On September 15, 1965, “Stax Records” released “Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul”, the third Otis Redding studio album . It was recorded from April – July 1965, at the “Stax Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee and was produced by Jim Stewart, Isaac Hayes and David Porter. “Rolling Stone” magazine raked “Otis Blue” at number 74 on its list of the“500 Greatest Albums of All Time”,

Personnel:

• Otis Redding– vocals
• Booker T. Jones– keyboards, piano
• Isaac Hayes– keyboards, piano
• Steve Cropper– guitar
• Donald Dunn– bass
• Al Jackson, Jr.– drums
• Wayne Jackson– trumpet
• Gene Miller – trumpet
• Andrew Love– tenor saxophone
• Floyd Newman– baritone saxophone
• William Bell – backing vocals
• Earl Sims – backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Ole Man Trouble – Otis Redding
2. Respect – Otis Redding
3. Change Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
4. Down in the Valley – Bert Berns, Solomon Burke, Babe Chivian, Joe Martin
5. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Redding, Jerry Butler
6. Shake – Sam Cooke
7. My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
8. Wonderful World – Sam Cooke, Lou Adler, Herb Alpert
9. Rock Me Baby – B.B. King
10. Satisfaction – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
11. You Don’t Miss Your Water – William Bell