and by the age of ten he’d begun having drumming and singing lessons. Redding soon started playing with local bands and came to the attention of Atlantic Records, who signed Otis and sent him to ...

There's nothing quite like a thrilling "overnight success" story. But when it comes to soul superstar Otis Redding, his meteoric rise to the top ended almost as quickly as it started.

The New York Times gave only four inches at the bottom of a column on page 19 to the death exactly one month ago of Otis Redding ... wrote most of his greatest songs including "I've Been Loving ...