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Name: Otis Redding
Music Brainz ID: 82b1f5fd-cd31-41a9-b5d4-7e33f0eb9751
Last.fm url:
http://www.last.fm/music/Otis+Reddinglisteners: 1042553
playcount:
Similar Artists:
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas,
Sam Cooke,
Wilson Pickett,
Al Green,
Aretha Franklin,
Popular Tags:
soul,
rhythm and blues,
blues,
60s,
oldies,
Published/Updated: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:54:27 +0000
Biography:
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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