Try a Little Tenderness : Rolling Stone

Written by: Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods
Produced by: Steve Cropper, Jim Stewart
Released: Dec. '66 on Stax
Charts: 10 weeks
Top spot: No. 25

At a rehearsal, drummer Al Jackson Jr. switched to a double-time beat on the second verse, propelling the song to a high-energy climax. "We didn't know [Al] was gonna do that," said bassist Duck Dunn. "It was just amazing."

Appears on: Very Best of Otis Redding (Rhino)

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