In 1999, BMI named the song as the sixth-most performed song of the 20th century. It also won two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
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It became Redding's most successful record worldwide, selling over four million copies. The track became the first ever posthumous #1 single in the US. When Otis got back to Memphis, Tennessee, he and Steve Cropper finalized the second and third verses at Stax studios. The song topped the US chart in March 1968, and its album Dock of the Bay became his largest-selling so far. Otis Redding wrote the first verse of (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay on concert promoter Bill Graham’s housebout in Sausalito, CA in late summer 1967 while on a break during the King & Queen tour. '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' was released in January 1968, soon after Redding's death. He added the sound of seagulls and waves to the background, as Redding had requested. Known for releasing such acclaimed songs as These. He was aged just 26.Īfter Redding's death, Cropper mixed finished the song at Stax Studios. OTIS REDDING (19411967) was a singer, songwriter, and producer often referred to as the King of Soul. On December 10, just days after recording the song, his plane crashed into Lake Monona, outside Madison, Wisconsin. He forgot what it was so he started whistling." Cropper said Redding had "this little fadeout rap he was gonna do, an ad-lib. Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay chords Otis Redding 1968 (Steve Cropper) Verse 1 G B7 Sittin in the mornin sun C A Ill be sittin when the evenin. The song features a whistled tune before fading away. AM Gold - 1968 Merry Soulful Christmas Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Reddings Dictionary Of Soul Pain in My Heart Rhythm and Blues - 1965 Talk.
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Otis Redding didn't think the song was ready, but sadly he never got the chance to finish it in the way he had hoped.
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The story that I got he was renting boathouse or stayed at a boathouse or something and that's where he got the idea of the ships coming in the bay there. In 1990, Cropper said of the song's creation: "Otis was one of those the kind of guys who had 100 ideas.