Otis Redding’s Death – Cause and Date

The blues singer Otis Redding died at the age of 26. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Soul and blues singer-songwriter and producer best known for the song “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay.” Released after his death, it became the first single to posthumously top the Billboard 100.

He married Zelma Atwood on August 17, 1961, and they had four children together.

Quotes

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“If I were to leave the U.S., I’d live in England. But I’d never leave the U.S. I own a 400-acre farm in Macon, Georgia. I raise cattle and hogs. I own horses, too. I love horses as much as singing. I like to hunt on horseback.” (Otis Redding)

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“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.” (Otis Redding)

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“I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy.” (Otis Redding)