Otis Redding Dies In Plane Crash!

Otis Redding Before Crash

On December 10, 1967, the world of music lost Otis Redding in a plane crash in Madison, Wisconsin.

Otis was just 26-years-old when he died.

Redding, his manager, the pilot and four members of The Bar-Kays were killed in the crash, while one group member, Ben Cauley survived. (continue reading RareSoul.com)...

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Otis Redding

On this day in 1967, Otis Redding entered the recording studio to record tracks, including “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.”

He was in rare form, because six weeks earlier, Otis had Polyps removed from his throat and hadn’t been able to sing for six weeks.

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On this day in 1967, Otis Redding recorded his signature song, “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.”

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