On December 10, 1967 — fifty years ago today — the American soul singer Otis Redding died in a plane crash. He was just 26 years old. He had vaulted into stardom only 6 months before, at the Monterey ...

Zelma Redding talks about her late husband's belief in giving back - and lifting up.

Zelma Redding, widow of Otis Redding, reminisces about her life with the legendary Georgia soul singer, including how they ...

MACON, Ga. — The Otis Redding Center for the Arts is marking a major milestone — one year since opening its doors in downtown Macon. The center officially opened in March 2025 on Cotton Avenue at ...

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 ...

MACON, Ga. — The Otis Redding Center for the Arts officially opened its doors today in downtown Macon at the corner of Cherry Street and Cotton Avenue. The Redding family says their dad would be proud ...

Nearly 50 years after his untimely death, Redding's influence as a spirit of soul music remains. Jonathan Gould, author of a new biography of the... Otis Redding's 'Unfinished Life' Still Resonates ...

Otis Redding Jr.’s family has elected to carry on his legacy by partnering with Sony Music Publishing to administer the songs of the late soul legend in the United States. His estate, doing business ...

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday. Redding was just 3 years ...

Otis Redding in 1966 . (Photo by Cyrus Andrews/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) In 1967, I was a very young reporter for a newspaper called The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio… and crazy in love ...

Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Otis," on which the late soul legend receives featured billing, storms the survey at No. 15 (and the Hot 100 at No. 47). By Gary Trust Otis Redding sets the mark for the ...

A baby armadillo at Zoo Atlanta, Zelma Redding talks about her late husband, Otis Redding, and news from around the South in ...