Otis Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was a singer and composer from the United States. He is regarded as one of the finest singer-songwriters in American popular music history, as well as a pivotal figure in soul music and rhythm & blues. Redding dubbed the “King of Soul,” drew inspiration for his singing technique from the gospel music that predated the genre. His singing style impacted many other 1960s soul performers.
Who is Otis Redding?
Otis Redding was born the fourth of six children and the first son of Otis Redding Sr. and Fannie Roseman in Dawson, Georgia. Redding Sr. was a sharecropper before working at Robins Air Force Base in Macon and preaching in local churches. The family relocated to Tindall Heights, a primarily African-American public housing project in Macon when Redding was three years old.
He began singing in the Vineville Baptist Church choir and learning guitar and piano at a young age. Redding began taking drum and singing classes at the age of ten. He sang in the school band at Ballard-Hudson High School.
Every Sunday, he earned $6 by singing gospel songs for Macon radio station WIBB, and he won $5 in a teen talent event for 15 weeks in a row. Singing was his love, and he frequently listed Little Richard and Sam Cooke as influences. Redding stated that he “would not be here” if Little Richard had not been there for him and that he “entered the music business because of Richard – he is my inspiration.” I used to sing rock ‘n’ roll songs like Little Richard… My current music contains a lot of him.
Redding dropped out of school at the age of 15 to assist financially support his family; his father had tuberculosis and was frequently hospitalized, leaving his mother as the family’s sole revenue earner. He worked as a well digger, a petrol station attendant, and a musician on the side. Gladys Williams, a well-known Macon musician who inspired Redding, frequently performed at the Hillview Springs Social Club, and Redding occasionally played piano with her band there. Williams held Sunday talent showcases, which Redding and two friends, singers Little Willie Jones and Eddie Roswell, attended.
What are some of Otis Redding Top Songs?
Below are some of Redding’s top songs:
Try A Little Tenderness, White Christmas, I’ve Got Dreams to Remember, The Happy Song, You Don’t Miss Your Water, Tramp, My Girl, A Little Tenderness, I Can’t Turn You Loose, Hard to Handle, Wonderful World, Shake, Ole Man Trouble, A Change Is Gonna Come, These Arms of Mine, Cigarettes and Coffee
What are some of Otis Redding Awards and nominations?
Redding received two Grammy Awards posthumously for “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards in 1969. Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, declaring his name to be “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.”
He was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1988. In his honor, the United States Postal Service published a 29-cent commemorative postage stamp five years later. In 1994, Redding was admitted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 1999, he won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted three Redding tracks, “Shake”, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”, and “Try a Little Tenderness”, into its list of “The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”.
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