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Witness History: Otis Redding

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12/12/2017 GMT

Otis Redding

BBC World Service - Witness History, Otis Redding

The great soul singer who was killed in a plane crash in December 1967

The great soul singer who was killed in a plane crash in December 1967, as remembered by his friends and fellow musicians.

In December 1967, the great American soul singer, Otis Redding, was killed in a plane crash as he stood on the brink of superstardom. Simon Watts introduces the memories of Otis’s guitarist, Steve Cropper, and trumpeter, Wayne Jackson, as recorded in the BBC archives.

(Photo: Otis Redding in 1967)

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