Otis Redding(1941-1967)

Music Artist
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Composer

In 1960s Memphis, an audacious set of interracial collaborators dared to make their own music on their own terms, forming Stax Records, one of America's most influential creators of Black music.

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Otis Redding was born on 9 September 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, USA. He was a music artist and composer, known for Top Gun (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and Road House (1989). He was married to Zelma Redding. He died on 10 December 1967 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

Top Gun

7.0

Soundtrack("(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay")

1986

Hamburger Hill

6.7

Soundtrack("(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay")

1987

Road House

6.7

Soundtrack("These Arms of Mine")

1989

Mr. Nobody

7.7

Soundtrack("For Your Precious Love")

2009

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Music Department

Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
7.5
- performed by: "I've Been Loving You Too Long - Remastered Live at the Whisky A Go Go Version"
- written by: "I've Been Loving You Too Long - Remastered Live at the Whisky A Go Go Version"
- 2023
Du' Brothers: (Sittin on) the dock of the bay
Music Video
- composer
- 2021
Seal: I've Been Loving You Too Long
Music Video
- Music Department
- 2008
Food Rocks
8.8
Short
- writer: Respect
- 1994
Robert Palmer: Dreams to Remember
Music Video
- Music Department
- 1991
The Black Crowes: Hard to Handle
6.6
Music Video
- Music Department
- 1990

Composer

Trivia
First artist to have a number one hit posthumously on Billboard's "Hot 100" chart with his recording of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Volt 157). The song was recorded only three days before his untimely death.

Quotes
As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of the good Lord.