Madison in the Sixties – December 10 1967 Otis Redding was one of the breakout stars at the Monterey Pop Festival in June, blowing minds with powerful performances of songs like Shout!, Try A Little Tenderness, and the song he wrote which Aretha Franklin made a huge hit, Respect. In October, he dethroned Elvis Presley […]
Madison in the Sixties – the death of Otis Redding
Madison December 10 1967 Otis Redding was one of the breakout stars at the Monterey Pop Festival in June, and in October dethroned Elvis Presley as the year’s top male vocalist in a poll by the British music magazine Melody Maker. Now he’s coming to Madison for his first Wisconsin appearance – two shows at Ken […]
Madison In The Sixties: December – The Death of Otis Redding
Fifty-one years ago this week, a plane crash in Lake Monona causing music lovers around the world to mourn the loss of a soulful singer. Stu Levitan looks back on the death of Otis Redding on this week’s Madison in the Sixties. Madison, December 10, 1967 Otis Redding was one of the breakout stars at the […]
