OTIS REDDING
Name: Otis Redding
Born: 9 September 1941 Dawson, Georgia, U.S.
Died: 10 December 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genre(s): Deep soul, Southern soul, Soul
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter
Instrument: Vocals
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 - December 10, 1967) was an influential
American deep soul singer, best known for his passionate delivery and posthumous
hit single, "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay." According to the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989) website, Redding's name is "synonymous
with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America
through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky,
secular testifying."
Name: Otis Redding
Born: 9 September 1941 Dawson, Georgia, U.S.
Died: 10 December 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genre(s): Deep soul, Southern soul, Soul
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter
Instrument: Vocals
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 - December 10, 1967) was an influential
American deep soul singer, best known for his passionate delivery and posthumous
hit single, "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay." According to the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989) website, Redding's name is "synonymous
with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America
through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky,
secular testifying."