In the 1960s, as members of the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists such as Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla and Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor.

The band was formed as the house band of Stax Records, providing backing music for a variety of singers such as Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding.

He often contributed to the scripts of his films, under unusual pseudonyms such as the seemingly prosaic " Charles Bogle ", which appeared on most of his films in the 1930s ; " Otis Criblecoblis ", which contains an embedded homophone for " scribble "; and " Mahatma Kane Jeeves ", a play on mahatma and on a phrase an aristocrat might use when about to leave the house: " My hat, my cane, Jeeves ".

Samuel Allyne Otis ( son of James Otis, Sr., father of Harrison Gray Otis and brother of prominent revolutionary James Otis, Jr. and America's first female playwright Mercy Otis Warren ), a Delegate from Massachusetts ; born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., November 24, 1740 ; was graduated from Harvard College in 1759 ; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Boston ; member of the state house of representatives in 1776 ; member of the Board of War in 1776 ; collector of clothing for the Continental Army in 1777 ; member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention ; again a member of the state house of representatives 1784-1787 and elected speaker of the house in 1784 ; Member of the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788 ; elected Secretary of the United States Senate on April 8, 1789, and served until his death in Washington, D. C., April 22, 1814 ; interment in Congressional Cemetery.

Supremely qualified for the job, the forty-eight-year-old Otis had been a former quartermaster of the Continental army, speaker of the Massachusetts house of representatives, member of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, and John Adams ' long-term ally.

One smaller cistern supplied hydraulic pressure for the 1895 Otis lift, still functioning in the house though wired for electricity in 1933.

Noted for her powerful vocals, she released a house rendition of the Otis Redding hit " Respect " in 1989 that reached # 17 in the UK, and released her debut album that same year.

's, along with Hammond organ player Booker T. Jones, bassist Donald " Duck " Dunn and drummer Al Jackson Jr .. As a house guitarist he played on many recordings such as "( Sittin ' on ) the Dock of the Bay ," co-written with and performed by Otis Redding, and Sam & Dave's " Soul Man " on which he was mentioned by name.

Otis, the key leader of the Convention, blocked radical proposals like seizing the Federal customs house, impounding federal funds, or declaring neutrality.

Otis ' report was passed by the state senate on October 12 by 22 to 12 and the house on October16 by 260 to 20.

Johnny Otis, who had signed with the Newark, New Jersey-based Savoy Records, produced many R & B hits in 1951, including: " Double Crossing Blues ", " Mistrustin ' Blues " and " Cupid's Boogie ", all of which hit number one that year.

Dennis Scott played only 18 games, Nick Anderson missed 22 games, Stanley Roberts, Jerry Reynolds, Brian Williams, Sam Vincent and Otis Smith all missed at least 27 games each.

Otis produced, co-wrote, and played drums on the original recording of " Hound Dog " written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller with vocals by Big Mama Thornton, and was given a writing credit on all six of the 1953 releases of the song.

Bustards are all fairly large with the two largest species, the Kori Bustard ( Ardeotis kori ) and the Great Bustard ( Otis tarda ), being frequently cited as the world's heaviest flying birds.

This CD re-issue includes all 9 original album tracks plus four songs taken from Otis ' 1971 album Freedom Flight, and features new cover art, liner notes, and exclusive never-seen-before photos.

To make matters worse, Stax's biggest artist, Otis Redding, as well as all but two of the members of the Bar-Kays, died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967.

Otis Amy finished his college career as the all time leading NAIA pass receiver.

The college has excellent Industry-Institution interaction with all the reputed Global Companies visiting the campus, which include: Yahoo !, Microsoft, Alcatel Lucent, IBM ISL, IBM GBS, LG, Cognizant, Nokia, Cisco, Samsung, Infosys, Wipro, EMC2, Motorola, SUN, MindTree, L & T ECC, L & T Powai, HCL, Vedanta, Tata Elxsi, Tata Technology, Tata Autocomp, Ford, Oracle, DELL, Avtec, Aditi Technologies, Kennametal, ITC Infotech, KOEL, ABB, Ashok Leyland, TVS Motors, BEL, Honeywell, Bosch, Akamai, TVS, GE, GM, SAP Labs, Mu-sigma, Toshiba, Applied Material, Cypress Semiconductors, Volvo, Delloitte, Reliance, Cosmic Circuit, Gammon India, Analog Devices, Otis, Atkins, Texas Instruments, TKM, Mercedes, HCL Aerospace, AON, Amazon, Huawei, J K Tyers, Quest Global, Oracle, Tejas Networks, VM Ware, Citrix, Comm-vault, Continental, etc.

In the novel, Otis inspires the Whig leaders to fight for the rights of all people, not just Americans.

Roberts was born into a sporting family: his uncles Cyrille Regis, Dave Regis and Otis Roberts all had careers as professional footballers, while another uncle, John Regis, is a former Olympic sprinter.

* After a co-worker tells Neal that work is the same as high school due to all the rules and punishments, Neal chats with another co-worker named Otis.

While all of the incorporated communities are served by fixed route services, rural areas receive much less service, if any at all ( Otis Orchards and Marshall, for example ).

Meanwhile, Otis the dog, who has been feeling neglected by Tim because of Alvey, dons the mask by accident and becomes a crazed animal version of himself, who wishes to get rid of the baby but all his attempts are overturned by alvey.

Inside, there were several features that were state of the art for the time, including a telephone, a 54-inch fan in the lecture theatre for driving air into the building ; an electric lift from the Otis Elevator Company, and a Synchronome master-clock, which controlled all house timepieces.

The Temptations had heard the Funk Brothers ' tracks and loved them, but were " totally knocked out ", according to Otis Williams, when they heard " the finished record with all the strings.

" He and old Distants bandmates Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin endured a number of lineup changes over the two decades Street was a Temptation, during which time Dennis Edwards, Ricky Owens, Damon Harris, Glenn Leonard, Louis Price, Ron Tyson, and Ali-Ollie Woodson all served as members of the group at various times.

While he's gone, Melvin's mother thanks Otis for taking care of Melvin and keeping the Temptations together through all the good and bad times.

When Mrs. Otis notices a mysterious red mark on the floor, she simply replies that she does “ not at all care for blood stains in the sitting room .” When Mrs. Umney, the housekeeper, informs Mrs. Otis that the blood stain is indeed evidence of the ghost and cannot be removed, Washington Otis, the oldest son, suggests that the stain will be removed with Pinkerton ’ s Champion Stain Remover and Paragon Detergent: A quick fix, like the Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator, and a practical way of dealing with the problem.

Otis Guernsey, Jr. in the New York Herald Tribune wrote, " Joan Crawford has another of her star-sized roles ... she is vivid and irritable, volcanic and feminine ... Here is Joan Crawford all over the screen, in command, in love and in color, a real movie star in what amounts to a carefully produced one-woman show.

Murcer's 119 outfield assists led all major league outfielders for that decade, ahead of Bobby Bonds ( 106 ), Rusty Staub ( 97 ), Amos Otis ( 93 ), Reggie Smith ( 86 ), Jose Cardenal ( 85 ), Del Unser ( 82 ), and Reggie Jackson ( 81 ).

Featuring all five Temptations-Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams )-trading verses and harmony lines, " Runaway Child, Running Wild " paints a tale of a young boy ( presumably a preteen ) who runs away from home after being punished for playing hooky.

In April 1941, Willkie joined the law firm of Miller, Boston, and Owen in New York City, and shortly thereafter the firm changed its name to Willkie, Owen, Otis, Farr, and Gallagher.

The parking lot scenes were shot at the Otis College of Art and Design, distinguished by its punchcard-like windows, located near LAX in Los Angeles.

Aretha Franklin's 1967 recordings, such as " I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You )", " Respect " ( originally sung by Otis Redding ), and " Do Right Woman, Do Right Man " ( written by Chips Moman and Dan Penn ), are considered the apogee of the soul genre, and were among its most commercially successful productions.

In 1983, the Otis Elevator Factory finally closed its doors.

The nearest interstate, Interstate 90 ( the Massachusetts Turnpike ), passes through neighboring Otis, and its nearest exit is at U. S. Route 20 in Lee.

Burke appeared in the concert held on April 30, 2003 to commemorate the opening of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tennessee, singing " Try a Little Tenderness " as a tribute to Otis Redding, Stax's biggest star, and " Mustang Sally " with its composer, Mack Rice.

The New Republic ’ s Otis Ferguson wrote “ it isn ’ t that this novel is bad, but that it deserves to be better .” But he went on to praise the work for depicting “ Negro life in its naturally creative and unselfconscious grace .”

The road passes along the eastern side of Otis on its way towards Mashpee.

Lee operates its own school department, which also serves the town of Tyringham, and has an option to serve Becket, Otis, Sandisfield, and other surrounding towns.

* Otis the Cow, the main character in Nickelodeon's 2006 film, Barnyard, and its TV spin-off series, Back at the Barnyard

The Trademark Office and the Courts concluded that, if Otis used their trademark in that generic way, they could not stop Westinghouse from calling its moving staircases " escalators ", and a valuable trademark was lost through " genericization.

Another oddly obscure album this three-man team recorded was the extremely rare and risque Snatch & The Poontangs ( rated X due to its explicit lyrical content ), on which Otis recorded tracks under the pseudonym " Prince Wunnerful ".

Starting in 1802, with Uriah Cotting, Harrison Gray Otis and others, Francis Cabot Lowell developed India Wharf and its warehouses on Boston harbor, which became the center of the trade with the Orient.

By 1966 and 1967, Stax and its subsidiaries had hit their stride, regularly scoring hits with artists such as Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Booker T. & the MG's, Eddie Floyd, The Bar-Kays, Albert King, and The Mad Lads.

When Otis Redding heard this, he asked Conley to record a new version, which was released on Redding's own fledgling label Jotis Records, as only its second release.

On April 8, 1789, two days after the Senate achieved its first quorum, members elected Otis as their chief legislative, financial, and administrative officer.

As the Senate set down its legislative procedures and carefully negotiated relations with the House and President Washington, Otis became a key player.

In the late 1990s, Otis College of Art and Design, with approximately 1, 000 full-time and 3, 000 part-time students, moved to Westchester from its previous location near downtown Los Angeles.

It elected Timothy Ruggles, a conservative Massachusetts delegate, as its chairman, narrowly rejecting James Otis, who John Adams described as the soul of the body.

James Otis pointed out that the Massachusetts assembly had authorized its delegation to sign any jointly agreed documents, and that Ruggles ' suggestion undermined the purpose of the congress to present a united front.

After the end of its active service, this aircraft was transferred to the 101st Fighter Squadron of the Massachusetts Air National Guard based at Otis ANGB.

For example: Tom rides only Otis elevators .. stating, " If its not Otis, I take the stairs ".

Rotary Connection would release three more albums: Songs, in 1969, a collection of drastic reworkings of other artist's songs, including Otis Redding's " Respect " and The Band's " The Weight "; Dinner Music in 1970, in which they added elements of folk and country into the mix along with some electronic experimentation ; and Hey Love in 1971, where the band, oddly credited as the New Rotary Connection, ended its career with a jazz-oriented affair.