Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
In order to get closer to the music he loved, he took a job in his hometown as a chorus boy for a local choir and occasionally guest sang. In 1962, he drove the members of the choir to a certain record company in Memphis to audition. Since the protagonist was not him, he had to sit in the corner obediently during the recording. I couldn't help expressing my hope that I would have the opportunity to record. With twenty minutes left in the recording time, the record company boss agreed to let him try it out.
He recorded two songs, the first one made the boss feel too much like the old black rocker Little Richard he admired since childhood, and the second was a lyrical ballad "These Arms of Mine", although the boss is not special Appreciate it, or decided to release it, but it unexpectedly became his first chart-topping song.
Over the next few years, Otis Redding had several other R&B hits,
including "Pain in My Heart," "Security," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Respect," and winning for him. More notable songs, a cover of the Rolling Stones classic "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," and more. Among them, "Respect", which was published in 1965, was successfully covered by Aretha Franklin in 1967 and won the championship, which caused a sensation in the music world.
It's just that his popularity was limited to blacks at the time, and for the vast majority of whites, few people still knew him. To promote him, the record company arranged a concert tour that spread his fame to Europe, especially England and France, and then they returned to the United States to perform at the Monterey Pop Festival. He was the last to appear, and the only soul singer at the event, and by the time he took the stage, it was past midnight, and many of the tired white audience were dozing off, not paying attention to this guy they barely knew. black singer.
Otis Redding stoked the scene with his energetic "Shake," making his performance at that concert legendary. And because it was the first time he had come into contact with that kind of hippie audience, he was quite touched. After the concert, he wrote "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" on a yacht docked near San Francisco. This song. On December 7, 1967, he entered the studio and recorded the song. At the beginning of the song, he added the sound of waves and seagulls, and sang the longing in the heart of a lonely man with a soft rhythm.
Three days later, on December 10th, after a concert in Wisconsin, he boarded the twin-engine plane he had just purchased, ready to go to Connecticut to perform. At that time, he could be said to be complacent, because not only was his "Respect" sung by
soul singer Aretha Franklin, but he was also voted the best male singer in the world by readers of the famous British Melody Maker, replacing him. The throne held by Elvis for the past eight years.
The weather that day was very unfavorable for flying, and there was a thick fog in the air. Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed four miles from the airport, and soon sank in the icy lake water, and Otis Redding ended his short life, only twenty-six years old. He was killed along with the pilot of the plane, his servants and four members of the Bar-Keys band.
Four thousand five hundred fans and relatives attended his funeral. After his death, the record company released "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay", which quickly shot to the top of the charts, becoming the only number one song in his life, but unfortunately he could not enjoy those honors himself. . In 1980, his two sons and a cousin formed "The Reddings" for a cover of "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay," which reached No. 55, becoming the first song of all time. The popular champion song is re-sung by the descendants of the original singer.
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