Otis Redding
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Photograph of soul singer Otis Redding in a recording studio. He wears a white suit and sits before a microphone. He faces right.Redding, a Georgia native, was an influential rhythm-and-blues and soul musician during the 1960s. Killed in an airplane crash in 1967, Redding was posthumously honored by a statue in Macon, Georgia, his hometown, and induction into both the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Digital Library of Georgia