55 years ago (March 16, 1967 – Otis Redding & Carla Thomas: King & Queen is released.
Stax labelmates and two of music’s greatest, Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, joined forces in 1967 to record the monster hit, King & Queen. Their electrifying chemistry and vocal talents produced an instant classic. Jim Stewart had the idea to produce a duet album with Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, as he thought it would help their musical careers progress, and that "[Redding's] rawness and [Thomas's] sophistication would work" well together. Another reason to combine the two artists was in the hopes of achieving a success similar to that which Motown singer Marvin Gaye had with both Tammi Terrell and Kim Weston. Carla Thomas was already successful in the R&B business; she had already had many singles appear in both the Pop and R&B charts, most recently her 1966 song "B-A-B-Y". Redding agreed to record with Thomas, simply stating, "Well, hey, you from Memphis, you from Tennessee, you can hang". At the time the album was recorded in January 1967, Thomas was studying at Howard University in Washington D.C. for an M.A. in English.
Six out of eleven songs were cut during their session; the rest were overdubbed by Redding in the following days owing to their concert obligations. Three singles were released from the album: "Tramp", the first cut song, was released as a single in April and peaked at #2 on Billboard R&B chart and at #26x on Billboard Hot 100; "Knock on Wood" peaked in September at #8 on the R&B and #30 on the Pop charts; and "Lovey Dovey" was released late in 1968, and charted at #21 on the R&B list and #60 on the Hot 100.
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