King & Queen

King & Queen
Studio album by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Released	March 16, 1967
Recorded	January 18–24, 1967
Genre	Memphis soul Deep Soul Southern soul
Length	32:53
Label	Stax/Atlantic S716
Producer	Jim Stewart Booker T. & the MG's Isaac Hayes David Porter
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas chronology
Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966) King & Queen (1967) Live in Europe (1967)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(A-) [2]

King & Queen, released in 1967 by Stax Records, is a duets album by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, two of the label's most successful artists. The LP was Redding's sixth album, and Thomas' fourth, and the final studio album released by Redding before his death.

Included on King & Queen are the significant crossover hits "Tramp" (R&B #2; US #26) and "Knock on Wood" (R&B #8; US #30). Following the December 1967 death of Redding, the single "Lovey Dovey" (R&B #21; US #60) was also released. The original LP's liner notes were written by Tennessee Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Knock on Wood"	Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd	2:48
2.	"Let Me Be Good to You"	Isaac Hayes, David Porter, Carl Wells	2:48
3.	"Tramp"	Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin	3:00
4.	"Tell It Like It Is"	George Davis, Lee Diamond	3:13
5.	"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"	Hayes, Porter	3:14
6.	"Lovey Dovey"	Ahmet Ertegün, Eddie "Memphis" Curtis	2:33

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"New Year's Resolution"	Randle Catron, Willie Dean "Deanie" Parker, Mary Frierson	3:14
8.	"It Takes Two"	Sylvia Moy, William "Mickey" Stevenson	3:03
9.	"Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?"	Bert Berns	3:14
10.	"Bring It On Home to Me"	Sam Cooke	3:14
11.	"Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis"	Alvertis Isbell, Otis Redding	2:32

Personnel

• Joe Arnold – alto sax
• Steve Cropper – guitar
• Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
• Isaac Hayes – keyboards
• Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Booker T. Jones – keyboards
• Andrew Love – tenor sax

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Robert Christgau review