Artist: Otis Redding
Author: Otis Redding/Jerry Butler
Label: Volt
Year: 1965
N°2 R&B and on album Otis Blue.
Covers:
Rolling Stones [on live album Got Live If You Want It, drowned by screaming fans; Redding's profile among white audiences got seriously boosted by this cover; and so, following a successful tour of Europe, Otis covered (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (see there)]
Ike & Tina Turner [hit R&B; they also sang it in Madison Square Garden as the Stones' supporting act and in concert film Gimme Shelter]
Barbara Mandrell [her first chart entree C&W]
Joe Cocker [on Mad Dogs & Englishmen]
Francis Cabrel [as Depuis toujours]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)