2012 collection dedicated to one of the greatest R&B/Soul songwriters of the '60s. Otis Redding isn't always thought of as a tunesmith, but he wrote or co-wrote 20 of the 31 R&B and Pop hits that charted for him between 1963 and 1969, plus a significant quantity of his non-chart singles and numerous album tracks. Otis also wrote a good number of songs that were recorded exclusively by other singers. Otis's songs were covered extensively both during his lifetime and posthumously. The sheer number of covers is very impressive, especially as he was only five years into his career when he was killed in a plane crash in late 1967. Here, then, are just over two dozen excellent versions of Otis' songs, sung mostly by people whose names will be almost as familiar as his is to students of soul music. Individually they sound terrific; collectively they show just how respected Otis was by his fellow artists during his lifetime and how that respect has carried on following his untimely death. Ace Records.

Tracklist:

These Arms of Mine - Albert Washington ; the Kings
Sister Pitiful - Judy Clay
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - William Bell
Baby Cakes - Maxine Brown
Think About It - King Floyd
Shout Bamalama - Mickey Murray
Security - Irma Thomas
I've Got Dreams to Remember - Percy Sledge
Give Away None of My Love - Buddy Miles 1
I'm Missing You - Mitty Collier 1
I Can't Turn You Loose - James Carr 1
Chained and Bound - Bettye Swann 1
Just One More Day - Clarence Carter 1
Wholesale Love - Arthur Conley 1
Hawg for You - Tina Britt 1
Loving By the Pound (TK 2) - Otis Redding 1
Hard to Handle - Patti Drew 1
A Year, a Month and a Day - Arthur Conley 1
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) - Lou Rawls 2
Monkey on My Back-Jackie Hairston 2
Keep Pushing Me - James ; Bobby Purify 2
Good to Me - Donald Height 2
Respect - Aretha Franklin 2
(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay - the Staple Singers 2
I Got the Will - Etta James

UPC: 029667052627
Label: Ace Records Uk
Release Date: 10.2.12
Format: CD

Otis Redding - Hard To Handle-Black America Sings Otis Redding (Import)