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(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
- Otis Redding sadly died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, just a month before his song “ (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was released three days after he recorded it. The song became his biggest hit and was also the first-ever posthumous No. 1 single in the United States.
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Dec 10, 2017 · But the legendary soul singer never got to hear the finished version of his breakthrough single: He had died in a plane crash on December 10th. Redding laid down numerous tracks in his final...
On March 16, 1968, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” became the first posthumous single to ever top the U.S. charts – and almost certainly remains the only “unfinished” chart topper ...
Jul 18, 2018 · The song became the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US, and the biggest Otis Redding hit. It also climbed to the third position on the UK Singles Chart.
Recorded in the final days of Redding’s life, the track would go on to become the first posthumous #1 single in the U.S., etching January 8, 1968, into the annals of music as the release date...
May 11, 2023 · The OTIS FOREVER: THE ALBUMS & SINGLES (1968-1970) opens with The Dock of the Bay, a #1 album in the U.S. and U.K. The album’s title track made history in America as the first posthumous #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Feb 23, 2022 · It was the first ever posthumous single to top the charts in the US. In the UK, the single peaked at #4. As for Redding's legendary whistling melody at the end of the song, Cropper said the iconic moment wasn't planned: "If you're an Otis Redding fan, you'd know that he's probably the world's greatest at ad-libbing at the end of a song ...
Jun 22, 2020 · Shortly after recording the song, Redding died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, and the song became the first posthumous number one record in chart history. “Dock of the Bay” ended up...
