The New York Times gave only four inches at the bottom of a column on page 19 to the death exactly one month ago of Otis ... and Sam Cooke--who died three years to the day before Redding--did ...

Given the singer’s adulation of Sam Cooke, whom he covered three times over on Otis Blue, it’s a surprise that no Cooke numbers feature here, but Redding was clearly out to showcase his own ...

There’s an alternate universe in which Otis Redding’s private jet lands safely ... some recent soul standards by the likes of Sam Cooke, Ben E King or Smokey Robinson, and the odd contemporary ...