Monday, October 27, 2014

#13 Try A Little Tenderness -- Otis Redding (1966)



There aren’t any “really old” recordings (defined here as “a lot older than I am”) in this list, but there are a few really old songs. Most of them, such as "Georgia On My Mind" and "Beyond The Sea", are generally recognized as classics. That’s not so much the case for “Try A Little Tenderness”, although it has been recorded by Bing Crosby and numerous other folks starting in 1932. No one, however, did such a radical reworking as Otis – not particularly tender, but definitely soulful.

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