Otis Redding died in a Dec. 10, 1967, plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin. Cyrus Andrews/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Bettmann Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” spent four weeks ...

With the release of the fourth posthumous Otis Redding album, perhaps it’s time to examine the Pedding legend and reassess his position in the pop pantheon. Unquestionably, the man had superb talents ...

TThe Crown Prince of Soul is dead. Otis Redding, 26 years old, a former well-driller from Macon, Georgia, died in a plane crash in an icy Wisconsin lake on December 10. With him were the five teen-age ...

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was released 50 years ago Monday, less than a month after Otis Redding died at the age of 26. The song was a departure for the R&B superstar — and it almost never ...

Exactly fifty years ago on 10 December 1967, a light aircraft crashed into the freezing waters of Lake Monona, Wisconsin. On board were soul music pioneer Otis Redding and his backing band The ...

Singer Otis Redding has been called an emotional explosion on stage and a soul singer who demanded respect. Redding, who started in Little Richard's backing band, once said: "I want to fill the silent ...