Otis Redding

Big O Holdings LLC and Sony Music Publishing Announce New Partnership To Administer Otis Redding Catalog

Sentinel News ServiceMay 21, 2024

The heirs to the Estate of Otis Redding Jr., doing business as Big O Holdings LLC, has entered into an administration agreement with Sony Music Publishingcovering Redding’s vast music catalog in the U.S. Otis Redding, a prolific songwriter, and producer, is considered one of the most influential performers in the history of American popular music and a trailblazer in soul and rhythm & blues music due to his gospel-inspired, stylistic singing. Known as “The King of Soul,” he released his debut album, “Pain In My Heart” in 1964 which produced his first hit single, “These Arms of Mine.” The song reached No. 20 on the R&B charts,

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Booker T. Celebrates 60 Years at 3rd Annual Jazz at Naz Festival

Kimberly Shelby Contributing WriterFebruary 1, 2024

Booker T. Jones will be celebrating 60 years of Green Onions and the Hammond B-3 organ at Jazz Club at The Soraya in Northridge on Feb. 2-3, at 8 p.m. As part of the Third Annual Jazz at Naz Festival, both evenings will feature a collaborative musical performance pairing of the legendary organist with up-and-coming keyboard extraordinaire Matthew Whitaker. One of the architects of The Memphis Sound, to which the 1960s and 1970s soul/funk movement is undeniably indebted, Jones, with his breakout album on the Stax Records label in 1962, helped to change the history of music. Three-time ASCAP Foundation

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The Late Chadwick Boseman, Kerry Washington and Dr. Dre Lead 2024 Hollywood Walk of Fame Honorees

Dr. Valerie Wardlaw, Contributing WriterAugust 23, 2023

If you live or have visited the City of Angels, chances are that you have seen those illustrious stars on the world-famous Hollywood Walk of Fame located on both sides of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. The stars honor the best of the best in entertainment with a new class of inductees announced each year.

Black Fact of the Day

November 22: (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, the iconic song written and performed by Otis Redding was first recorded, 1967

Black365.comNovember 22, 2021

November 22: (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, the iconic song written and performed by Otis Redding was first recorded, 1967

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Tupac Shakur’s life, legacy to be subject of massive exhibit

JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., Associated PressNovember 4, 2021

Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyrics from classic songs such as “California Love” and “Dear Mama” along with galleries that pay homage to his upbringing and late mother are among the features in a massive touring museum exhibit.

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‘AMAZING GRACE’ Opens in Theaters on April 5

Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing WriterMarch 29, 2019

The Queen of Soul is immortal and the new documentary “Amazing Grace” which opens April 5, will make you feel like you’ve walked back in time to 1972, the year they filmed the concert.

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Forest Lawn Memorial Parks presents ‘An Evening of Gospel, Jazz, and Blues’

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 25, 2019

A FREE night of music, dance, poetry, and black culture to celebrate Black History Month:

Marc Morial Opinion

Music and the Movement: The Lasting Legacy of the Queen of Soul

Marc H. Morial, President and CEO National Urban LeagueSeptember 4, 2018

If you could choose one artist to embody the African American experience of the 20th century, it would have to be the incomparable Miss Aretha Franklin.