Otis Redding
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title:
Otis Redding
text:
Otis Ray Redding Jr. was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the "King of Soul", Redding's style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and his family soon moved to Macon. Redding quit school at
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American singer and songwriter (1941–1967)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding
date created:
2002-11-15T19:25:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:24:21Z
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