreams to Remember"", ""Amen"", and ""Hard to Handle"". Writing for ""Creem"" magazine in 1977, Robert Christgau called ""The Immortal"
"Redding's several other studio albums, the songs on ""The Immortal Otis Redding"" were ""welcome (if not mandatory) additions to all manner of listeners"". Credits adapted from Allmusic. The Immortal Otis Redding The Immortal Otis Redding is a posthumous studio album by American soul recording artist Otis Redding, released in June 1968 by Atco Records. It compiles 11 songs recorded by Redding in a three-week stretch of sessions that concluded days prior to his death in December 1967. ""The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)"" was the only song previously released, having been a single in April 1968. ""The Immortal Otis Redding"" featured four"
"Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, or simply Dictionary of Soul, is the fifth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding and his last solo studio album released before his death. The successful ""Otis Blue"" and the following performance at Whisky a Go Go led to his rising fame across the United States. The album has two sides: the first mainly contains cover versions, and the second songs mainly written by Redding. ""The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul"" was released on October 15, 1966 on the Stax"
"Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, or simply Otis Blue, released September 15, 1965 on Stax Records, is the third studio album by soul singer Otis Redding. The album mainly consists of cover versions of other R&B and soul artists' hits, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9/10 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. ""Otis Blue"" was critically acclaimed upon release and became one of Redding's most successful albums; it reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, and was his first to reach the top spot"
"recorded."" Track listing adapted from Allmusic. Credits adapted from Allmusic. Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, or simply Dictionary of Soul, is the fifth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding and his last solo studio album released before his death. The successful ""Otis Blue"" and the following performance at Whisky a Go Go led to his rising fame across the United States. The album has two sides: the first mainly contains cover versions, and the second songs mainly written by Redding. ""The Otis Redding Dictionary of"
"which includes both the stereo and mono versions of the album with bonus tracks that include B-sides, live tracks, and previously unreleased alternate mixes. Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, or simply Otis Blue, released September 15, 1965 on Stax Records, is the third studio album by soul singer Otis Redding. The album mainly consists of cover versions of other R&B and soul artists' hits, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9/10 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. ""Otis Blue"" was critically acclaimed upon release and became"
"The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, simply referred to as Soul Ballads or Sings Soul Ballads, is the second studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, released in 1965. The album was one of the first issued by Volt Records, a sub-label of Stax Records, and Redding's first on the new label. Like Redding's debut ""Pain in My Heart"", ""Soul Ballads"" features both soul classics and originals written by Redding and other Stax Records recording artists. The recording sessions took place at the Stax studios in Memphis. The album features a"
"Live in Europe (Otis Redding album) Live in Europe is a live album from soul singer Otis Redding. It was Redding's first live album as well as the only live album released during his lifetime, issued exactly five months before his death on December 10, 1967. The album was recorded during the Stax/Volt tour of Europe and Redding is backed by Booker T. & the MG's. Recorded at the Olympia Theatre, Paris; March 21, 1967. In 2003, the album was ranked number 474 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is currently"
"Love Man Love Man is the third posthumous album by American soul recording artist Otis Redding. It was released in June 1969 and featured songs Redding had recorded in 1967. The album was produced by Steve Cropper, and featured Booker T. and the M.G.'s. The album was a part of a series of posthumous releases by Atco Records after Redding's mainstream reputation skyrocketed in the wake of his 1967 death. ""Love Man"" charted at number 46 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and number 8 on the R&B Albums. ""Direct Me"" has pop and gospel elements and a heavy tambourine-laden arrangement. On"
"Ballads""s liner notes. The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, simply referred to as Soul Ballads or Sings Soul Ballads, is the second studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, released in 1965. The album was one of the first issued by Volt Records, a sub-label of Stax Records, and Redding's first on the new label. Like Redding's debut ""Pain in My Heart"", ""Soul Ballads"" features both soul classics and originals written by Redding and other Stax Records recording artists. The recording sessions took place at the Stax studios in Memphis. The"
"Hard to Handle (song) ""Hard to Handle"" is a 1968 song written by American soul music star Otis Redding along with Al Bell and Allen Jones. Originally recorded by Redding, it was released in 1968 as the B-side to ""Amen"" (shortly after the singer's sudden death in 1967). The song also appears on the 1968 album ""The Immortal Otis Redding"". Redding's version reached #38 on the Billboard R&B charts and #51 on the pop charts. Numerous covers of the song exist, notably a 1990 blues rock take on the track by band The Black Crowes. The song has been covered"
"was ""pretty ephemeral"", he praises the music, and writes that it sounds ""vivacious, catchier and funnier [than] most soul music"". King & Queen King & Queen is a studio album by American recording artists Otis Redding and Carla Thomas. It is Thomas' fourth album and Redding's sixth and the final studio album before his death on December 10, 1967. Influenced by Marvin Gaye's duets, the album features ten covers of soul classics and the eleventh finishing song co-written by Redding. The album includes crossover hits ""Tramp"" and ""Knock on Wood"". Following Redding's death, the single ""Lovey Dovey"" was also released."
"Soul music began at an early age. He would often attend music practice sessions with his musician uncle, a house band member at Leo's Casino a Cleveland, Ohio night club. It was one of the premiere clubs in the Midwest during the 1960s for R&B, jazz and African American comedians such as Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor and Moms Mabley. Otis Redding's last live performance on December 9, 1967 was at Leo's. This love inspired him to start collecting memorabilia and artifacts that reflect the history of the Rhythm and Blues era. Robinson collected many of these exclusive and"
"Redding Memorial Library is also housed in the city. The Rhythm and Blues Foundation named Redding as the recipient of its 2006 Pioneer Award. ""Billboard"" awarded Redding the ""Otis Redding Excellence Award"" the same year. A year later he was inducted into the Hollywood's Rockwalk in California. On August 17, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio, the city where he did his last show at Leo's Casino, Redding was inducted into the inaugural class of the Official Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame at Cleveland State University. Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was"
"last album ""Thanks You, Goodnight and Good Luck"" including Steve Pawsey, Jeff Ward, Jim O'Neil, Eric Bell and Les Sampson. Redding was found dead in his home in Clonakilty on 11 May 2003, three weeks after the death of his mother. A post mortem was carried out on 13 May at Cork University Hospital in Wilton, Cork. The report concluded that Redding died from ""shock haemorrhage due to oesophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis of the liver"". He was 57 years old and survived by a brother and sister, and a son, Nicolas Noel Redding, by his former wife, Danish-born"
"integrated team of staff and artists unprecedented in that time of racial strife and tension in Memphis and the South. According to ethnomusicologist Rob Bowman, the label's use of ""one studio, one equipment set-up, the same set of musicians and a small group of songwriters led to a readily identifiable sound. It was a sound based in black gospel, blues, country, and earlier forms of rhythm and blues. It became known as southern soul music."" Following the death of Stax's biggest star, Otis Redding, in 1967, and the severance of the label's distribution deal with Atlantic Records in 1968, Stax"
"and Otis Redding, and to sing backing vocals on their records. In 1967, she married songwriter and Stax employee James Cross. In December of that year, she was scheduled to fly with Redding and the Bar-Kays for what would have been her final live performance for the foreseeable future. A new mother, she backed out at the last minute to stay home with her child. Tragically, the plane crashed in Madison, Wisconsin leaving Redding and six others dead. Wendy Rene then retired from the music business and, as Mary Cross, devoted herself to her family and church, the Bountiful Blessing"
"Good to Me: Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Vol. 2 Good To Me is a live album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, recorded at the Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California in April 1966. The recording was made before Otis Redding attained crossover fame at the Monterey Pop Festival, and with his regular touring band. His other available live performances, the 1967 European Stax/Volt revue and 1967 Monterey Pop Festival are recorded with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and The Mar-Keys horns. Eight of the tracks on this album (3-6, 9-12) were"
"song ""To Love Somebody"" for him to record. He loved it, and he was going to ""cut it"", as Barry put it, on his return from his final concert. They dedicated the song to his memory. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Redding in 1989, declaring his name to be ""synonymous with the term soul music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm and blues into a form of funky, secular testifying."" Readers of the British music newspaper ""Melody Maker"" voted him the top vocalist of 1967, superseding Elvis"
"My Heart,' Otis's dynamic control is front and center as he uses his voice as a horn, swelling and decreasing in volume, swallowing syllables and worrying the word 'heart.'...It was Otis's most successful effort to date, commercially and aesthetically."" The last single, ""Security"", was released in April 1964 and reached number 97 on ""Billboard""s Hot 100 chart. According to Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic, the song is ""a stinging, up-tempo groover"" and ""showed Otis Redding stretching his funky rock & roll roots. Aided by the usual gang of Stax musicians, it's one of his tightest early records... [T]he song could have"
"""Everybody was fixin' to go home, but Joe Galkin insisted we give Otis a listen. There was something different about [the ballad]. He really poured his soul into it."" Source: All Music Source: All Music Pain in My Heart Pain in My Heart is the debut album of soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding. Redding recorded for Volt Records, a subsidiary of Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Volt LPs were initially issued on the Atco label, which released this album (the singles were issued on the Volt label). The album includes four successful singles, released in 1962 and 1963: ""These Arms"
"music critics; apart from the ""Rolling Stone"" listing at number 74, NME ranked it 35 on their list of the ""Greatest Albums of All Time"". Music critic Robert Christgau said that ""Otis Blue"" was ""the first great album by one of soul's few reliable long-form artists"", and that Redding's ""original LPs were among the most intelligently conceived black albums of the '60s"". In 2002, the city of Macon honored its native son by unveiling a memorial statue () in the city's Gateway Park. The park is next to the Otis Redding Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Ocmulgee River. The Otis"
"birthday in a plane crash in Lake Monona with Redding and three other band members (Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, and Jimmie King) while on their way to a performance in Madison, Wisconsin. Ronnie Caldwell is interred in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis. Ronnie Caldwell Ronald Louis ""Ronnie"" Caldwell (December 27, 1948 – December 10, 1967) was an American Soul and R&B musician. A keyboard player, Caldwell was the only white member of the Bar-Kays musical group based in Memphis, Tennessee. The group recorded with and also accompanied singer Otis Redding. According to James Alexander, Caldwell was fully accepted within"
"available on compact disc, digitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch as part of the Atlantic & Atco Remasters Series done on Rhino Records. Alternately, seven of its ten tracks appear as bonus tracks to the 2008 reissue of ""Otis Blue"" or the 2016 reissue of """", also on Rhino. Live in Europe (Otis Redding album) Live in Europe is a live album from soul singer Otis Redding. It was Redding's first live album as well as the only live album released during his lifetime, issued exactly five months before his death on December 10, 1967. The album was"
"Noel Redding David Noel Redding (25 December 1945 – 11 May 2003) was an English rock musician, best known as the bass player and occasional lead singer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and guitarist/singer for Fat Mattress. Following his departure from the Experience in 1969 and split of Fat Mattress in 1970, Redding formed the short lived Road in the United States who released one eponymous album before he re-located to Clonakilty, Ireland, in 1972. There he formed the Noel Redding Band with former Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell with whom he released two albums. Although by the 1980s Redding"
"to soul music contributed to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Billy Preston, and popularized the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown. AllMusic biographer Bruce Eder wrote that Cooke was ""the inventor of soul music"", and possessed ""an incredible natural singing voice and a smooth, effortless delivery that has never been surpassed"". On December 11, 1964, at the age of 33, Cooke was shot and killed by Bertha Franklin, the manager of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, California. After an inquest, the courts ruled Cooke's death to be"
"Year for his 2004 ""Genius Loves Company"". Atlanta native Chuck Willis was a blues, R&B, and rock and roll singer and songwriter active from 1950-58. In the 1960s, Atlanta native Gladys Knight proved one of the most popular Motown recording artists, while Otis Redding, born in the small town of Dawson but raised in Macon, defined the grittier Southern soul sound of Memphis-based Stax Records. Gladys Knight ""The Empress of Soul"" had a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with ""Midnight Train to Georgia"" in 1973. Otis Redding (d. 1967, buried near Macon) had a #1 hit on the"
"him wealthy. According to several advertisements, he had around 200 suits and 400 pairs of shoes, and he earned about $35,000 per week for his concerts. He spent about $125,000 in the ""Big O Ranch"". As the owner of Otis Redding Enterprises, his performances, music publishing ventures and royalties from record sales earned him more than a million dollars in 1967 alone. That year, one columnist said, ""he sold more records than Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin combined."" After the release of ""Otis Blue"", Redding became a ""catalogue"" artist, meaning his albums were not immediate blockbusters, but rather sold steadily"
"Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding is a 1993 four compact disc compilation album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding. The first three discs focus on studio material recorded for Stax records. These recordings are all original mono single or LP mixes. Three pre-Stax recordings and a demo recorded at Muscle Shoals are also included. The fourth disc, labeled ""The Ultimate Live Otis Redding Show"" was compiled from various live sources in an attempt to gather ""the best version"" of every song Otis ever recorded live and is mixed in stereo. The 100-page booklet includes testimonials"
"Otis Redding discography This is the discography of American soul singer Otis Redding. Otis Redding's death prompted a number of releases, including live albums and compilations. Four albums of mostly new material were released, but they are more like compilations than official studio releases. The first of these releases, ""The Dock of the Bay"", assembled by guitarist and producer Steve Cropper, is made up of previously released singles and b-sides as well as some album tracks and a few previously unissued recordings. The other three of these albums contain a greater amount of previously unreleased material. The posthumous collections are"
"Roberts began to cut records in the mid-1960s, staying mostly behind the scenes as a session man with Eddie Floyd, Dee Clark, Stevie Wonder, William Bell, Solomon Burke, and Otis Redding. The death of Otis Redding inspired Roberts to step up to the microphone with a song dedicated to the late crooner. The record was released on Nina Simone’s NinaAndy label. Roberts followed this successful effort with a string of singles that carried him well into the 1970s. During the disco years, Roberts turned his talents to country music, touring with O.B. McClinton and releasing a number of country records."