Redding, Otis, 1941-1967 (Personal Name)

His The best of Otis Redding [SR] c1972: label (Otis Redding (soul singer)) container (1941-1967)

LC in RLIN, 9-5-89 (hdg.: Redding, Otis, d. 1967)

New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll (Redding, Otis; b. Sept. 9, 1941, Dawson, Ga., d. Dec. 10, 1967, Madison, Wis.; soul singer)

African American National Biography, accessed March 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Redding, Otis; Redding, Otis Jr.; R&B musician, singer, songwriter; born 09 September 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, United States; sang with Pinetoppers and recorded for Confederate label (1958-1961), with Shooters for Trans World and Finer Arts labels (1960), on the Volt label, a subsidiary of the Memphis-based Stax label (1962); reached the top of the R&B charts and established himself as a leading soul performer with “Pain in My Heart,” (1963); his tour in England was met by huge crowds (1967); was replaced Elvis Presley as the top male vocalist in the world in an annual poll conducted by Melody Maker magazine (1967); died 10 December 1967 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States)