Roosevelt Jamison (born in Olive Branch, Mississippi, July 15, 1936) was a music manager, publicist and songwriter in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1960s. ...
-- everyone save for the impeccable O.V. Wright, the other southern singer most associated with the Roosevelt Jamison original. Wright scored a hit with his gritty version in 1964, but Redding went the smoother, silkier route and wound up with a hit that snuck into the Top 20 on the R&B charts.
Wright, the other southern singer most associated with the Roosevelt Jamison original. Wright scored a hit with his gritty version in 1964, but Redding went the smoother, silkier route and wound up with a hit that snuck into the Top 20 on the R&B charts.