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OTIS REDDING

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One Of The Purest Voices In Soul Music Was Silenced On December 10, 1967. R&B Legend, Otis Redding, Was Killed, Along With Six Other People (Including Memebers Of The R&B Group, The Bar-Kays), When His Private Plane Crashed Into Lake Monona In Madison, Wisconsin.

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ust Three Days Earlier, The 26-Year-Old Redding Had Recorded His Most Memorable Hit, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay." The Song Has Become A Classic And Went To Number One On The Billoard Chart, Where It Stayed For Four Weeks, Selling Over A Million Copies.

Some Of Redding's Earlier Hits Included, "Satisfaction," "Try A Little Tenderness," "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)," "Mr. Pitiful," "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)," "These Arms Of Mine," "Tramp (With Carla Thomas)," "My Lover's Prayer," "Respect" (Also Recorded By Aretha Franklin) And "Hard To Handle."

Redding, Who Was Born In Dawson, Georgia, September 9, 1941, Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1989.

"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.

The SOUL & LEGEND of Otis Redding