For those of you who live in the UK, or use Zattoo.com to watch TV on your PC, tune your telly or Tivo to BBC4.At 9pm is 'Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story.At 10.55pm is Stax Volt Tour of Norway 1967. It includes Booker T & The MGs, Sam and Dave, and five songs by Otis Redding, inclding "Try A Little Tenderness", complete with thre false exits. (I'm reading the TV guide on this.) Sounds ...
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40 years ago Ben Cauley was playing trumpet for his group The Bar-Kays, which featured Otis Redding. The group their twin-engine aircraft plunged into Lake Monona on Dec. 10, 1967, miles from the airport. Cauley was rescued from the lake's icy waters and suffered only minor injuries.The trumpeter was the only survivor of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding and other members of his band, Th...
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Otis Redding's legacy will be honored in the film documentary Dreams To Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding. The film will receive its World Theatrical Premiere at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, on Monday, October 8 at 8:00 p.m.The film coincides with the 40th anniversary of the soul singer's death on December 10, 1967, and with the 50th anniversary of Stax Reco...
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To mark the relaunch and 50th anniversary of soul label Stax Records, PBS will air the special Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story beginning August 1st at 9PM (EST). The film, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, shows how the careers of soul legends Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, the Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd, Carla and Rufus Thomas, Albert King, and Booker T. and the MGs began and ho...
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John Cryer lip syncs his heart out to the woman he loves in 'Pretty In Pink' Anyone who was ever less than popular, which was probably most of us, has to love Duckie's spastic performance of the Otis Redding Classic 'Try A Little Tenderness' in the record store!Otis Redding - 'Try A Little Tenderness' MP3~~
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How funky is this man who can rhyme "mistake" with "carrot cake" and make it work?
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O, really? Take listen below: Otis disagrees. Maybe there's room for a Big O in both music and basketball.
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I was on a flight earlier this year, solitary and ear-deep in my iPod—as was the custom at the time.I'm used to shutting myself off to the world with headphones, being the master of public transportation that I am. The days I forget them are always filled with the longest rides. Perhaps strangers speak to me because I have an approachable face. I really have no idea. And, sure, sometimes I don'...
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John Cryer lip syncs his heart out to the woman he loves in 'Pretty In Pink' Anyone who was ever less than popular, which was probably most of us, has to love Duckie's spastic performance of the Otis Redding Classic 'Try A Little Tenderness' in the record store!Otis Redding - 'Try A Little Tenderness' MP3~~
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It is rainy here in Minnesota, and being that it is Sunday it seems like fitting weather. Outside was not an option today so a family trip to the library was on the agenda. I know I have said it a million times before, but I love going to the library to get a new crop of music to add to my music collection on my home computer. I was a little disappointed today at the selections my library had t...
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Written by The Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, the song became the Temptations' first U.S. number-one single, and is today their signature song. Robinson's inspiration for writing this song was his wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. Otis gets props for this cover. This got me to thinkin 'bout My Girl and I added a few more in comments. Anyone got more??
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40 years ago Ben Cauley was playing trumpet for his group The Bar-Kays, which featured Otis Redding. The group their twin-engine aircraft plunged into Lake Monona on Dec. 10, 1967, miles from the airport. Cauley was rescued from the lake's icy waters and suffered only minor injuries.The trumpeter was the only survivor of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding and other members of his band, Th...
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[Otis Redding - Cigarettes & Coffee / 3:59]What is the first name which comes to mind when you hear "Stax?"Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (Macon, September 9, 1941 –Lake Monona, December 10, 1967)"When Otis came into the picture, life became more than just sound. [...] His intent was so strong and so powerful when we were recording, it translated to more than the music. I'd never been with anybody that ...
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| 1 Try a Little Tenderness |
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| 2 These Arms of Mine |
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| 3 Try a Little Tenderness |
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| 4 Come to Me |
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| 5 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction |
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