Estelle has performed at a two-hour tribute concert to Otis Redding in Atlanta.

"I'm just trying to do his song justice," said Estelle, who sang Satisfaction, the Rolling Stones song that Redding covered. "I hope I come close to making the song sound great just like him."

Estelle was joined in honouring Redding by Anthony Hamilton, married couple Kenny Lattimore and Chante Moore, and Redding's sons Dexter and Otis III.

"Singing the same songs he used to sing makes me realise how much of an impact he had in music," said Anthony Hamilton, who performed Try A Little Tenderness with Dexter and Otis III.

Redding established himself in the early 1960s as a first-rate songwriter, penning and recording Respect, which Aretha Franklin made a No 1 hit.

His biggest hit, Sittin' On The Dock Of he Bay, was released after his death in a plane crash in December 1967.

"Tonight, his name lives on," said Redding's wife, Zelma. She established the Big O Youth Educational Dream Foundation, which also honoured Nascar's Kyle Petty, rapper Ludacris and talent developer Devyne Stephens for their foundation's outreach programs.

"Otis would be so proud of what so many of these people have done in the community," Zelma Redding said.

Rapper Ludacris said he was humbled after meeting and sitting next to Redding's wife, sons and daughter.

"I'm just a fan of Otis Redding," the rapper said. "His legacy will live forever and he has been one of the major influences in who I am. It's as simple as that."

Fri 6 Nov