1966
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS * OTIS REDDING * VOLT 141 * USA
The song was written by Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly, and first recorded by either Ruth Etting or Bing Crosby in 1933. Since that time it has been a popular standard recorded by many; Lil' Miss Cornshucks" a.k.a. Mildred Cummings cut a fine, fine, version on Coral #65090, released in 1952. The song as sung by both Bing Crosby and Otis Redding, has, surprisingly enough, been used as the basis for a paper 'Exploring the Meaning in Music' delivered at York University Toronto, Canada, in 1998, by musicologist Rob Bowman.