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Otis Redding (Otis Ray Redding Jr., Dawson, Georgia, September 9, 1941 – Madison, Wisconsin, December 10, 1967) was a highly influential soul singer from Georgia, USA. Redding was born in the small town of Dawson, Georgia. When he was 5, his family moved to Macon, Georgia. Redding sang in the choir at church, and as a teenager won the talent show at the Douglass Theatre for 15 weeks in a row. His early influences were Little Richard and Sam Cooke. |
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News in english
about Otis Redding
(September / 2009)
Can't Miss It: Tuesday Date: 01 Sep 2009
Seattlest -
SHE GOT SOUL : Bettye Lavette , a Detroit native and prolific singer-songwriter well known for her work in the Motown era, is visiting Seattle tonight and tomorrow night. Though Lavette toured in the 1960s with the likes of Otis Redding and Ben E. King and even had a short stint with the James Brown Revue, she always flew under the fame radar until 2005, when she released her album, I've Got My ...
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The things they left behind: Replica of Vietnam War memorial travels with objects of meaning Date: 09 Sep 2009
Pioneer Press -
The things left behind: a pack of cigarettes, a snapshot of young Marines in combat gear and a 45 rpm record of Otis Redding's "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay'' sealed in a plastic bag.
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Ocmulgee Flooding at Gateway Park Date: 22 Sep 2009
FOX 24 Macon -
I shot this footage near the Otis Redding statue at Gateway Park on Tues, off Riverside and Coliseum Drive. You can see the waters are well over the overlook, where you can normally stand. The river was moving very swiftly and it had a lot of debris. It was nothing like the Atlanta area but it's all trickling down.
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The Big 'O' Youth Educational Dream Foundation Celebrates the Legacy of the Immortal Otis Redding Date: 24 Sep 2009
Yahoo.com -
On Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Atlanta, GA, the Big "O" Youth Educational Dream Foundation and the Woodruff Arts Center of Atlanta will host a star-studded musical tribute to honor the music and legacy of the immortal Otis Redding, it was announced today by Zelma Redding, founder of the Big "O" Youth Educational Dream Foundation, and Joe Bankoff, President and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center.
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Big ‘O’ foundation to host musical tribute Date: 25 Sep 2009
Macon Telegraph -
The Big ‘O’ Youth Educational Dream Foundation and the Woodruff Arts Center of Atlanta will host a star-studded musical tribute in honor of the late soul legend Otis Redding.
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First Hartsville Idol named Date: 29 Sep 2009
Florence Morning News -
Audience votes named Demitrius McDonald the first Hartsville Idol on Saturday night at Burry Park from the top 16 finalist who sang. McDonald won the audience over with his soulful rendition of the Otis Redding classic “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Sad Song.”
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