Still it makes for a nice nighttime treat . . . . . . .
portrait of this blog's author - by Stephen Blackman 2008
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Maybe one more . . . . . I didn't buy this when it came out but did have it on an album. I bought 'Too Hard To Handle' as a single and it had 'Amen' on the other side (get the irony yeah!?) and I think it was a double 'A' side but had to wait to buy an album by which the posthumous' Dock of The Bay' had got in at no. 1 as I recall!
Still it makes for a nice nighttime treat . . . . . . .
On this day in music
history: March 16, 1968 - “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” by Otis Redding hits #1 on the
Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, also topping the R&B singles chart for 3
weeks on the same date. Written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper, it is the
biggest hit for the R&B vocal legend from Dawson, GA. Redding writes the
majority of the song in August 1967 while staying on house boat at Waldo Point
in Sausalito, CA. The track is recorded at Stax Studios in Memphis on November
22, 1967 with additional overdubs on December 8, 1967, the latter is the final
recording session before Redding’s death on December 10, 1967. “(Sittin’ On)
The Dock Of The Bay” is released a month after Otis’ death on January 8, 1968.
The single is an immediate smash and ascends the pop and R&B charts
simultaneously. Entering the Hot 100 at #67 on January 27, 1968, it climbs to
the top of the chart seven weeks later. "Dock Of The Bay" wins
two Grammy Awards in 1969 including Best R&B Song and Best R&B Vocal
Performance, Male, and are accepted by Redding’s widow Zelma. “(Sittin’ On) The
Dock Of The Bay” is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA, and is inducted into
the Grammy
Still it makes for a nice nighttime treat . . . . . . .
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