<b>Otis Redding</b>
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One Of The Purest Voices In Soul Music Was Silenced On December 10, 1967. R&amp;B Legend, Otis Redding, Was Killed, Along With Six Others, When His
Private Plane Crashed Into Lake Monona In Madison, Wisconsin.</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Just Three Days Earlier, The 26-Year-Old Redding Had Recorded His Most Memorable Hit, "(<span style="font-style: italic;">Sittin' On</span>) <span style="font-style: italic;">The Dock Of The Bay</span>." The Song Has Become A Classic And Went To Number One On The <span style="font-style: italic;">Billoard Chart</span>, Where It Stayed For Four Weeks, Selling <span style="font-style: italic;">Over A Million Copies.</span></span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Of Redding's Earlier Hits Included, "<span style="font-style: italic;">Satisfaction</span>," "<span style="font-style: italic;">Try A Little Tenderness</span>," "<span style="font-style: italic;">I've</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Been Loving YouToo Long</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">To Stop Now</span>), "<span style="font-style: italic;">Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">Sad Song</span>)," "<span style="font-style: italic;">These Arms Of Mine</span>," "<span style="font-style: italic;">Tramp</span> (With Carla Thomas)," "<span style="font-style: italic;">My Lover's Prayer</span>," "<span style="font-style: italic;">Respect</span> (Also Recorded By Aretha Franklin)," And "<span style="font-style: italic;">Hard To Handle</span>."</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Redding, Who Was Born In Dawson, Georgia, September 9, 1941, Was Inducted Into The <span style="font-style: italic;">Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame</span> In 1989.</span> <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=3UlQVhMAbwg">Click Here To Watch Otis Redding Perform "Try A Little Tenderness."<br style="font-weight: bold;"/></a><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">"<span style="font-style: italic;">In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It.</span>" -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.</span></div>