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The Dock of the Bay is the first of a number of posthumously released Otis Redding albums, and his seventh studio album. It contains a number of singles, B-sides, and previously released album tracks dating back to 1965, including one of his best known songs, the posthumous hit "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay".
Rolling Stone ranked The Dock of the Bay number 161 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the third of five Redding albums on the list. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was ranked twenty-sixth on Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the second-highest of four Redding songs on the list, after "Respect" (in this case the version ...
The Dock of the Bay – The Definitive Collection is a compilation album by Otis Redding, ... (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding, Steve Cropper: 2:41 [1] [2]
Hazelhurst native Will Moseley sang "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding, the Macon music icon, and was met with great praise. "That was my favorite of the night," American Idol ...
Shortly before his death in a plane crash, Redding wrote and recorded "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper. Released in January 1968, the song became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. The album The Dock of the Bay was the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK ...
The single "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was released on January 8, 1968, less a month after the December plane crash that killed singer Otis Redding. A month later, his album The Dock of the Bay was released on February 23, 1968. The Immortal Otis Redding was released four months later on June 15, 1968.
Four albums of mostly new material were released, but they are more like compilations than official studio releases. The first of these releases, The Dock of the Bay, assembled by guitarist and producer Steve Cropper, is made up of previously released singles and b-sides as well as some album tracks and a few previously unissued recordings. The ...
This led to two albums, appearances in the movies Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000, and the movies' soundtracks. Cropper also re-recorded "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (1979) for Sammy Hagar. Cropper lived in Los Angeles for the next thirteen years before moving to Nashville and reuniting with the Blues Brothers Band in 1988.