Clyde Otis
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American songwriter, record producer, music executive (1924-2008)
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It sits within the topics 1924 births, 2008 deaths and American music industry executives.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941-09-09
- Active to
- 1967-12-10
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23,099
- Total plays
- 108,421
Tags
The songwriter and record producer Clyde Otis was noted for his long association with Brook Benton. He wrote both ballads and beat songs, but was at his best in reflective work which drew on his own life, such as "Looking Back" (for Nat "King" Cole), "It's Just a Matter of Time" (Brook Benton) and "This Bitter Earth" (Dinah Washington). Otis was born into a poor family in Prentice, Mississippi in 1925. The family did not possess a radio, so he had little opportunity to hear the hits of the day.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Clyde
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Prentiss
- Place of death
- Englewood
- Occupation
- music executive
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Record label
- Mercury Records
- Residence
- Englewood
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- date of death
- 2008-01-08
- date of birth
- 1924-09-11
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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