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