Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is AND Try A Little Tenderness REACTION! 

As a Georgia girl, Otis Redding is very special to me. He died so young, and left us some amazing music. 💙

Try “I’ve Been Loving You” By Otis Redding.

When you look up "Soul Singer" in the dictionary, it should show Otis' picture.

I'm originally from Macon, Ga and Otis is one of my hometown heroes!

Mister Otis Redding

Its pronounced red-ing. And Everything he ever did was wonderful. Thank you for giving this music new life. I love your reactions.

I’ve loved Otis Redding since I was 6 years old and my mom played him all the time. I remember all these emotions that I didn’t even know how to use yet would be invoked by listening to his voice. I’m 43 now and cherish his music and the memories of my mom. But also I relate so much more to his music now that life has taken me on a roller coaster ride! Lol PLEASE react to I’ve Been Loving You Too Long by him. I promise you won’t regret it. 💜

I love that you’re reacting to Otis. Go listen to the video version of Try a Little Tenderness so you can feel the full effect of Otis. He is amazing to watch for a 7 minute performance in front of an audience in awe of him. Rest In Peace Otis Redding 👑👑👑🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

He has an awesome voice, and his song "Tramp," with Carla Thomas is one of my favorites.

You can’t go wrong with Otis, amazing talent.

The most Classic Otis Redding is "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay".

Sittin on the dock of the bay is amazing!

Otis Redding was and still is a treasure. You can listen to any one of his tracks and you'll never go wrong.

Otis is the best! Everyone needs Otis in their life. “Cigarettes and Coffee” is a song always on repeat in my home. “Pain in my heart” “These arms of mine” “I’ve got dreams to remember”, the list goes on and on when it comes to Otis ❤️ If you wanna dance listen to “Love Man”

Otis has the greatest voice ive ever heard. Have always felt that

India you should listen to The Commitments version of Try A Little Tenderness it is so good.

How’d I miss this reaction? Otis is my all time favorite singer. His voice was so special. ❤️

Hi hun welcome back. It is great to see you.

He was only in his 20s when he passed he died in a plan crash with his band and if I’m not mistaken al green discovered him

He and Sam Cooke not to mention Jackie Wilson were major influences on folks. If you can listen to him do Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones. George Harrison and the Rest Of The Beatles sent him a Telegram that said "Otis You Have Our Respect". He wrote the song which of course became Aretha Franklin's Signature Song. Of if you can, watch him on Ready Steady Go in 1967 before he died, he bought the house down.

Love it! My favorite Otis song is Try A Little Tenderness!!!

I've Been loving you to long to stop now.....that was one of Otis Reddings best slow jams...the house parties...down in the basement...with the Blue Light on....smh...good old days.....

Memphis Blues Guitar is my favorite style.

Hello from England 😊 Another excellent video 👍

One of the very best! Love Otis! Basically everything he sang was great. Check out “I Can’t Turn You Loose,” “Pain In My Heart,” and “I’ve Got Dreams To Remember.” ❤️🙌💯

His magnus opus, Try a Little Tenderness. "Nuff said!

he wrote the book on how to be a soul singer him and sam cook both died to young and at height of there fame

One of favorite singers. Mr Otis Redding.

Unfortunately, songs were very short in those days due to radio airplay time constraints (songs can't be more than three minutes).

My mother gave me an Otis Redding record when I was in my teens. In my 50's now and his music still moves me.

India I missed you doing this one but I love ❤ how you go back and pull out these old school classics and have such a natural appreciation for them.

Otis is one of the greatest soul singers of the 1960's .. his song are timeless,,,great reaction

Andrew Strong, aged just 16(😲) made a great job of covering Try a little tenderness, in the spectacular Irish movie, 'The Commitments'! It's about a group of young Dubliners, who form a showband, based on American 60's Soul music, & the resulting soundtrack album is Soul Gold!!!!

Do his set live from the Monterey Pop Festival! It’s filmed.

One of my favorites! He’s so talented and under appreciated today.

LOVE OTIS ..... We need more soul!

The vibes from these days a just real and from the heart

Love Otis Redding

Love him...never heard tenderness song done that way, but good. Lots of great covers of tenderness. Love That's How Strong My Love Is.

India you’re done justice playing Otis Redding. He a Legend!

Very good India, keep the Otis Redding songs coming. May I recommend Your Precious Love, either on your channel or personally. Guarantee you’ll enjoy it

So Otis’ LOVE MAN... it’s a rocker ❤️

First heard this on the Rolling Stones early LP but otis Redding is the boss !🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

When you were waiting for "Try a Little Tenderness..." I had chills of anticipation! What a great freaking song!!! Great rave-up of this one from the movie "The Commitments." As we head into the holidays, Otis does a BRILLIANT "White Christmas."

In 1968 Otis Redding died.iwas 18 then.That day several predominately ariican american high school students went to the streets to honor his passing and to show their grief.He was probably the best soul singer of that time ,regarded by many young black kids as more authentic than motown

Saw this king at the Monterey Pop Festival in ‘67! He wrote Aretha’s hit “ Respect”. A giant of a soul singer who died in a plane crash at age 27. ”.

The late great Solomon Burke next please! The movie “Pretty in Pink” has a great scene using this song with Jon Cryer....

Beautiful voice. Don't think he could have ever imagined how many generations his music would impact. Another great gone way too soon

Try a Little Tenderness reminds me of when Ducky danced and lip synced in Pretty in Pink. One of the best scenes in the movie. This song is a classic.

One of my all tome favorites!!!

Got to listen to him live great stage presents

I Like Both songs.

He is great, but you, you are from another planet so cute and all human, love your videos, thanks!

I play Try a Little Tenderness over and over and over some days.

I believe the band with Otis when the plane crashed was the Barclays. A few years later the remaining member reformed the group and put out some nice tunes. Let me know if I’m wrong about this it was a long time ago but this seems to be what I remember.

Otis Redding died at age 26 in a plane crash in a lake on his way to a concert. The crash also killed most of the then members of the soul/funk band the Bar-Kays, except for one member, Ben Cauley, who survived. Singer William Bell released a tribute song about Redding titled, "Tribute to a King."

One of the best voices god ever created in my opinion!

I ❤️ Otis! Thank you for posting!

It's Redding. Love ya. india

India, You never disappoint! You are the best! Love your channel.

"Love Man" by Otis is pretty badass too.

It's Redding, like the color red, otherwise it'd be spelled Reading or Reeding. As everyone else said, "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" is a classic. Play this as the sun is setting in a golden glow and a breeze comes in from an open window. Close your eyes and feel the vibes.

el gran otis

Otis is the the best ever. I am English and I grew up to this. There has been good, very good music since, but nobody can replace this man. I cried when he died, the world has missed so much! I believe I have every track he ever recorded. If there is a God, he put Otis here and gave him this voice and then took him away. I struggle with that!

Love Otis Redding. Great memories! Thanks

My favourite singer ever. I saw Otis and the Stax Tour (a record label) in London in 1967 and he was fantastic. Sadly died when he was 26 in a plane crash. A tragic loss. If you really want emotion listen to his, 'I've been loving you too long to stop now'.

I was just waiting for India to get her stank face on in Try A Little Tenderness... everybody does🤣🥰

Wrap you in my colors, and keep you warm

RED-ing. Love your videos!

Otis is still the best🎤❤️

One of my favorites of all time. Love me Otis. Other songs “Love Man” & “Tramp”

Otis is great. Love his voice.

"Try a Little Tenderness" is one of my favorites. Also check out "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay." There is never too much Otis!

You can't listen to Otis without tearing up. This man died waaaay too young.

Rolling Stones !

What great lyrics(That's How Strong my Love Is), and who better to sing it than the great soulful Otis Redding. Try a Little Tenderness, classic untouchable Otis Redding.

This is greatness

Also please give a listen to Percy Sledge " Cover Me." Thank you.

Otis and Teddy were the Men!!

RED-ing

Otis is one of my favorites! If you want a lesson in great music, tune into the Otis Redding station on Spotify. Lots of his classics plus other artists from that era. Listen to his song Sittin on the dock of the bay, it was one of the last he recorded. He intended to write and record another verse so he whistled on the track when he recorded it. Sadly, he died in a plane brash before he ever got to do that. The record company decided to leave the whistle in as Otis left it. His last name is pronounced red (like the color) ding.

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I knew you'd have that face when he sang "Tenderness".

I love Otis, too. Sometimes, when I think about how talented he was, and what he could have achieved if his life hadn't been cut short at 26, it makes me cry. It was all there for him - songwirter, variety show host, movie star - anything if he wanted it. And I love all the songs everyone is posting, but strangely enough, my favorite Otis song is Mr Pitiful. Very different from the mournful ballads, but from what I've read, that's how this song came about - DJs used to call him Mr. Pitiful because of those songs. I know you did some Barbara Lynn (love her!) songs in the past. They were clips from a TV show called The!!! Beat. It was hosted by Hoss Allen, a very popular DJ on WLAC in Nashville. A radio station that was responsible for getting a lot of this music out to other parts of the country. Hoss was known to imbibe, and the story goes that he had just been told that the show was being cancelled. And he did what Hoss did. They pulled him off the show, and made Otis (a guest that week) the host. And he did a fantastic job - why I even suggest the variety show host thing, because he had already proved he could do it.

Nice reaction to both songs...Otis is the man!!!

Check out his "Can't Turn You Loose". It moves & grooves!!

Oh I LOVE Otis Redding 🥰🥰 That's "how strong my love is" is one of the best love songs ever ❤️some other great ones are Cigarettes and coffee, Love man, Respect (yes the same one as Aretha Franklin, hers is a cover), I got dreams to remember, these arms of mine. Also please check out Some die young-Laleh (it became the anthem for the victims in the utoya terrorattack a few years ago) and If I used to love you-Daniel Lemma (it's similar to That's how strong my love is, and he deserves more recognition than he has)😁

Legendary artist died much too young in a plane crest just before he was about to become a huge star.

Check out Roland Gift's version of Thats How Strong My Love Is. Very dramatic, fantastic musical arrangement.... horns, guitar and piano solos.

Love Otis! Check out Andrea Faustini singing Try a Little Tenderness on UK XFactor. So fun!

If you like good, old school funk, you could try "Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside. It's still one of my faves.

FWIW, "Try a Little Tenderness" was written in 1932 and recorded by many artists in the 30s as a simple ballad. Redding's version was a very different and remarkable reading and arrangement of the song. By way of contrast, here is a 1933 recording by the great Ruth Etting. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a9xBMbGB1k8.html

Try a Little Tenderness first recorded by Bing Cosby in 1933. It's a standard, a real old song that never dies. A good idea!!!!

Please go check out his video version of Try a Little Tenderness India you will love it. Otis broke it down for 7 whole minutes

Check out 'Love Man" and "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay"

Did you already do Sitting on the Dock of the Bay???? ......maybe some Delta Blues when your ready, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker

Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow

Listen to "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay". It was his biggest hit after "Try it Little Tenderness" His last name is pronounced Red (like the color) ing. Go get 'me QT

Another one, “Pain in my heart.”

Please react to these songs by the Average White Band (AWB): "A Love of Your Own," Cut The Cake," "Person To Person," "Pick Up The Pieces," "School Boy Crush," "Cloudy (Live Version)," "Work To Do," "Queen Of My Soul" and "If I Ever Lose This Heaven (Live Version)." The Average White Band (AWB) is originally from Scotland and these boys will definitely provide you with some soulful funk that is sure to please...you won't be disappointed!!!