Otis Redding

Update: 2017-12-14

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In December 1967, the great American soul singer, Otis Redding, was killed in a plane crash as he stood on the brink of superstardom. Simon Watts introduces the memories of Otis’s guitarist, Steve Cropper, and trumpeter, Wayne Jackson, as recorded in the BBC archives.

(Photo: Otis Redding in 1967)

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Otis Redding

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Otis Redding