| 1 | * CoveredUp: Hit this one from both directions; most notably, he originally recorded "Respect", which became a big hit for Music/ArethaFranklin. Also of note is "Hard To Handle," which is today more associated with [[Music/TheBlackCrowes The Black Crowes]]. |
| 2 | ** "Try a Little Tenderness" was written in 1932, and Redding's version was based on Music/SamCooke's take, but it's now universally thought of as an Otis Redding classic. |
| 3 | ** "I Can't Turn You Loose" is now more familiar as the instrumental backing Film/TheBluesBrothers used in their live performance introduction, ''and'' from becoming a staple of marching bands at sporting events. |
| 4 | ** Music/BruceSpringsteen's rendition of "Merry Christmas Baby" is explicitly based on Redding's arrangement, and is much more well-known. |
| 5 | ** His version of "My Girl" reached #11 in the UK in 1965, which made it a much bigger hit there than [[{{Creator/Motown}} The Temptations']] original at the time.[[note]]A 1992 reissue of the Temptations version to tie-in with the [[Film/MyGirl film of the same title]] eventually got to #2 on the UK charts[[/note]] |
| 6 | * SignatureSong: "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay". |
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