Redding, Otis (1941-1967)
Hailing from Georgia, 1960s soul man Otis Redding exempli-fied the "Stax sound," named after the record company for which he recorded throughout his career as a...
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US exhibition devoted to late soul singer Otis Redding =
Bielefeld, Germany (dpa) - A year-long exhibition commemorating
the 40th anniversary of the death of U.S. soul ...
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Question 1 of 10:Which writer choked to death on the lid of his eye medication bottle, thinking it was a sleeping pill?a)
Graham
Greene
(0)b)
Tennessee
Williams
(1)c)
C.S.
Lewis
(0)d)
Ian
Fl...
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The sound was never exactly polished, but it had plenty of soul, and the Memphis sound created at Stax Records has found its own special place in the history of American music.Some of pop's most ch...
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Today is Sunday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2006. There are 21 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:One hundred years ago, on Dec. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the fir...
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Hippie counter-culture blossomed as the "Summer of Love" unfolded 40 years ago in San Francisco in Golden Gate Park and the nearby Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.Young people from around the country -...
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Let’s just get this out in the open: It’s unfair—but necessary—to compare Ginuwine to R. Kelly. Like Kelly, Ginuwine loves to perform overheated ballads and midtempo grooves...
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In 1896, a strip of silent film displayed a man and woman kissing. Audiences were captivated, shocked, even outraged.More than a century later, sex in cinema is still pushing the same buttons among...
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The Atlanta native has been spreading his royal wings in the arena of films and will team up with giants of the industry – Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and director Ridley Scott for Amer...
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Two days before Christmas 1955, Otis Blackwell wrote seven songs and sold them to a music broker for an advance fee of $25 each.He needed the money for presents. That grew to a much bigger gift thr...
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Redding, Otis (1941-1967)
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