- Accidentally-Correct Writing: His version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" featured the Epic Riff played on horns to translate the song into soul. It turns out that Keith Richards wanted to have horns playing the riff on the original and meant the guitar to just be a placeholder, until the Stones decided it worked just fine on guitar.
- Approval of God: After Aretha Franklin's version of "Respect" hit #1, Redding still played his own arrangement of the song live rather than borrow hers, but he added her "R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me..." bit to it.
- Suspiciously Similar Song: "Pain In My Heart" turned out to be so similar to Allen Toussaint's "Ruler Of My Heart" that the latter successfully sued for copyright infringement.
- What Could Have Been:
- He died just before his music broke into the mainstream, at what is now regarded as a possible career turning point hinted at by "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay". There is also evidence to suggest that "Dock of the Bay" was intended to be part of a Sgt. Pepper-style Concept Album (he'd been a big fan of the Beatles album and was reportedly writing a bunch of new material for a possible album up until the day he died).
- Right before Redding's death he approached Atlantic Records chief Jerry Wexler about producing him in the future, an idea Wexler was open to but was wary to try because of his thorny relationship with Stax's Jim Stewart.Explanation Otis likely had in mind Wexler using the same approach on him that he'd used to revive Aretha Franklin's career: record in New York with an All-Star Cast of southern Soul musicians, using Gospel Music as an inspiration.
- Related to Redding's plane crash, both Steve Cropper and Stax session bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn were also supposed to be on that very flight, but they changed plans at the last minute.
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