OTIS REDDING My Girl Live Recording

[SuperYellowcats]

Every time i hear this song it starts raining and its raining right now

[dantean]

God bless the days when tv producers would swear that music would be paid no attention to without the "interpretive" dancing witnessed here. Not that I'm against the dancers getting a paycheck, but...

[pythongoon]

Very soulful.Superb.

[potrezeb1]

great ..what a treat



[itsglen9646]

I love this version best.

[THEJOURNEY92]

oh no....david ruffin was the shit. no one can duplicate his voice just like otis

[wisethirtyseven]

I like most people am incredibly bias to the OG Temps version of "My Girl" but as someone else pointed out its the latter part (from about 2:22 on) that makes this version unique and extremely enjoyable. Nobody will ever top the Temps on "My Girl" but Otis came about as close as anyone's gonna get with this.

[CeciBielefeld]

youtube.com/watch?v=wQ2NgJ9O1e­s

[v74Bvdmp]

is he black?

[94Siam]

@v74Bvdmp No he's white.. loser

[ruben1million]

what a badass version. And I thought the original couldn't be topped. Silly me.

[TheNono29bzh]

the biggest one!

[mianydame]

i've got sunshine on a cloudly day <3

[MsBonnye]

There are three things wrong with this video: (1) Dancer #1; (2) Dancer #2; (3) Dancer #3!!!

[signiustalas]

Super good quality, better then most videos on youtube

[MattyDoable]

It really doesn't get any better than this. God Bless Otis.

[parkerdoggy27]

those women...oh my god...where can i find such goddesses? oh my...

[ChevalierSinka]

2011

[malabonabcn]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Deadmelodygroup]

Dedicated ONLY and Exclusively for us, for you, my dear girl, Sara..Love you..

R.Knopfler.

[ItsLulu10]

I luv this song my at step dad sang it to me when I was young

[mrbovee9]

david ruffin couldnt touch this. sure david could sing but the way otis sang this made it that much better. just the difference he sang the 2nd "my girl" in the chorus had more soul & was technically better than the temptations.

[Mslovelyone57]

I wish I had met you cousin rest on in peace.

[27lollylove]

Wow,there's nothing like the original....a jubilant song.great!!!

[TheJjthomas]

there really is no music as good as this anymore

[reggae13girl]

I don't know why the girls have to be there "dancing" like that ..

[etoufee]

Sorry, @a1992aron...

[etoufee]

@john9944... David Ruffin kiiled it for sure, but Otis is a different kind of singer. It's not about technical ability. This is gut wrenching soul. Motown was always more polished than Stax, both in their production and talent, but that difference is one reason they're both amazing and important. Here, it's all about emotion. Just one man's opinion...

[ASideNote]

i just love that dude

[LadyfullGargoyle]

hahahah the dancers :D 

[iluvlife63]

Lee Leroy Hadley on Guitar and J. Alfred Cook on Bass.

[Worden73]

No words I write in this box can explain just how amazing this is. The last 45 seconds are on another planet....he talks to me like no other singer.

[weavehole]

Wonderful

[john9944]

There is nothing like him. There is no one who can touch him. I love the Temps but Otis kills with this version. Jimmy Ruffin could sing plenty but not like this. Otis and I share a birthday. I remember him all the time but on our day he is in my heart every year on our birthday. If you have never heard him do Satisfaction give it a listen. It is a classic.

[Inspector711]

@john9944 It was David Ruffin who sang this. Both men were equally great IMO.

[a1992aron]

@john9944 come on now David Ruffin sung this song better the Otis at the age of 47 i give Otis respect for singing this but he didnt attempt to hit the note in the middle of the song

[a1992aron]

@john9944 i give props when do hes a very good showmen and i like the way he sings this but this doesnt come close to David Ruffin singing my girl

[TheeShoNuff]

This song reminds me of my dad :) also, those are some sweet dance moves in the intro.

[almostblue22]

That's the song they play when you first show up in heaven!

[almostblue22]

That's the song they play when you first show in heaven.

[reziboy100]

otis' girl is lucky :P

[soulman615]

The band sounds exactly like the one featured on the live album "Otis Redding In Person At The Whiskey A Go Go" (they are also pictured on the LP "Love Man"). Robert Holloway, Robert Pittman & Donald Henry, tenor saxes; Sammie Coleman & John Farris, trumpets; Clarence Johnson Jr, trombone; James Young on the Fender Jaguar guitar, Ralph Stewart, bass and Elbert Woodson SLAMMIN' the Gretsch drums. Fronted by the great Big O, himself. Fantastic clip!

[BORN2SHOP4U]

This man was the best.His music and shows were clean.Down home soul man what you see is what you got . he put his heart and soul in his music.His fans loved him.there will never be another singer like the Big O Mr Otis Redding.Love you.JJ Edmondson 

[abarth1646]

look richard goze....

[wglovett]

The man was soul,the only version of this song is the one by the king.RIP.Otis the boy from Makem.

[wglovett]

The man was soul,the only version of this song is the one bt the king.RIP.Otismthe boy from Makem.

[Pentatleta]

There was a time...when girls weren't busty and skinny

[cmclaurin244]

OMG he was so damn handsome!!!

[S1im187]

Looks like eddie murphys dad!

[ellerton23]

Whuda g

[cheerleaderMelanie]

yes yes otis i was born in wrong era beautiful

[natfinn]

Go*amn that's an incredible version. 

[ConditionOfAnonymity]

 excellent, what a talent, he left this earth to soon.

[TheLakeview4]

@ times shit can overwhelm someone but at the sound of this muisic, I lean back with a smile on my face like.....it ain't that bad :)

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

Great performance. One of the most Great Artist that the SoulMusic had. Grazie to Him I loved the Soul. Then, the others.

[raerae110980]

@Loejyrrab Thank you. All the best right back.

[Nerona2111]

i can stop listen this magnificant song

[ssun8]

@Nerona2111 *I can't stop listening to

[JKSJKS1]

what a voice,what a guy!

[gezunder]

fuck, that is good

[raerae110980]

Love the man. My dad used to sing his songs, I'm sure he would admit not as well as the legend himself! He would sing this song to me. I named my son Otis in tribute to both the king of soul and my wonderful dad Peter Halpin. Love you both beautiful men in my heart forever. Plus much love to my son Otis Stobart. xxxx

[Loejyrrab]

@raerae110980 Nice tribute you gave here. I'm moved. All the best.

[alisonn31581]

check out those dance moves! lol

[bloodnokian]

Singing and drum win, eat that fatback driving.

[JamieODonnellmusic]

18 people dislike this? enough to actually express their dislike? seriously can't imagine why

[theghostofbuddyholly]

Fuck STICKs

[arsletirott]

what a voice, what a performer!

[dalcowb]

He kind of messed up the words but I still like it. No one can sing it like Ruffin though.

[leandroskitoski]

eso es coreografia y lo demas es boberia

[diegomarah1]

here look im 13 i love grunge and rock but how do i know of otis redding,hes a legend and none off my mates know of him

[carolsmusic2]

@diegomarah1 you know the saying!  better late than never! :)

[zlessley]

18 people are dead inside

[Babirn28]

O-T-I-S!!!

[leo79072]

MEMORIES ...RECORDING BOOTH THAT DID NOT WORK

[mehdizboog]

hey!watch my cover of my girl comment and rate!!love

[national51]

Anyone else gutted that they were born after this era?

Can't believe the quality of performance. There's just no one these days who can get close.

[angelatrz]

@national51

will pay any price for a time machine ...

[ninjalarissa]

@angelatrz Absolutely agree!

[TheAlexp1971]

@angelatrz I would gladly share the costs;) and join you, of course;)

[dlastqueen]

@angelatrz Take me with you when you go back!!!

[StevenZB1]

@national51 I'm glad that I'm born after this era and in this era in particular as I can just look it up on Youtube. I know it's not the same but now I can enjoy so many different types of music.

[funfinder27]

Perfection!

[TheThroney]

man those chicks r fine

[lucianalme]

Lindoooooooooo

Amo demais

[kagemousse]

OTIS REDDING!!!!!!!!!!thx for share buddie*_*

[nadiemequire]

Where in the hell did we go wrong with today's "Music"?

[Squibfire]

i think it is safe to say Otis Redding may very well be the greatest singer of all time

[GingerBakersson]

Otis Blue is beautiful.

[SuperCaroline1408]

outstanding performance

[mortygwhiz]

dipizza, Thanks for this posting. I don't know the drummer's name but the way he holds his sticks tells me he came from a jazz music background and moved into R&B when it split from Jazz around the late 1940's through the mid 1950's. He looks a little older than the other musicians, too. Drummers from that era had a more sophisticated looking style while still being able to beat it out.

[melonbaby77]

Meine absolute Lieblings-Soul-Musik für immer und ewig!

[JAC06]

Loving that drumset...only seven things to hit (HH, Ride, Crash, 2 toms, snare, and kick). I think there's a lesson there...

[bingobyrne]

i have just spent an hours lunch break watching hendrix and otis videos......can't help it, i got that friday feeling people!!!!

[schmui]

amazing.

and the ending was so mo********ing hip hop!

[joanofanarchy]

@schmui You're so right! I love the way he broke down the 'my my my'. The best part of the song.

[montecarl0007]

the best ever

[TheGlo1953]

my sweetheart otis you can sing it baby o god which you were still here with us what a lost rip your the besttttt

[jenningsfp76]

The man, the legend..Otis Redding

[Golfshooter]

my favorite soul singer: otis redding

my favorite blues singer: buddy guy

[geofflovett]

Brilliance pure brilliance

[jimn35]

I like his version better than than the Temptations

[cobrasvt03]

Otis Redding is the only other person I personally think could pull this song off as good as David Ruffin. Would have loved to have heard David and Otis sing together.

[teamnolimit74]

The Greats all ways die early. I guess there star burns so bright that it cant last long.This from a time when you had to have talent to be a star. We need more artist like Otis.

[lucacarf1]

Great song, great singer. Otis was perfect! I mean, Otis is perfect!

[POTBOI04]

I can say that i am almost 19 and i absolutly LOVE ottis redding... hes the man..!

[bennyfromthe72]

@POTBOI04 It' not about age anyway. It's just that this is the best sound in the world.

[choffys]

OOHHHHH!! dios!!!!! impresionante!!!!

[mizmiz80]

Otis was also an impeccable performer, he had the ability to make you feel what he was singing...

[REALTALKBABYBOY13]

The bar kaays

[ronwhycherly]

It isn't the Bar-Kays. They didn't worl as Otis's backing band until the year after this show. There weren't as many of them either and the drummer isn't the Nar-Kays drummer Carl Cunningham. Neither is it the Mar-Keys, some of whose members were white. Also, again regarding the drummer, it doesn't look like the Mar-Keys drummer Al Jackson who went on to join Booker T with some of the other Mar-Keys.

[janettucker1235]

THANK you tube for enabling all of us to see and hear all of this... it is a true gift!.

[suepercee]

thouse dancers suck ass

but Otis is the man

[ronwhycherly]

Great of you putting up this, probably the best programme ever for music shown on British TV, but it wasn't 1967. the programme ended in December 1966.

As someone else put, what I'd give to go back and relive this all again just for one night. And to end it with Sandi Sargeant, the dancer in the middle (if only!)

[ducdejoyeuse]

Otis and Sam Cooke, thank God we still have the recordings, sadly missed though...

[priscilalealmusica]

Daaaaaamn! \o/

[issyvoo2]

The dancers are stunningly skinny for the 60s.

[nammboo]

timeless the man was magic

[danelsons]

Otis "MY MAN"

[texaspete66]

what a terrific talent, so much emotion and feeling in his voice & music. Its dripping with electricity & oozing heart, soul & energy. What a loss. RIP soul brother number 1 Otis.

[foreverashcroft]

just perfection..

[SuperChristena]

u could never be too young are old to appreciate classi.i love good music and i am just 17 and i know about sam cooke,billy ocean,chris de burgh,the platters,Ben .E.kin ,percy sledge etc

[jt123egypte]

Soul was Otis Redding and nobody else!He was without any doubt the only King of Soul!

[espark1089]

@jt123egypte bullshit... soul is er' body who ever lived... dude had more of it than most.. amazing voice to match.. smart enough to direct it into his music... so thats whats up but dudes not a god... an amazing person

[Tommyfazz]

@jt123egypte another stupid comment from a adhaer.

[jimmybrown11111]

@jt123egypte clearly you have never listened to James Brown.

[jimmybrown11111]

@jt123egypte clearly you have never listened to James Brown.

[benitojauregi]

@jt123egypte I love Ottis...but is he better than Sam Cooke, James Brown or Wilson Picket? It's a matter of taste I think...

[malelion]

"Otis Redding & the Bar keys"

[regine5762]

c'est les markeys...

[ageshero]

Ah i cant stand it, this music makes you want to scream!

[kemptonite]

Didn't have room to put that most Friday nights then for at least one fifteen year old featured Sandi Sarjent (the dancer in the middle).

I feel sorry for my kids that they never experienced times like that. Even they appreciate how good Otis, Sam Cooke etc were and it is surprising how many of them have a lot of their albums.

[camel747]

@kemptonite Don't worry, today's kids have Justin Bieber!

[kemptonite]

For a brief period, 3 years, there was a programme , Ready Steady Go!, which featured the best of music at a time when we were just discovering new music apart from the great stuff coming out in England and giving us chance to see people we had only heard about. And best of these was the Otis Redding special. What I'd give to go back then just for a night to remember when "The weekend starts here" was true and we'd all make sure we didn't miss RSG.

[TheJacobiker]

for my girl x

[HeatherMac320]

kisses!

[sametria08]

its cold outside and i need a little tenderness

[dimbrown1]

@sametria08.....

ha ha ...good one (and I get it.) Believe I'll listen to that one now.

[Lovecrowd]

Otis can´t be beat by 6 or even more temptations.

[savivafosho]

OTIS........nothing more needs to be said

[MICHOULOU1]

otis tu etais le best

[gqlovalova]

watch out david ruffin you got some competition. This video got more hits than Ruffin's original version.  I love me some Ruffin but Redding did his thing. HOTT!!!

[mauricetaylorII]

You are out of your mind!!! Otis (who is great) vocally isnt on David's level and the best thing about The Tempts is the PRECISION CHEREOGRAPHY!!! Trust me David can riff just as good as Otis but Motown wanted The Tempts performing for crossover appeal. I'm born and raised in Detroit and ask anybody who saw the Tempts at Fox Theatre, 20 Grand, The Roosertail or Greystone and it would be a COMPLETELY different performance than from ed sullivan or a network variety show...TRUST ME!!!

[jous1rufn]

Well said my friend...Otis was one of the GOATS but David had a greater range hands down!!!

[wirebead]

too bad david ruffin was a coked out ego maniac!

[208005278]

Ok!! This is the real deal!!!!!!!!!

The Temp's were good with "Ruffin"

Singing My Girl, But Otis, Put the soooul

in it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't duplicate his style back

in the day, He was the man!!!!!!!! We lost

a Great entertainer back in 1967

[dorjedolma]

Besides the fact this is a genuinely beautiful performance. There are anywhere between 4-5 cameras running on this. For this time, a huge production. The edits are tight, precise and little to no "fat' with and analog... Impressive, overall 5 Stars!

[scimatarpictures]

genius!

[arkizzle77]

And RIP Charles A. Davis, great respect.

[arkizzle77]

Heavy!

[eddie486us]

is that the barkays backing him

[dynamite8503]

would have loved to see Otis and the Tempts do a duet of this.

[texaspete66]

What ?? Have you never heard of Steve Cropper a very influential white musician who collaborated with Otis & other black soul artists hundreds of times.

Jimi Hendrix' back up band " The Experience" were also both white men.

[wtfisditvoorbullshit]

I noticed that everyone on stage is black, no white people among the musicians..why is that?

[09scenic]

It's cause in this time period they could not risk getting involved with black music cause they would risk being segregated musically from the other white musicans.They couldn't afford that even if they wanted to.

[vonzeke]

The Stax records studio band - AKA Booker T & the MGs was integrated.

Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson.

[BrendoxJ]

looks like ottis got ray charles to choriograph this one, great song and performance

[phunkygroove]

An unbelievable musician and a true legend he is!

[hamplester]

J. Alfred Cook on bass, Leroy Hadley on guitar, Woody Woodson on drums...there is a Sideman Reuion Show in Atlanta on Sept. 25th...some these guys will be there....Woodson came last year.

[minfegue]

fantastic!

[exhibitatrocity]

atrocious back up dancers almost ruin this amazing performance-- almost! so good.

[ronwhycherly]

As a 16 year old then Friday night dreams often involved exotic fantasies about the dancer in the middle, Sandi Sarjent.

RSG was the best music programme ever.

Nothing else got people of my age to go home early on a Friday night to watch.

I feel a bit sorry for the kids now, not experiencing what it was like then when everything was new and the world was changing quicker than it had ever done.

[bandido12002]

I'm almost sure the Bar-Kays are backing him.

[ronwhycherly]

I don't think it is. the Bar-Kays were a studio band at the time and he only took them out on tour with him in 1967, after this programme was made. And they were young compared to some on here. When he toured Britain in 1967 with Sam and Dave and others, the backing band was Booker T and the MGs with The Memphis Horns.

I'd love to know who the drummers is. He gives a lesson on how to lay down a spot on beat with a very simple set of drums. A lot of current drummers could learn a thing or two.

[FieldWalker1]

The drummer is Charles A. Davis. Charles was a great friend, a great man, sadly he passed away last Sunday.  Funeral is tommorow

[TheRodrigoaquino]

@FieldWalker1

god bless brother Davis.

Respect.

[shelleys9I]

This is a RSG speical from 1966. He was given a whole show with guests Eric Buron and Chris Farlowe.There are other sections on YT.

[brissos69]

It´s such a shame that he past away so young and in such a stupid way man. he was one the biggest artist of his age and still is!

[Kool2bbop]

The KING still Rocks!

These dancers just kill me!

SUPERB IN ALL WAYS

[magnnum01]

Oh my!

[chinita41]

fantastic..

[24Adrian24]

those dancers could use some work but incredible soulful sound from my man Otis!

[leegee23]

Superb.

[megybabie]

love it, hes got an amzin voice!!!!!

[niieweiirax5]

Le meilleur .

>Otis Reding

[kakazz10]

Otis Reddind is the greatest...

[Vinojobim]

the band is the bar keys died togheter in the crash plane with otis,

booker & the mg's, only in europe and the studio recording, play with him

[Markiss85]

this is the version!!!