event · Mar 1968

Otis Redding

Killed in a plane crash while touring in December 1967, Otis Redding's posthumous single "(Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay" is released on Stax/Volt and goes to No. 1 U.S. Pop, No. 1 R&B and No. 3 U.K. It is Redding’s only single to top the chart.

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