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    • Jan 18, 1989
    "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Other new additions include Dion, Otis Redding and The Rolling Stones
    May 19, 1989
    "Road House," featuring Patrick Swayze and a minor John Doe role, appears in movie theaters. Heard during the picture: George Strait's "All My Ex's Live In Texas" and Alabama's "(There's A) Fire In The Night," plus Bob Seger, Otis Redding and Dion
    Apr 15, 1991
    Rhino releases "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968" including Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" and William Bell's "You Don't Miss Your Water," ranked among country's 500 top singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
    Nov 10, 1992
    Rhino releases "The Very Best Of Otis Redding, Vol. 1." It includes "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," tabbed in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
    Jun 16, 1993
    The U.S. Postal Service issues a Legends of Rock 'N' Roll series of stamps, including the second Elvis Presley stamp, plus images of Bill Haley, Clyde McPhatter, Ritchie Valens, Dinah Washington, Otis Redding and Buddy Holly
    May 12, 1994
    "The Atlantic Records Story: Hip To The Tip" premieres on A&E. It features interviews with Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Herb Abramson, plus music by Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, Otis Redding, Ivory Joe Hunter and Elvis Presley
    Jun 1, 1994
    "Islands In The Stream" authors Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb join the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City. Also added are Lionel Richie and Otis Redding
    Jul 8, 1996
    "The Very Best Of Otis Redding, Vol. 1" earns a gold album from the RIAA. It features "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," ranked in a Country Music Foundation publication as one of the 500 greatest country singles ever made
    Feb 24, 1998
    Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," The King Cole Trio's "Straighten Up And Fly Right" and Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters' "Don't Fence Me In" join the Grammy Hall of Fame with records by Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey
    Feb 23, 1999
    Johnny Cash receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in Los Angeles, along with Smokey Robinson, songwriters Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Mel Torme, Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff, and Broadway composers Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
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