In October of 1968 I held a copy of the Otis Redding Live at the Whisky A Go Go LP the first day it was available at Wallichs ...
Born Sept. 9, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, Otis Redding broke racial barriers and wrote the blueprint for soul music in his short life. Tragically, the 26-year-old died in a plane crash near Madison, ...
(From left) Jermaine Dupri, Karla Redding, Zelma Redding and ,Tina Mauldin attend the 2nd annual King Of Soul Music Festival in Macon, Georgia. Courtesy Otis Redding Foundation Macon will again ...
MACON, Ga. — Nearly two decades after launching a youth music program in memory of soul legend Otis Redding, his family has opened a permanent facility dedicated to music education in downtown Macon.
MACON — A block from this Georgia music mecca’s City Hall, precisely 120 paces from the front doors of the City Auditorium where Otis Redding’s funeral was held 57 years ago, a new 15,000-square-foot ...
On March 16, 1968, Otis Redding’s first posthumous release since his death months earlier reached no. 1 on the charts. It was the first posthumous record ever to hit no. 1 in American music history.