Contract signed by Otis Redding for "Mr. Pitiful": Museum Object and Cultural History
Contract signed by Otis Redding for "Mr. Pitiful": Date: 1965. Created by: East Publications Inc.. Subject of: Otis Redding, American, 1941 - 1967.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1965
- Created by: East Publications Inc.
- Subject of: Otis Redding, American, 1941 - 1967
- Subject of: Steve Cropper, American, born 1941
- Subject of: Jim Stewart, American, born 1930
- Type: contracts
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)
- Place depicted: 3226 Commodore, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: 2582 Capewood, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Soul (Music)
- Object number: 2010.50.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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