# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otis-redding
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:41:23.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otis-redding"
name: "Otis Redding"
slug: "otis-redding"
description: "Otis Ray Redding Jr. was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the \"King of Soul\", Redding's style of singing drew inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His vocal style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter (1941–1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otis_Redding_(2).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-09-09"
deathDate: "1967-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.377282992569619
  historical:           26.531824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 269000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/otisredding"
    handle:    "otisredding"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
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    handle:    "otisredding"
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    url:       "https://x.com/otisredding"
    handle:    "otisredding"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "@otisredding"
    followers: 269000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otis Redding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otis Redding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otis Redding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otis Redding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otis Redding"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump