Otis Redding

Otis Redding receives a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Otis Redding is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Otis Redding dies in a plane crash in Lake Monona, Wisconsin.

Otis Redding records "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" shortly before his death.

Redding performs at the Monterey Pop Festival, gaining wider recognition.

Otis Redding establishes his own publishing company, Redwal Music, Inc.

Otis Redding founds Jotis Records with Zelma Redding.

Otis Redding releases "Respect," later famously covered by Aretha Franklin.

Otis Redding marries Zelma Atwood.

Redding becomes a vocalist and driver for Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers.

Redding wins a talent contest and appears on local TV show "Teenage Party".

Redding begins performing with Pat T. Cake and the Mighty Panthers.

Attends Ballard Hudson High School, but leaves to support his family.

Otis Redding is born in Dawson, Georgia.