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    Bass Otis (July 17, 1784 - November 3, 1861), was an early American artist, inventor, and portrait painter. He painted hundreds of portraits including...
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    William Smith Otis (September 20, 1813 – November 13, 1839) was an American inventor of the steam shovel. Otis received a patent for his creation on February...
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    Born in Los Angeles, California, Otis is the son of rhythm and blues musician, bandleader, and impresario Johnny Otis, who was of Greek descent, and his...
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    came from two rival Detroit vocal groups: Otis Williams, Elbridge "Al" Bryant, and Melvin Franklin of Otis Williams & the Distants, and Eddie Kendricks...
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    heavy bass and sub-bass lines, samples, and synthesizers. The genre grew out of the UK's jungle scene in the 1990s. The popularity of drum and bass at its...
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  • Otis Day and the Knights was a fictional R&B band shown performing in the 1978 movie National Lampoon's Animal House. Following the success of the film...
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  • Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (often referred to simply as Otis Blue) is the third studio album by American soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding...
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    Donald "Duck" Dunn (category American rock bass guitarists)
    1975) With Otis Redding Pain in My Heart (Atco Records, 1964) The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (Atco Records, 1965) Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings...
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  • Eddie Kendricks) bass lead singer (e.g., Melvin Franklin) background second tenor and baritone w/ occasional lead (since 1961 Otis Williams has always...
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  • July 2023). "Royel Otis Unveil New Single 'Adored'". Milky. Retrieved 27 February 2024. Johnson, Tommy (5 October 2023). "Royel Otis Announce Long Awaited...
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  • Ballard, and The Robins, among many others. Otis has been called the "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues". Otis was born in Vallejo, California, to Greek immigrant...
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  • Otis Williams) "You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth" – 2:46 (lead singers: Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)...
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  • "Freedom Flight - Shuggie Otis | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2021. Shuggie Otis-Freedom Flight at Discogs Shuggie Otis- Freedom Flight (lists musicians)...
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  • (tenor/falsetto) Richard Street – vocals (tenor/baritone) Melvin Franklin – vocals (bass) Otis Williams – vocals (second tenor/baritone) The Andantes – additional background...
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    Melvin Franklin (category American basses)
    Wilson. In 1958, Otis Williams, a classmate of Franklin's at Detroit's Northwestern High School, had formed his own singing group, Otis Williams and the...
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  • recorded by American soul singer Otis Redding. It was released in 1965 as a single from his third album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul and became a...
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  • Paul Williams - vocals (second tenor/baritone) Melvin Franklin - vocals (bass) Otis Williams - vocals (second tenor/baritone) with: The Funk Brothers - instrumentation...
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    guitar; Roland James-guitar; Jimmy Smith; piano; Stan Kesler or dis Manker-bass; Otis Jet-Drums Written by Roy Orbison Produced by Jack Clement and Bill Justis...
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    instructed in drawing by John Rubens Smith, and subsequently became a pupil of Bass Otis in Philadelphia. His 1844 work De Soto discovering the Mississippi was...
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    Great American Pyramid and the Pyramid Arena, and colloquially known as the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid, is a pyramid-shaped building located in downtown Memphis...
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    signs and coaches in Philadelphia. Wilson introduced him to the painters Bass Otis and Thomas Sully, and Neagle became a protégé of the latter. In 1818 Neagle...
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  • The Immortal Otis Redding is a posthumous studio album by American soul recording artist Otis Redding, released in June 15, 1968 by Atco Records. It compiles...
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  • Sully (1783–1872), painter Solomon Willard (1783–1861), stone carver Bass Otis (1784–1861), painter Rubens Peale (1784–1865), painter John James Audubon...
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  • Paul Williams - vocals (second tenor/baritone) Melvin Franklin - vocals (bass) Otis Williams - vocals (second tenor/baritone) with: Norman Whitfield - producer...
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  • Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding is a 1993 four compact disc compilation album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding. The first three discs...
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  • (tenor/falsetto) Paul Williams – vocals (baritone) Melvin Franklin – vocals (bass) Otis Williams – vocals (second tenor) "Cloud Nine" Gordy single 7081, October...
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  • Here Comes Shuggie Otis is the first album by Shuggie Otis. It was released in 1970 on Epic Records. Musicians Shuggie Otis – lead and backing vocals,...
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  • certifications – Otis Redding – These Arms of Mine". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 6, 2020. "American single certifications – Otis Redding –...
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  • singer: Richard Street) "Masterpiece" – 13:49 (lead singers: Dennis Edwards, Otis Williams, Richard Street, Damon Harris, Melvin Franklin) "Ma" – 4:46 (lead...
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  • (tenor/falsetto) Paul Williams – vocals (baritone) Melvin Franklin – vocals (bass) Otis Williams – vocals (second tenor) with: The Andantes – additional backing...
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