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Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music and a major figure in soul music and rhythm and blues. His singing style has been highly influential among the soul artists of 1960s and helped exemplify the Stax Sound. After appearing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, he wrote and recorded "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper, which became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts after his death in a plane crash. The Dock of the Bay became the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.
Born and raised in Georgia, United States, Redding left school at age 15 to support his family by working with Little Richard's backing band, The Upsetters, and by performing at talent shows for prize money. In 1958, he joined Johnny Jenkins' band, The Pinetoppers, and toured the Southern United States as driver and musician. An unscheduled appearance on a Stax Records recording session led to a contract and his first single, "These Arms of Mine", in 1962. Stax released Redding's debut album, Pain in My Heart, two years later.
Initially popular mainly with African Americans, Redding later reached the broader American pop music audience. He and his group first played small gigs in the South, then performed at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub, their first concert in the western United States. Redding later performed in Paris, London and other European cities. His premature death devastated Stax, already on the verge of bankruptcy, which later discovered that Atlantic Records owned the rights to his entire catalog.
Redding received many posthumous accolades, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He received the honorific "King of Soul". Among his most well-known songs were "Respect" and "Try a Little Tenderness".

Track Listing:
01. "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding) 2:40
02. "I'm Sick Y'all" - (Cropper, David Porter, Redding) 2:53
03. "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) 2:53
04. "Sweet Lorene" (Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell, Redding) 2:26
05. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods) 3:46
06. "Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 2:32
07. "My Lover's Prayer" (Otis Redding) 3:05
08. "She Put the Hurt on Me" (Otis Redding) 2:34
09. "Ton of Joy" (Otis Redding) 2:50
10. "You're Still My Baby" (Chuck Willis) 3:47
11. "Hawg for You" (Otis Redding) 3:24
12. "Love Have Mercy" (Hayes, Porter) 2:28

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Soul, Rhythm And Blues, Blues
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2012
Speelduur: 36 minuten
Cover: Frontje is in de RARs verwerkt