#448 Otis Redding, ‘Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul' (1966)

Never a more fitting opening track for an album; ‘Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song).’ The last studio album to be released in Otis Redding’s lifetime makes for a very sad song. One of the greatest vocalists of the past 100 years, Otis Redding would pass away just 14 months after this record was released at the young age of 26 years old (same age as Gram Parsons was, for those keeping count).