OTIS REDDING,
How can you talk about good listening music and not say anything about OTIS REDDING,
OTIS RAY REDDING  was born in Dawson Georgia on September 9,1941 to gospel singer
OTIS REDDING SR, and housekeeper FANNIE REDDING ,OTIS Father worked as a 
sharecropper, then at Robins Air Force Base and as a part time preacher,
When OTIS was three, The family moved to Tildall Heights,a predominantly black public housing
project in nearby Macon , At the age of 15 OTIS abandoned school to help his family financially, His father had contracted tuberculosis and was often hospitalized,
Leaving his mother as the family`s primary financial provider .OTIS later worked as a well digger ,gas station attendant and guest musician, In 1958, OTIS joined Johnny Jenkins band ,

The Pinetoppers and touredthe southern United States as driver and musician,        
     
An unscheduled appearance ona stax recording session led to a contract and OTIS first

single,THESE ARMS OF MINE, In 1962 stax released OTIS debut album, PAIN IN MY HEART, The rest is history!!!