1941 - 1967
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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Among singers, Otis Redding ranks 148 out of 3,528. Before 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.
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 142
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 143
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 144
1952 - 2004
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 145
1946 - 2021
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 146
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 147
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 148
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 149
1927 - 2001
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 150
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 151
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 152
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 153
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 154
Among people born in 1941, Otis Redding ranks 61. Before 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 29. Before 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.
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 55
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 56
1941 - 2021
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 57
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 58
1941 - 2024
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 59
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 60
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 61
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 62
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 63
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 64
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 65
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 66
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 67
1942 - 1967
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 23
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 24
1890 - 1967
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 25
1884 - 1967
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 26
1897 - 1967
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 27
1933 - 1967
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 28
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 29
1888 - 1967
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 30
1872 - 1967
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 31
1873 - 1967
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 32
1898 - 1967
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 33
1910 - 1967
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 34
1878 - 1967
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 35
Among people born in United States, Otis Redding ranks 929 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1925 - 2016
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 923
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 924
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 925
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 926
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 927
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 928
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 929
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 930
1880 - 1999
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 931
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 932
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 933
1950 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 934
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 935
Among singers born in United States, Otis Redding ranks 53. Before 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).
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 47
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 48
1940 - 2017
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 49
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 50
1952 - 2004
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 51
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 52
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 53
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 54
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 55
1976 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 56
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 57
1938 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 58
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 59