Otis Redding

CTL-E-5271 · Person · musician · 1941–1967

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Otis Redding (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was a Georgia-born soul singer whose five years of recording set the standard for Southern soul. Raised in Macon, he began recording for Stax’s Volt label in Memphis in 1962 with “These Arms of Mine,” and rose through albums including Otis Blue (1965), ballads such as “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and a June 1967 Monterey Pop performance that carried him to rock audiences. On December 10, 1967, the plane carrying Redding and most of the Bar-Kays crashed into Lake Monona near Madison, Wisconsin; he was 26. Weeks later “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” recorded days before his death, topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks — the first posthumous number one in American chart history. He entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Referenced by

• Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul — authored by → this record

Sources

• Best Classic Bands, “Otis Redding’s ‘Dock of the Bay’ Legacy” — https://bestclassicbands.com/otis-redding-dock-of-the-bay-1-8-19/
• Best Classic Bands, “Otis Redding ‘Dock of the Bay’ Sessions Due” — https://bestclassicbands.com/otis-redding-dock-50-1-8-17/
• Back Beat R&B, “On This Day Otis Redding Inducted Into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame” — https://backbeatrnb.com/on-this-day-otis-redding-inducted-into-the-rock-n-roll-fame/
• Wikipedia, “Otis Redding” — cross-checked against the above, October 2026

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