Happy Birthday, Otis Redding

September 9 marks not only the first day of classes at Berklee but also what would have been Otis Redding's 72nd birthday. The soul giant's importance is a great example to show off the library's many resources.

Start by searching our catalog. A keyword search brings up 220 items, but using various limits, you can quickly find:

• CDs such as Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding (CD 1272-1275)
• Scores such as his Greatest Hits (MP1630.R433 G7 2001)
• DVDs such as Otis Redding: Respect Live 1967 (DVD 3804)
• Otis Redding: Try a Little Tenderness, a biography by Geoff Brown (ML420.R433 B76 2001)

In our streaming audio resources, you'll find his music in both the Music Online and Naxos Jazz Library streaming services.

In our e-Resources, you'll find lots of articles about him, including encyclopedia articles in Oxford/Grove Music Online and African American Experience and magazine and journal articles in databases such as the International Index to Music Periodicals and Rock's Backpages.

The library has lots of ways to show him the "Respect" he deserves.