Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (often referred to simply as Otis Blue) is the third studio album by American soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding. It was first released on September 15, 1965, as an LP record through the Stax Records subsidiary label Volt. Otis Blue is composed mainly of cover versions of contemporary R&B hits, covering themes from the blues and love ballads, among others. Three of the LP's eleven songs were written by Redding, and three others were written by fellow soul singer Sam Cooke, who had died several months before the album was made. Except for one Read Full BioOtis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (often referred to simply as Otis Blue) is the third studio album by American soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding. It was first released on September 15, 1965, as an LP record through the Stax Records subsidiary label Volt.
Otis Blue is composed mainly of cover versions of contemporary R&B hits, covering themes from the blues and love ballads, among others. Three of the LP's eleven songs were written by Redding, and three others were written by fellow soul singer Sam Cooke, who had died several months before the album was made. Except for one track, Otis Blue was recorded in the span of 24 hours from July 9 to 10, 1965, at the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. As with Redding's previous records, he was backed by the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a horn section featuring members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes, providing a rhythmic Southern soul accompaniment for the singer's exuberant and forceful performances.
Otis Blue was a crossover success for Redding and proved one of his best-selling LPs with more than 250,000 copies sold. It was his first to top the US R&B LPs chart and also reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, while three of its singles became top 40 hits: the Redding original "I've Been Loving You Too Long", the Rolling Stones cover "Satisfaction", and "Respect" (later repopularized by Aretha Franklin). Released at the beginning of the album era, Otis Blue is considered by critics to be Redding's first fully realized LP and the definitive soul album of its period. It ranks frequently and highly on professional listings of the best albums, including Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" (at number 78) and Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Greatest Albums" (at number 92). A two-disc collector's edition of Otis Blue was released in 2008 by Rhino Records.
Otis Blue is composed mainly of cover versions of contemporary R&B hits, covering themes from the blues and love ballads, among others. Three of the LP's eleven songs were written by Redding, and three others were written by fellow soul singer Sam Cooke, who had died several months before the album was made. Except for one track, Otis Blue was recorded in the span of 24 hours from July 9 to 10, 1965, at the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. As with Redding's previous records, he was backed by the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a horn section featuring members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes, providing a rhythmic Southern soul accompaniment for the singer's exuberant and forceful performances.
Otis Blue was a crossover success for Redding and proved one of his best-selling LPs with more than 250,000 copies sold. It was his first to top the US R&B LPs chart and also reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, while three of its singles became top 40 hits: the Redding original "I've Been Loving You Too Long", the Rolling Stones cover "Satisfaction", and "Respect" (later repopularized by Aretha Franklin). Released at the beginning of the album era, Otis Blue is considered by critics to be Redding's first fully realized LP and the definitive soul album of its period. It ranks frequently and highly on professional listings of the best albums, including Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" (at number 78) and Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Greatest Albums" (at number 92). A two-disc collector's edition of Otis Blue was released in 2008 by Rhino Records.
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Ole Man Trouble
Otis Redding Lyrics
Ole man trouble leave me alone
Go find you someone else to pick on
I live my live and now you see now
Ole man trouble
Please stay away from me, oh now
Ooo oh yeah,
Yeah
Oh I look like I'm down in my luck
Please send faith to just help pick me up
I've lived this way for so many years, ah ah
Ole man trouble
Please wash away all my fears, oh now
God almighty, help me
Sometimes
Sometime I get I get a little worried
Ole man trouble
Please
Please
Stay away from me
Ole man trouble, ole man trouble, oh na, oh na na na
Stay away, stay away
You cause nothing but trouble
Just stay away, stay away
Just stay away, nothin' nothin' nothin' but trouble
Please, old man trouble, leave me alone
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Written by: OTIS REDDING
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Kenneth Moore
This is pure soul man, how can you not love this song.
Bestomusic85
+Kenneth Moore This is pure soul. It can't get any better than this. The musicians are playing what they feel. Thats what the blues is all about.
Loring Glover
+Kenneth Moore Simply the BEST. Otis has touched my heart again and again. Man what a loss!
Devin Williams
That's What I'm saying
Marknetick
I mostly listen to a lot of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc. Recently, I've been listening to Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes and The Who. I came across Otis Blue, and I absolutely love this song. I don't really listen to soul, but I've always appreciated it (especially the classic stuff), but this just sounds amazing. I love the slow-pace, the guitar melody, and Otis' fantastic vocals. I'm buying this album.
Phillie_B_30
Music finds us, always!
Georgina Bakboord
@LetsPlayClassicGames oh yeah...Duane Allman on Hey Jude!!!
LetsPlayClassicGames
Marknetick if you love those bands and dig this, check out Hey Jude by Wilson Pickett. Duane Allman plays an epic guitar solo on it, Clapton heard it and had to find out who it was, if it wasn't for that song Derek and The Dominoes may have never existed.
iolanthela
Amazing sidemen: Steve Cropper on guitar; Donald Dunn on bass; Isaac Hayes on keys, Al Jackson Jr. on the drums, Wayne Jackson & Gene Miller on trumpets, Andrew Love on tenor sax, Fred Newman on baritone sax.
Sim Bryant
I was never the same after hearing this song.