| Although his life was extremely short, Otis Redding is | | | | many of his contemporaries is an important Otis |
| incredibly important in the history of Soul and Rock | | | | Redding quiz point to learn, and this is the fact that |
| & Roll, as he was one of the key figures that | | | | he wrote much of his own music. Many of the |
| managed to successfully blend elements of many | | | | touring musicians who were popular at the time |
| different musical genres into the new sounds that | | | | would rely on playing tested material penned by |
| would define future generations. Any Otis Redding | | | | proven song writers, and while Redding would |
| quiz would start by asking about his nickname. He is | | | | certainly play those songs as well, he was also |
| often referred to as the "King of Soul" which fully | | | | extremely passionate about writing his own songs. |
| encompasses just how important his brief | | | | Otis Redding trivia must usually unfortunately include |
| contribution to the music industry was. | | | | the facts of his untimely death. He had been playing |
| One part of Otis Redding trivia is that his biggest hit | | | | in Cleveland with his band, and after leaving the show |
| was released actually a month after his death, | | | | the plane he was aboard crashed into Lake Monona, |
| something which is actually quite common, especially | | | | Madison WI. Redding, the pilot, four members of his |
| among singers and artists who die young in their | | | | back up band and his manager all died in the crash, |
| career. That hit was (Sittin on) The Dock of the Bay, | | | | and only one person aboard the plane would survive |
| and was easily his largest commercial success, | | | | the crash - Ben Cauley who had been a member of |
| although the importance of Redding to the musical | | | | the Bar Kays, Otis Redding's backup band. |
| movements of the time as a whole go far beyond | | | | Redding continues to be recognized since his death |
| one commercially successful single. Redding took the | | | | as an important figure in music, including receiving a |
| influences he was given, including artists like Little | | | | lifetime achievement award from the Grammy's, |
| Richard and Sam Cooke, and turned it into something | | | | being honoured by the Songwriters and Rock and Roll |
| new, and something different which would give birth | | | | hall of fame, and by Rolling Stone magazine as one |
| to hundreds of musical artists that would follow him. | | | | of their hundred greatest artists of all time. |
| One of the things which set Otis Redding apart from | | | | |