Released: April 1, 1966

Songwriter: Smokey Robinson Warren “Pete” Moore

Producer: David Porter Isaac Hayes Booker T. & The MG’s Jim Stewart

Like a snowball rolling down that side
Of that snow covered hill, man it's growing
Like that size of the fish that man claimed
He broke his reel, man it's growing

Like the rosebud, that's bloomin' man
In the warming of the sun, it's growin'
Like a tale by the time it's been told, man
By more than one, it's growing

When every day it grows a little more
Than it was the day before
My love for you, it grows and grows
Hey hey hey, how it grows and grows

But when it's going to stop
I feel that nobody knows, man
I said, it grows and grows, man
A little bit stronger

It grows and grows
A little bit more, every day
It keeps on growing

Like the need of a guy to see his girl
When she's gone away, man it's growing
Like the sadness in his heart
When he knows that she's gone to stay, man it's growing

I said, every day it grows and grows
A little bit more than it was before
My love for you, it grows and grows, man
Hey hey hey, how it grows and grows

My heart is gonna stop, I feel, man
My heart is gonna stop, I feel
That nobody know man
Hey, hey, hey, man

Nobody know how it grows and grows
Nobody knows it grows and grows
Every day it gets little bit stronger
And every time it gets little bit stronger
My love for you, just keep on growing

Otis Redding

Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. During his lifetime, his recordings were produced by Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee, and exemplify the sound of Stax.

On December 9, 1967, Redding performed on Cleveland musical variety TV show Upbeat. He played back to back performances that night at Leo’s Casino. The next day, Otis and his band were scheduled to play at the Factory nightclub in Madison, Wisconsin. At the time, Redding and his band had been traveling between performances in his Beechcraft Model 18. On a foggy and frigid December 10, 1967, the aircraft pilot radioed to land at Traux Field in Madison. Shortly after, the airplane crashed into Lake Monona, only 4 miles from the airstrip. The crash claimed 7 of the 8 lives on board, trumpet player Ben Cauley being the only survivor. Otis Redding was 26 years old at the time of the crash.