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.
Today in Music History for Jan. 22: ...
Once called “the greatest of all soul duos," he and late musical partner Dave Prater were inducted into the Rock and Roll ...
A celebration of life was held Jan. 12 in Memphis for fabled music producer Jim Gaines, who died Nov. 9 at 83.
Current city Bedford Corners, NY. Really want to be in I lived in New York City for over 20 years – that probably covers it.
It’s a cruel twist in an already tragic story that the biggest song in Otis ... Redding’s best showing in that market was the No.25 peak, in late January 1967, of another of his signature ...
Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal won the 40th International Blues Challenge Saturday. The Lincoln band took the band division of ...
55: Aerosmith: Big Ten Inch ... cover songs recorded in the 21st century. Aretha Franklin’s version of “Respect” is so definitive that it might make you think Otis Redding wrote the song ...
Out of the thousands who’ve attempted to put their name on “White Christmas,” here are the ten who’ve sung that ... This posthumous release from Otis Redding reinterprets every single ...
Here, we look back at some of their most enduringly popular hits with our pick of the 10 best Righteous Brothers songs of all time ... Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding. Although Medley was initially ...
Since then, he has released a total of 30 Top-10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, from “Dirty Diana” to “Bad” to the 2018 Drake track “Don’t Matter to Me.” Even posthumously ...
The listener is hesitant, as if thinking why choose to be with me, but hope does spring eternal. The ten songs listed—some vocal, others instrumental—represent the full range of emotions depending ...