Playlist
Otis Redding Essentials
Apple Music Pop
Tracks: 2571:10
The raw intensity of the blues meets the sweetness of pop.
Updated Jun 19, 2018
Tracks 25
- 1The Dock of the Bay2:46
- 2The Very Best of Otis Redding2:34
- 3The Very Best of Otis Redding3:49
- 4Otis Blue (Mono)3:00
- 5The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads2:40
- 6The Immortal Otis Redding2:20
- 7Otis Blue (Mono)2:07
- 8The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads2:25
- 9King & Queen3:03
- 10Otis Blue (Mono)2:45
- 11Pain In My Heart2:24
- 12Otis Blue (Mono)2:40
- 13The Very Best of Otis Redding2:44
- 14The Best Of Otis Redding2:44
- 15The Very Best of Otis Redding3:16
- 16Otis Blue (Mono)2:55
- 17The Very Best of Otis Redding3:08
- 18The Immortal Otis Redding2:43
- 19Otis Blue (Mono)4:14
- 20Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul2:34
- 21The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads2:40
- 22Pain In My Heart2:36
- 23King & Queen2:54
- 24The Dock of the Bay2:53
- 25The Immortal Otis Redding3:03
About this playlist
Otis Redding debuted on Stax Records in 1962 and died in a plane crash in 1967. In the five years in between, he forever changed popular music—combining raw blues intensity with gospel gravitas and pop sweetness. Songs like the horn-backed, V8-powered "Knock on Wood" defined the hard-driving sound of Southern soul, but Redding was also a masterful balladeer. On "Try a Little Tenderness", he leads by example; he smooths his gruff voice and dances it through the seams of a delicately arranged organ and piano beat, then lets loose for a funky finale.