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Contract signed by Otis Redding for "Mr. Pitiful"

1965

3226 Commodore, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A contract signed by Otis Redding. The contract has black print on legal paper with signatures on the bottom right of the front. The contract establishes the payment distribution regarding the song "Mr. Pitiful" between writers Otis Redding and Steve Cropper and Stax/Volt record executive Jim Stewart.

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Catalog reference: 2010.50.1

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