Respect is due Otis Redding — and Aretha Franklin. For the first time since 2004, Rolling Stone magazine has reshuffled its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and Franklin’s version of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Otis Redding, widely regarded as the “King of Soul,” left an indelible mark on music history with his emotionally charged vocals, heartfelt lyrics, and electrifying stage presence.

This essential six-CD set captures Otis and his blazing ten-piece band at a vital time in soul music, where a young showman was trying to cross over to the white rock'n'rollers on the Sunset Strip.

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the release of The Dock of the Bay, the first album by Otis Redding to be released after his premature death in a plane crash in December 1967. The album’s title ...