I've Been Loving You Too Long::Otis Redding

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Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American deep soul singer. According to the website of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989), Redding's name is "synonymous with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying."

Redding wrote many of his own songs, which was unusual for the time. Soul singer Jerry Butler co-wrote one of his hits, "I've Been Loving You Too Long".
In 1967 Redding played at the Monterey Pop Festival, which helped him to break into the white pop music scene.

Redding, his manager, the pilot, and four members of his backup band, The Bar-Kays, were killed when his chartered plane crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin, on December 10, 1967.

(Wikipedia)