What Happened on this Day in Music History…
On this date … Sept 15-
In 1965 –
Otis Redding released his third studio album called Otis Blue. The album mainly consists of cover songs by popular R&B and soul artists and except for one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9 and 10, 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and includes the classic tracks ‘Ole Man Trouble”, ‘Respect’, and ‘Down in the Valley’.
Otis Blue was critically acclaimed and became one of Redding’s most successful albums and Rolling Stone Magazine lists it as one of the top albums of all times.
On the album he wrote and also performed “Respect” which became a 1967 hit and the signature song for Aretha Franklin.
