Otis Redding

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This paper discusses Otis Redding and his short musical career. Redding's career began as a child when he sang at church. The paper shows how Otis Redding was a performer, songwriter, music publisher, businessman, husband, father and continues to be loved by listeners today.

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"Many people know and recognize the song, "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding, but many of the people who listen to this song may not realize that only three days after recording this song Otis Redding died in a plane crash. Redding was loved by both "white" and African American audiences. Otis Redding was a performer, songwriter, music publisher, businessman, husband, father, and continues to be loved by listeners today. Biography Otis Redding, an African American, was born September 9, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia. At the age of five, his family moved to Macon, Georgia. Redding's father worker for the Robins Air Force Base, which was "one of the local places of employment for blacks, and preached on weekends," but his father was often sick and the family lived in poverty (Otis Redding - History-of-Rock.com p. 2)."

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