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 seminal artists in soul and rhythm and blues music. The singing style of Redding gained inspiration from gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists in the 1960s. During his lifetime, his recording was produced by Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and at the age of 2, moved to Macon, Georgia. Redding quit school at the age of 15 to support his family, worked with Little Richard backing band, Upsetters, and by performing at a talent show at the historic Douglass Theater in Macon, Georgia. In 1958, he joined the band Johnny Jenkins, Pinetoppers, with whom he visited the South countries as a singer and driver. The unscheduled appearance of the Stax recording sessions led to his first contract and single, "Mine Weapon", in 1962.
Stax released their debut album Redding, Pain in My Heart , two years later. Initially popular especially with African-Americans, Redding then reaches a wider audience of American pop music. Together with his group, he first played a small show in South America. He then performed at Los Angeles's popular nightclub Whiskey a Go Go and toured Europe, performing in London, Paris and other major cities. He also performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
Shortly before his death in a plane crash, Redding wrote and recorded his icon "(Sittin 'On) Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper. The song became the first posthumous recording on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R & amp; B. The album The Dock of the Bay is the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Charts. Early death Redding destroys Stax. Already on the verge of bankruptcy, the label soon discovered that Atco's division of Atlantic Records has the right to catalog its entire song.
Redding received many posthumous awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In addition to "(Sittin 'On) Dock of the Bay," "Respect" and "Try a Little Tenderness" is one of the most famous songs.
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Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, USA, the fourth of six children, and the first son, from Otis Redding, Sr., and Fannie Roseman. Redding senior is a sharecropper and then works at the Robins Air Force Base, near Macon, and is sometimes preached in local churches. When Otis was three, his family moved to Tindall Heights, an African-American public housing project in Macon. At an early age, Redding sings in the Vineville Baptist choir and learns guitar and piano. From the age of 10, he took drum lessons and sang. At Ballard-Hudson High School, he sings in a school band. Every Sunday he earns $ 6 by performing gospel songs for the Macon WIBB radio station, and he won a $ 5 prize in a teenage talent show for 15 consecutive weeks. His spirit is singing, and he often calls Little Richard and Sam Cooke his influence. Redding said that he "would not be here" without Little Richard and that he "entered the music business because of Richard - he was my inspiration I used to sing like Little Richard, Rock 'n' Roll... many in it. "
At age 15, Redding left school to help support his family's finances; his father had tuberculosis and was often hospitalized, leaving his mother as the family's main breadwinner. He works as a good digger, as a gas station officer and sometimes as a musician. Pianist Gladys Williams, a famous local musician in Macon and others who inspired Redding, often performed at Hillview Springs Social Club, and Redding sometimes played piano with his band there. Williams held a Sunday talent show, which Redding attended with two friends, singers Little Willie Jones and Eddie Ross.
Redding's breakthrough came in 1958 in Hamp Swain's jockey disc "The Teenage Party," a talent contest at the local Roxy Theater and Douglass. Johnny Jenkins, a leading local guitarist, was among the audience and, finding Redding band support lacking in musical skills, offered to accompany him. Redding sings Little Richard's song "Heebie Jeebies." This combination allows Redding to win the Swain talent contest for fifteen weeks in a row; the cash prize is $ 5. Jenkins then worked as a lead guitarist and played with Redding for a couple of gigs later. Redding was soon invited to replace Willie Jones as frontman of Pat T. Cake and Mighty Panthers, featuring Johnny Jenkins. Redding was then hired by Upsetters when Little Richard left rock and roll in support of gospel music. Redding is well paid, earning around $ 25 per show, but not lasting long.
At the age of 18, Redding meets 15-year-old Zelma Atwood at "The Teenage Party." She gave birth to her son Dexter in the summer of 1960 and married Redding in August 1961. In mid 1960, Otis moved to Los Angeles with his sister, Deborah, while the children of Zelma and Otis lived in Macon, Georgia. In Los Angeles Redding wrote his first song, including "She's Allright," "Tuff Enuff," "I Gettin 'Hip" and "Gamma Lamma" (which he recorded as a single in 1962, under the title "Shout Bamalama").
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Careers
Initial career
A member of Pat T. Cake and Mighty Panthers, Redding traveled South America on the chitlin circuit, a series of friendly places for African-American entertainers during the era of racial segregation, which lasted until the early 1960s. Johnny Jenkins left the band to become a leading artist with Pinetoppers. Around this time, Redding met Phil Walden, the future founder of record company Phil Walden and Associates, and then Bobby Smith, who manages the small label Confederate Records. He signed a contract with the Confederacy and recorded his second single, "Shout Bamalama" (rewritten "Gamma Lamma") and "Fat Girl", along with his band Otis and the Shooters. Around this time she and Pinetoppers attend the "Battle of the Bands" show at Lakeside Park. Wayne Cochran, the only solo artist to sign a contract with the Confederacy, became bassist Pinetoppers.
When Walden began searching for record labels for Jenkins, Atlantic Records representative Joe Galkin showed interest and around 1962 sent him to the Stax studio in Memphis. Redding pushed Jenkins into the session, because the latter did not have a driver's license. Sessions with Jenkins, powered by Booker T. & amp; the M.G., is unproductive and ends early; Redding is allowed to perform two songs. The first is "Hey Hey Baby", which according to studio head Jim Stewart sounds too much like Little Richard. The second is "It's Mine Weapon", featuring Jenkins on piano and Steve Cropper on guitar. Stewart then praised Redding's performance, saying, "Everyone is ready to go home, but Joe Galkin insists that we give Otis a listener, there's something different about [the ballad], he really pours his soul into it." Stewart signed Redding and released "This Arms of Mine", with "Hey Hey Baby" on the B-side. The single was released by Volt in October 1962 and mapped in March of the following year. It became one of the most successful songs, selling over 800,000 copies.
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"Mine Weapon" and other songs from session 1962-1963 were included in Redding's debut album, Pain in My Heart . "That's My Heart Needs" and "Mary's Little Lamb" was recorded in June 1963. The latter is the only Redding track with both singing and brass backgrounds. It became his best-selling single. The title track, recorded in September 1963, triggered copyright issues, because it sounded like "Master of My Heart" Irma Thomas. Nevertheless, Pain in My Heart was released on January 1, 1964, and peaked at number 20 on the R & amp; B and at number 85 on Billboard Hot 100.
In November 1963, Redding, accompanied by his brother Rodgers and a colleague, former boxer Sylvester Huckaby (a childhood friend of Redding), traveled to New York to perform at the Apollo Theater for live recording for Atlantic Records. Redding and his band paid $ 400 a week but had to pay $ 450 for a sheet of music for the home band, led by King Curtis, which put them in financial trouble. The trio asked Walden for money. Huckaby's description of the circumstances of those living in the "great old hotel" Hotel Theresa was quoted by Peter Guralnick in his book Sweet Soul Music. He recorded the meeting of Muhammad Ali and other celebrities. Ben E. King, who was the main character in Apollo when Redding performed there, gave him $ 100 when he found out about Redding's financial situation. The resulting album featured King, Coasters, Doris Troy, Rufus Thomas, Falcons and Redding. Around this time Walden and Rodgers were recruited by the army; Walden's brother, Alan, joined Redding on tour, while Earl "Speedo" Simms replaced Rodgers as Redding road manager.
Most of Redding's songs after "Security", from his first album, had a slow tempo. Disc jockey A. C. Moohah Williams labeled him "Mr. Pitiful", and after that, Cropper and Redding wrote an eponymous song. That and the top 100 singles "Chained and Bound", "Come to Me" and "That's How Strong My Love Is" were included in Redding's second album, The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads , released in March 1965 Jenkins started working independently of the group for fear that Galkin, Walden and Cropper would trace the style of the game, and so Cropper became the leading guitarist of Redding. Around 1965, Redding wrote together "I've Too Love You" with Jerry Butler, lead singer of Impressions. That summer, Redding and the studio crew set up a new song for their next album. Ten of the eleven songs were written in a 24-hour period on July 9 and 10 in Memphis. Two songs, "Ole Man Trouble" and "Respect", have been completed before, during the Otis Blue session. "Respect" and "I've Been Loving You" are then repeated in stereo. Album entitled Otis Blue Otis Redding Sings Soul was released in September 1965. Redding also released his beloved cover of "A Change Is Gonna Come" in 1965.
Whiskey a Go Go and "Try a Little Tenderness"
Redding's success allowed him to buy a 300 acre (1.2 km km) farm in Georgia, which he called "Big O Ranch." Stax is also fine. Walden signed more musicians, including Percy Sledge, Johnnie Taylor, Clarence Carter and Eddie Floyd, and together with Redding they founded two production companies. "Jotis Records" (originated from Gal and Otis) released four recordings, two by Arthur Conley and one by Billy Young and Loretta Williams. The other is called Redwal Music (derived from Red ding and Wal den), which closed shortly after its creation. As Afro-Americans still form the majority of fans, Redding opts to perform at Whiskey a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. Redding is one of the first soul artists to perform for rock audiences in the western United States. His performance received critical acclaim, including a positive press in the Los Angeles Times, and he penetrated mainstream popular culture. Bob Dylan attended the show and offered Redding a modified version of one of his songs, "Just Like a Woman".
In late 1966 Redding returned to Stax studio and recorded several songs, including "Try a Little Tenderness", written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M. Woods in 1932. The song had previously been closed by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra , and publishers failed to try to stop Redding from recording a song from a "negro perspective". Today is often regarded as his signature song, Jim Stewart reckoned, "If there is one song, one show that really finishes Otis and what he's about, it's 'Try a Little Softness'.This one show is so special and unique that it reveals who is he. "In this version Redding is supported by Booker T. & amp; the M.G., while staff producer Isaac Hayes is working on the arrangements. "Try a Little Tenderness" was included in the next album, Complete & amp; Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul . The song and album were critically and commercially successful - first reaching number 25 on the Billboard chart Hot 100 and at number 4 on the R & amp charts. B.
Spring 1966 marks the first time Stax has booked a concert for his artist. The majority of the group arrived in London on March 13, but Redding had flown a few days earlier for an interview, such as at "The Eamonn Andrews Show". When the crew arrived in London, the Beatles sent a limousine to pick them up. Booking agent Bill Graham proposed that Redding play at the Fillmore Auditorium in late 1966. The show was commercially successful and very successful, paying Redding about $ 800 to $ 1000 a night. This prompted Graham to comment afterward, "It was the best show I've ever worn in my entire life." Redding began touring Europe six months later.
Carla Thomas
In March 1967, Stax released King & amp; Queen , a duet album between Redding and Carla Thomas, which became a certified gold record. It was Jim Stewart's idea to produce a duet album, because he hoped that "[Redding] raw and sophistication [Thomas] would work". The album was recorded in January 1967, while Thomas earned his M.A. in English at Howard University. Six out of ten songs were cut during their joint session; the rest was overdubbed by Redding in the days that followed, due to his concert obligations. Three singles were lifted from the album: "Tramp" was released in April, followed by "Knock on Wood" and "Lovey Dovey". All three reach at least the top 60 on the R & amp; B and Pop. This album charts at numbers 5 and 36 on Billboard Pop and R & amp; B charts, respectively.
Redding returns to Europe to perform at Olympia Paris. Live Album Otis Redding: Live in Europe was released three months later, featuring this and other live performances in London and Stockholm, Sweden. His decision to bring his protege Conley (which Redding and Walden had contracted directly to Atco/Atlantic Records rather than to Stax/Volt) on the tour, instead of more established Stax/Volt artists such as Rufus Thomas and William Bell, produced a negative reaction.
Monterey Pop
In 1967, Redding performed at the influential Monterey Pop Festival as a cover on Saturday night, the second day of the festival. He was invited through the efforts of promoter Jerry Wexler. Until then, Redding is still performing mainly for black audiences. At that time, he "has not been considered a commercial player in the major white American market." But after giving one of the most electric shows of the night, and it has become an act to engage the audience, "his performance in Monterey Pop is therefore a natural progression from local to national recognition,... a decisive turning point in Otis Redding's Career." own song "Respect" and "Rolling Stones" Satisfaction. Redding and backing his band (Booker T. & MG's with Mar-Keys horns) opened with Cooke "Shake", after which he delivered an impulsive speech, asked the audience if they were a "love crowd" and sought a great response. The ballad "I've Loving You" follows. The final song is "Try a Little Tenderness", including an additional choir. "I have to go, you guys, I do not want to go," Redding said and left the last big concert stage. According to Booker T. Jones, "I think we did one of our best shows, Otis and MG, that we belonged in that also something of a phenomenon, that we were there with those people they accepted us and that was one of the things that really moves Otis.He's glad to be included and it's bringing him a new audience.It's very developed in Monterey. "According to Sweet Soul Music, musicians like Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix are captivated by his looks; Robert Christgau wrote at Esquire , "The Love Crowd screams one's thoughts into the sky."
Prior to Monterey, Redding wanted to record with Conley, but Stax opposed the idea. Both moved from Memphis to Macon to continue writing. The result was "Sweet Soul Music" (based on Cooke "Yeah Man"), which reached number 2 on Billboard Hot 100. By then Redding had developed polyps in her larynx, which she tried to treat with tea and lemon or honey. He was hospitalized in September 1967 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York to undergo surgery.
"Dock of the Bay"
In early December 1967, Redding was again listed at Stax. One new song is "(Sittin 'On) Dock of the Bay", written with Cropper when they live with their friend, Earl "Speedo" Simms, in a houseboat in Sausalito. Redding was inspired by The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and try to create a similar sound, contrary to label desires. His wife Zelma disliked her atypical melody. The Stax crew was also dissatisfied with the new sound; Stewart thinks that it's not R & amp; B, while bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn feared it would damage Stax's reputation. However, Redding wants to expand his musical style and thinks it is his best song, correctly believing that it will be at the top of the charts. He whistles at the end, either forgetting the "rap fadeout" Cropper or paraphrasing deliberately.
Death
In 1967, the band traveled to a show on Redding's Beechcraft H18 plane. On December 9, 1967, they appeared on an upbeat television show produced in Cleveland. They played three concerts in two nights at a club called Leo's Casino. After a phone call with his wife and children, Redding's next stop is Madison, Wisconsin; the next day, Sunday, December 10, they play at the Factory nightclub, near the University of Wisconsin.
Despite the bad weather, with heavy rain and fog, and despite warnings, the plane took off. Four miles (6.4 km) from their destination at Truax Field in Madison, the pilot sent permission via radio to the ground. Soon the plane crashed into Lake Monona. Bar-Kays member Ben Cauley, the only casualty victim, slept shortly before the accident. She woke up just before the clash to see Phalon Jones's bands look out the window and shout, "Oh, no!" Cauley said the last thing he remembered before the accident was to take off his seat belt. She then finds herself in cold water, clutching the cushions to keep her afloat. A non-swimmer, he can not save the other. The cause of the accident was never determined. James Brown claimed in his autobiography The Godfather of Soul that he had warned Redding not to fly on the plane.
Other casualties of the accident were four Bar-Kays members - guitarist Jimmy King, tenor saxophonist Phalon Jones, organist Ronnie Caldwell, and drummer Carl Cunningham; their maid, Matthew Kelly; and his pilot, Richard Fraser.
Redding's body was found the next day when the lake was ransacked. The family delayed his funeral from December 15 to December 18 so more people were present. The service took place at City Auditorium in Macon. More than 4,500 people came to the cemetery, overflowing 3,000 seats. Johnny Jenkins and Isaac Hayes were absent, fearing their reaction would be worse than Zelma Redding. Redding is buried at his ranch in Round Oak, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Macon. Jerry Wexler delivered the speech. Redding died just three days after recording "The Dock of the Bay". He survived by Zelma and three children, Otis III, Dexter, and Karla. Otis, Dexter, and cousin Mark Lockett later founded Reddings, a band run by Zelma. He also cares for or works at the Maids Over Macon hygiene service, several nightclubs, and booking agents. On November 8, 1997, a memorial plaque was placed on the lakeside deck from Madison's convention center, Monona Terrace.
Posthumous releases and proposed recording and television appearances
"Sittin 'On) Dock of the Bay" was released in January 1968. It became the only Redding single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first one-anum number on the US charts. history. It sold about four million copies worldwide and received over eight million airplays. The Dock of the Bay album is the first posthumous album to reach the top spot on the UK Albums Charts.
Shortly after Redding's death, Atlantic Records, the Stax/Volt release distributor, was bought by Warner Bros.. Stax was asked to renegotiate his distribution deal and was surprised to learn that Atlantic actually owned the entire Stax/Volt catalog. Stax was unable to regain the rights to his recordings and disconnect the Atlantic. The Atlantic also holds the rights to all unreleased Otis Redding masters. That's enough material for three studio albums - The Immortal Otis Redding (1968), Love Man (1969), and Tell the Truth (1970) - all published on the label Atco Records. A number of successful singles emerged from this record, among them "Amen" (1968), "Hard to Handle" (1968), "I Have a Dream to Remember" (1968), "Love Man" (1969), and "Look at That Girl "(1969). Singles were also lifted from two Atlantic albums Redding, In Person at Whiskey a Go Go , recorded in 1966 and released in 1968 at Atco, and Monterey International Pop Festival >, the release of Reprise Records featuring several live performances at the festival by Jimi Hendrix Experience on the one side and Redding on the two side.
Redding has at least two television shows booked for 1968; one on The Ed Sullivan Show and the other at The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
In September 2007, the first official DVD anthology of the Redding live show was released by Concord Music Group, then the owner of the Stax catalog. Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding's Legacy features 16 long gigs and 40 minutes of new interviews documenting his life and career. On May 18, 2010, Stax Records released a two-disc recording of three complete sets from the date of Whiskey a Go Go in April 1966. The seven sets of residencies for three days in the venue were released as Staying at Whiskey a Go Go: Record Completed in 2016, a Grammy Award-winning 6-CD box for Best Album Records.
Carla Thomas claims that the couple had planned to record another duet album in December of the same year, but Phil Walden denies this. Redding has proposed to record an album featuring songs that were cut and rearranged in different tempos; for example, ballads will be uptempo and vice versa. Another suggestion is to record an album entirely composed of state standards.
Personal life and wealth
Redding, which is 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighs 220 pounds (100 kg), is an athletic family man who loves soccer and hunting. He is portrayed as a strong, trustworthy, fun and successful entrepreneur. He is active in philanthropy projects. His great interest in black youth led to plans for summer camps for disadvantaged children.
Redding music makes it rich. According to some ads, he has about 200 suits and 400 pairs of shoes, and he gets about $ 35,000 per week for his concert. He spent about $ 125,000 on "Big O Ranch". As the owner of Otis Redding Enterprises, her performance, music publishing business and royalty from record sales earned her more than a million dollars in 1967 alone. That year, a columnist said, "he sold more records than Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin combined." After releasing Otis Blue, Redding became a "catalog" artist, which meant the album was not a live movie, but it sold well over time.
Musician
Style
Early on Redding mimics the rock and soul style of her Little Richard role model. He is also influenced by soul musicians such as Sam Cooke, whose live album Sam Cooke in the Copa is a powerful influence, but later explores other popular genres. He studied the recordings of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. The song "Hard to Handle" has elements of rock and roll and the influence of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. Most of his songs are categorized as Southern soul and Memphis soul.
His trademark is his harsh voice and his ability to convey strong emotions. Richie Unterberger from Allmusic notes "hoarse, rough, mischievous, emotional way with both the party song and the painful ballad song." In the book Rock and Roll: An Introduction, authors Michael Campbell and James Brody stated that "Redding's Song reminds a keen black preacher. Especially in high tempo numbers, the singing is more than a fiery speech but less than singing in the right tone. "According to the book," Redding finds a rough midpoint between a verbal and a fiery singing song. The delivery is overflowing with emotion "in his song" I Can not Turn You Loose. "Booker T. Jones describes Redding's singing as energetic and emotional but says that his vocal range is limited, not reaching a low or high tone.Peter Buckley, in The Rough Guide to Rock , describes his "harsh voice, which combines Sam Cooke's sentence with bolder delivery" and then suggests he "can testify like a careless preacher, humming like a gentle lover or down and dirty with yawp bluesy ".
Redding received advice from Rufus Thomas about his clumsy stage performance. Jerry Wexler says Redding "does not know how to move ", and stood still, moving only the upper part of his body, though he admitted that Redding was well received by the audience for his powerful message. Guralnick describes Redding's painful vulnerability in Sweet Soul Music, which appeals to the audience, but not to friends and partners. The shame was initially well known.
Songwriting
Early in his career, Redding mostly covered songs from popular artists, such as Richard, Cooke, and Solomon Burke. Around the mid-1960s he began writing his own songs - always carrying his cheap red acoustic guitar - and occasionally asking Stax members' opinions about the lyrics. He often works on lyrics with other musicians, such as Simms, Rodgers, Huckaby, Phil Walden, and Cropper. During recovery from his throat surgery, Redding wrote about 30 songs in two weeks. Redding is the sole copyright holder in all of his songs.
In the "Dock of the Bay" ("Sittin 'On)" he left a romantic theme familiar to "sad, energetic introspection, reinforced by the unforgettable decibel decibel riff by Cropper". The Songwriters Hall of Fame website notes that the song "is sort of brooding, the voice of dark despair, ('I have nothing to live/Listen like will not come my way')" although "the music, in general, is very excited and joyful. "According to journalist Ruth Robinson, liner note writer for the 1993 box set," Today is a revisionist theory to equate the soul with the dark side of the expression of human music, blues, pioneers of fire. "The problem got my music, maybe the father of his form if that, the glorified exaltation found in church every Sunday morning is his mother. "The Songwriters Hall of Fame website adds that" glorified glorification is indeed a proper description of Otis Redding's songwriting and style of singing. " Booker T. Jones compared Redding with Leonard Bernstein, stating, "He's the same type, he's a leader, he just leads with his arms and body and fingers."
Redding favored short and simple lyrics; when asked if he intended to cover up Dylan's "Just Like a Woman", he replied that the lyrics contain "too much text". Furthermore, he stated in an interview,
- Basically, I like music that keeps it simple and I think it's a formula that makes "soul music" a success. When there is a musical form to be messy and/or complicated you lose the average listener's ears. Nothing is more beautiful than a simple blues song. There is beauty in its simplicity whether you are talking about architecture, art or music.
Redding also wrote the record horn arrangements (sometimes difficult), humming to show the players what was on his mind. The recording of "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" captures his habit of humming with the horns.
Legacy
Redding has been called "King of Soul", an honor also given to Brown and Cooke. He remains one of the most famous artists of the genre. The sleek and strong style exemplifies Stax's voice; he is said to be "the heart and soul of Stax", while artists such as Al Jackson, Dunn and Cropper help expand its structure. The open singing, the tremolo/vibrato, the stunning performance of the stage, and the perceived honesty are characteristic, along with the use of interjections (such as "Must, Must, Must"), some of which come from Cooke. Producer Stewart thought the "beggar singing" was stress induced and enhanced by Redding's embarrassment.
Artists of various genres call Redding as a musical influence. George Harrison calls "Respect" as the inspiration for "Drive My Car". The Rolling Stones also call Redding a big influence. Other artists influenced by Redding include Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doors, and almost every soul and R & D musician B from the early years, such as Al Green, Etta James, William Bell, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Conley. Janis Joplin is influenced by her singing style, according to Sam Andrew, a guitarist in his band Big Brother and the Holding Company. He stated that he learned "to push the song, not just glide over it" after hearing Redding.
The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb wrote the song "To Love Somebody" for him to record. He loves it, and he will "cut it off," as Barry said, when he returned from his last concert. They dedicate a song to his memory.
Awards and honor
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inaugurated Redding in 1989, stating its name to be "synonymous with the term soul music that emerges from the black experience in America through transmutation of the gospel and rhythm and blues into a funky, secular form of witnessing." Readers of music newspapers English Melody Maker chose him as the top vocalist in 1967, replacing Elvis Presley, who topped the list for the previous 10 years. In 1988, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Five years later, the US Post Office issued a 29-cent memorial stamp in his honor. Redding was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994, and in 1999 he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame includes three Redding tapes, "Shakes", "Dock of the Bay", and "Try a Little Tenderness," on "The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll." American music Rolling Stone rated Redding at number 21 in the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list and the eighth in the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list. Q ranked fourth among the "100 Greatest Singers", after only Frank Sinatra, Franklin and Presley.
Five of his albums, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul , Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology , The Dock of the Bay , Complete & amp; Unreliable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul and Live in Europe , ranked by Rolling Stone on the "500 Greatest Time of All Time" album list. The first album was chosen for praise by music critics; Regardless of Rolling Stone's list at number 74, NME ranked 35th on the "Biggest Album of All Time" list. Music critic Robert Christgau said that Otis Blue was "the first great album by one of the few reputable artists of long standing", and that Redding's "real LP" was one of the most recognizable black albums of the '60s ".
In 2002, the city of Macon honored his native son by opening a memorial statue ( 32Ã, Â ° 50? 19, 05? N 83 Â ° 37? 17,30? W ) in the city's Gateway Garden. The park is next to the Otis Redding Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Ocmulgee River. Otis Redding Memorial Library is also housed in the city. The Rhythm and Blues Foundation was named Redding as the recipient of the 2006 Pioneer Prize. Billboard awarded the Redding "Otis Redding Excellence Award" in the same year. A year later he was inducted into the Hollywood Rockwalk in California. On August 17, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio, the city where he performed his last show at the Leo Casino, Redding was sworn in to the Official Rhythm & amp; Blues Music Hall of Fame at Cleveland State University.
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