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Otis Redding

1941 - 1967

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Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otis Redding has received more than 9,274,993 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Otis Redding is the 148th most popular singer (up from 160th in 2019), the 929th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,034th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Singer.

Otis Redding is most famous for his song "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay."

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  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Otis Redding ranks 148 out of 3,528Before him are Mina, Bruce Dickinson, Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Branigan, Edita Gruberová, and Billy Joel. After him are Tony Bennett, Gilbert Bécaud, Dr. Dre, Feodor Chaliapin, Ibrahim Ferrer, and Chris Norman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Otis Redding ranks 61Before him are Jordi Savall, Jules A. Hoffmann, Abdelkader Bensalah, Roberto Carlos, Frank Farian, and Dan Shechtman. After him are Pete Best, Ray Tomlinson, Milan Kučan, Franco Columbu, Paul Anka, and Claudine Auger. Among people deceased in 1967, Otis Redding ranks 29Before him are Françoise Dorléac, Wolfgang Köhler, Hermann Joseph Muller, Casimir Funk, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, and Jayne Mansfield. After him are Ossip Zadkine, Norman Angell, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Héctor Scarone, Robert van Gulik, and Shigeru Yoshida.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Otis Redding ranks 929 out of 18,182Before him are George Kennedy (1925), Magic Johnson (1959), Billy Joel (1949), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), and David Lee (1931). After him are Tony Bennett (1926), Sarah Knauss (1880), Ray Tomlinson (1941), Jennifer Connelly (1970), William Hurt (1950), and Ambrose Bierce (1842).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Otis Redding ranks 53Before him are Kris Kristofferson (1936), Little Richard (1932), Al Jarreau (1940), Suzi Quatro (1950), Laura Branigan (1952), and Billy Joel (1949). After him are Tony Bennett (1926), Dr. Dre (1965), Chester Bennington (1976), John Denver (1943), Ben E. King (1938), and Neil Diamond (1941).

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