Otis Ray Redding Jr. 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. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. He died in a car crash on June 14, 1969.
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Otis Ray Redding Jr. 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 a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and at the age of 2, moved to Macon, Georgia. He quit school at age 15 to support his family, working with Little Richard’s backing band, the Upsetters, and by performing in talent shows at the historic Douglass Theatre in Macon. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. Shortly before his death in a plane crash, Redding wrote and recorded his iconic \” The Dock of the Bay\” with Steve Cropper. The song became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. He received many posthumously accolades, including two Grammy Awards, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Hall of fame. He died in a car crash on June 14, 1969. He was buried in a private ceremony in MacOn, Georgia; he is buried next to his mother, Fannie Roseman, and his father, Otis Redding, Sr. Redding senior was a sharecropper and then worked at Robins Air Force Base, near Macon; he occasionally preached in local churches. He later worked as a well digger, as a gasoline station attendant and occasionally as a musician.
He often cited Little Richard and Sam Cooke as influences. He said that he would not be here without Little Richard – he is my inspiration. My present music has a lot of him in it. His passion was singing, and he often cited Big Brother and the Box Office as his biggest inspirations. He later performed at the popular Los Angeles night club Whisky a Go Go and toured Europe, performing in London, Paris and other major cities. He first played small shows in the American South. His breakthrough came in 1958 on disc jockey Hamp Hamp Swain’s Teenage Party contest at the local Roxy and Roxy Roxy Club. He won the USD 5 prize in a teen talent show for 15 consecutive weeks; the cash prize was $1,000. The combination enabled Redding to win fifteen consecutive weeks for ten straight weeks. He sang with Johnny Jenkins, a prominent guitarist and guitarist, and played with Redding’s band during several gigs. He also performed at Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Along with his group, he first playedSmall shows in Southern states. In addition to \”The Dock of The Bay,\” \”Respect\” and \”Try a Little Tenderness\” are among his best-known songs. The album The Dock Of the Bay was the firstPosthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.
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