The King of Soul

~ Release by Otis Redding (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: 1
2▶Digital Media: 2
3▶Digital Media: 3
4▼Digital Media: 4
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1Respect (live, 1967)
live recording of:
Respect (on 1967-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), East-Time-Walco, Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell and Warner/Chappell North America
3:43
2Can't Turn You Loose (live, 1967)
live recording of:
I Can’t Turn You Loose (on 1967-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., East/Memphis Music Corp. (from 1969 to ????) and Time Music (from 1969 to ????)
3:28
3I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (live, 1967)
live recording of:
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (on 1967-03-21)
writer:
Jerry Butler (soul singer) (in 1965) and Otis Redding (in 1965)
publisher:
East (US publishing company affiliated with BMI), Time (US publishing entity affiliated with BMI) and Wildwood Music Ltd.
44:07
4My Girl (live, 1967)
recorded in:
Europe (on 1967-03-21)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1967-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1967-03-21)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1967-03-21)
organ:
Booker T. Jones (on 1967-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Arnold (on 1967-03-21) and Andrew Love (on 1967-03-21)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (on 1967-03-21)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1967-03-21)
live cover recording of:
My Girl (on 1967-03-21)
lyricist:
Smokey Robinson
composer:
Smokey Robinson and Ronald White (soul singer, founding member of The Miracles)
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Music for Africa (South Africa), Poochum, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2:42
5Shake (live, 1967)
recorded in:
Europe (on 1967-03-21)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1967-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1967-03-21)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1967-03-21)
organ:
Booker T. Jones (on 1967-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Arnold (on 1967-03-21) and Andrew Love (on 1967-03-21)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (on 1967-03-21)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1967-03-21)
live cover recording of:
Shake (Sam Cooke song) (on 1967-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:
ABKCO Music Ltd.
2:53
6Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) (live, 1967)
live recording of:
Fa‐Fa‐Fa‐Fa‐Fa (Sad Song) (on 1967-03-21)
writer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
4:03
7Try a Little Tenderness (live, 1967)
recorded in:
Europe (on 1967-03-21)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (on 1967-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1967-03-21)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1967-03-21)
organ:
Booker T. Jones (on 1967-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Arnold (on 1967-03-21) and Andrew Love (on 1967-03-21)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (on 1967-03-21)
vocals:
Otis Redding (on 1967-03-21)
live cover recording of:
Try a Little Tenderness (on 1967-03-21)
lyricist:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher) and Reginald Connelly
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Recordi ex Recordi G.&C., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Warner Chappell and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (on 1932-11-04)
55:06
8I've Got Dreams to Remember
recording of:
I’ve Got Dreams to Remember
writer:
Otis Redding, Zelma Redding and Joe Rock (US songwriter/band manager)
publisher:
GMB Unlimited Publishing (ASCAP) and Irving Music, Inc.
33:15
9Nobody's Fault but Mine
recording of:
Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Otis Redding song)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
2.52:23
10Hard to Handle
producer:
Steve Cropper
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
guitar:
Steve Cropper
vocals:
Otis Redding
recording of:
Hard to Handle
writer:
Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer), Alvertis Isbell and Otis Redding
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Carlin Music Corporation (in 1968) and Irving Music, Inc. (in 1968)
4.152:18
11Thousand Miles Away
42:10
12The Happy Song (Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum)
producer:
Steve Cropper
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
guitar:
Steve Cropper
vocals:
Otis Redding
recording of:
The Happy Song (Dum‐Dum)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
2.352:41
13A Waste of Time
recording of:
A Waste of Time
writer:
Otis Redding
43:18
14Champagne and Wine
producer:
Steve Cropper
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
guitar:
Steve Cropper
vocals:
Otis Redding
recording of:
Champagne (& Wine)
writer:
Roy Lee Johnson (US R&B singer and guitarist), Otis Redding and Allen Walden
43:00
15A Fool for You
2:55
16I'm a Changed Man
producer:
Steve Cropper
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
guitar:
Steve Cropper
vocals:
Otis Redding
recording of:
I’m a Changed Man
writer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
22:17
17Direct Me
producer:
Steve Cropper
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
guitar:
Steve Cropper
vocals:
Otis Redding
recording of:
Direct Me
writer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
12:19
18Love Man
producer:
Steve Cropper
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
guitar:
Steve Cropper
vocals:
Otis Redding
recording of:
Love Man
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
42:18
19Look at That Girl
12:36
20Free Me
producer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
recorded at:
Stax Studios (Recording studio for Stax Records) in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1967)
recording of:
Free Me (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
13:07
21The Match Game
2:54
22A Little Time
2:31
23Johnny's Heartbreak
2:25
24Amen
producer:
Steve Cropper
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
guitar:
Steve Cropper
vocals:
Otis Redding
recording of:
Amen
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Otis Redding
33:04
25(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
producer:
Jerry Bruckheimer, Steve Cropper and Don Simpson (American film producer, screenwriter, and actor)
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
keyboard:
Isaac Hayes (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07) and Booker T. Jones (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
vocals:
Otis Redding (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
whistling:
Otis Redding (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1968)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 26), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 38), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 44) and Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 45)
recording of:
(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
writer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
publisher:
East Publishing Inc., East/Memphis Music Corp., Irving Music (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (Australia), Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division, Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Yamaha Music EH(CM) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
recording of:
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (Oliver Lake/World Saxophone Quartet arrangement)
composer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
arranger:
Oliver Lake
arrangement of:
(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay
4.252:41