The heading reads, “Otis Redding, The King Of The Soul Singers 1941-1967 ... He was signed to Stax Records out of Memphis, Tennessee. The city had a growing reputation as a mecca of soul music, which ...

Redding joined Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers in 1958. In 1962 he drove Jenkins to Memphis, Tennessee for a recording ... Stax co-owner Jim Stewart allowed Otis to cut a couple of songs ...

Otis Redding is born and more -- all on this day ... Obama said he'd been looking forward to a White House celebration of Memphis soul music for one reason. 	"Let's face it, who does ...

The Estate of Otis Redding, doing business as Big O Holdings ... drove Jenkins to Stax in Memphis, Tennessee, for a recording session that summer. After Jenkins finished the session early, Stax ...

including “Otis Redding” and “Solomon Burke” — earned smiles from Memphis Mayor Paul Young and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, even if most of the other words in the sentences were ...

In 1962, Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers had an audition in Memphis for the rising new ... That opportunistic vocalist was ...

"Defying the notion that Black artists needed to be 'made marketable,' the Memphis-based label went ... the label itself has gone." Related: Otis Redding III, Guitarist and Son of Otis Redding ...

He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he quickly landed at ... would see massive crossover success with Otis Redding, opening the door to acts like Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave and to writer ...