The New York Times gave only four inches at the bottom of a column on page 19 to the death exactly one month ago of Otis Redding ... wrote most of his greatest songs including "I've Been Loving ...

and a title borrowed from the nickname bestowed on Redding by an admiring radio DJ. “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)”, jointly written by Otis and Jerry Butler, the former lead ...

All the tropes of Redding’s vocal arsenal are on display. “Hard To Handle” doesn’t really have a written melody – the entire tune is Otis riffing around the horn arrangement ...

OTIS REDDING songs and albums, peak chart positions, career stats, week-by-week chart runs and latest news. Otis Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia on September 9, 1941 and was an American singer ...