(Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay - Wikipedia " (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay " is a song co-written by the soul singer Otis Redding and the guitarist Steve Cropper Redding recorded it twice in 1967, including just three days before his death in a plane crash on December 10, 1967
(Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay [Official Video] - Otis Redding Featuring video clips and photos of Otis Redding in the prime of his musical career The song was released posthumously on Stax Records’ Volt label becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US
Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay Lyrics | Lyrics. com After appearing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, he wrote and recorded " (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper, which became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R B charts after his death in a plane crash
The story behind (Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay The most affecting cover, which reached No 55 in 1982, was by the Reddings—Otis’ sons, Dexter and Otis III In 1999, BMI named it the sixth most performed song of the 20th century, with over 6 million radio performances
The Story Behind The Song: Otis Redding’s tragic hit ‘(Sittin’ On) The . . . ‘ (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay’ was released just a month following Redding’s death and became his only ever single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1968 With it, Redding confirmed himself as a talent lost far too soon