Guest What? Otis Redding Wrote Her Most Famous Song

Guess what? Legendary musician Otis Redding (also known as the “King of the Soul Singers”) wrote Aretha Franklin’s most famous song “Respect”. He is generally regarded as the single most influential male soul artist of the 1960s. In 1965, he moved his family into a spacious 300-acre property, in Round Oak, Georgia he called “The Big O Ranch”. In that same year, he released Otis Blue/ Otis Redding Swings Soul which was recorded in 24 hours and features the classic “Respect” as well as the celebrated soul ballads, “I’ve Been Loving Yoo Too Long,” and “A Change is Gonna Come.”