Also known as
  • Ottis Redding,
  • Otis Reading,
  • Otis Ray Redding, Jr.
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer. According to the website of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989), 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 and blues into a form of funky, secular testifying." Redding was born in the small town of Dawson, Georgia. At the age of 5, he moved with his family to Macon,... full article at wikipedia
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  • Dec 10, 1967
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