Otis Redding

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human recording artist songwriter soul singer

Otis Redding was an influential American soul singer and songwriter, renowned for classics like "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and his powerful, emotive vocal style.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Otis Ray Redding Jr. 1
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas 1
Otis Redding and The Pinetoppers 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
soul singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1967 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1958 ⓘ
associatedAct Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Carla Thomas ⓘ
The Bar-Kays ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
burialPlace Macon, Georgia, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath airplane crash ⓘ
child Dexter Redding ⓘ
Karla Redding ⓘ
Otis Redding III ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-09-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1967-12-10 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1961-08-17 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Redding ⓘ
fullName Otis Redding self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Otis Ray Redding Jr.
genre Southern soul ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Otis ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Georgia Music Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Al Green ⓘ
Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Janis Joplin ⓘ
Joe Cocker ⓘ
Michael Bolton ⓘ
Rod Stewart ⓘ
The Black Crowes ⓘ
Tina Turner ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accidental death ⓘ
memberOf Stax Records roster ⓘ
notableEvent performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967 ⓘ
notableWork (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay ⓘ
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) ⓘ
I've Been Loving You Too Long ⓘ
Mr. Pitiful ⓘ
Respect ⓘ
These Arms of Mine ⓘ
Try a Little Tenderness ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dawson, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Dawson, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Lake Monona ⓘ
surface form: Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin, United States
recordLabel Stax Records ⓘ
Volt Records ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Macon, Georgia, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Zelma Atwood ⓘ
styleCharacteristic powerful, emotive vocal delivery ⓘ
workFeaturedOn album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul ⓘ
album The Dock of the Bay ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carla Thomas → associatedWith → Otis Redding ⓘ
"Respect" → composer → Otis Redding ⓘ
subject surface form: Respect
Carla Thomas → duetPartner → Otis Redding ⓘ
Otis Redding → fullName → Otis Redding self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otis Ray Redding Jr.
this entity surface form: Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
this entity surface form: Otis Redding and The Pinetoppers
Little Richard → influenced → Otis Redding ⓘ
Rod Stewart → influencedBy → Otis Redding ⓘ
Rock Me Baby → isCoveredBy → Otis Redding ⓘ
Otis → namedAfter → Otis Redding ⓘ
Atlantic Records → notableArtist → Otis Redding ⓘ
Stax Records → notableArtist → Otis Redding ⓘ
subject surface form: That's How Strong My Love Is
"Respect" → originalPerformer → Otis Redding ⓘ
subject surface form: Respect
subject surface form: That's How Strong My Love Is (Otis Redding version)
Gone → sampledArtist → Otis Redding ⓘ
Otis → sampledArtist → Otis Redding ⓘ
Ahmet Ertegun → workedWith → Otis Redding ⓘ
Gone → writer → Otis Redding ⓘ
Otis → writer → Otis Redding ⓘ
"Respect" → writer → Otis Redding ⓘ
subject surface form: Respect
Who Gon Stop Me → writer → Otis Redding ⓘ