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Zur Entstehungsgeschichte von „Sittin‘ on the Dock of the Bay“ …. :
That last song that Otis Redding worked on before going back on tour was „Sittin‘ on the Dock of the Bay.“ The song was unlike any other song from Redding’s discography. It played more like something heard from Bob Dylan and not the man who just rocked Monterey and was called, „The King of Soul.“ The origins of the song can be found following a favor from concert promoter Bill Graham.
In August, following a show, Graham had allowed Redding to stay on his houseboat, reports Rock History Music Lessons. On the boat, he wrote the lyrics to the song. While he had the words done, vocal surgery forced Redding away from the mic for a while. That November, Redding called Steve Cropper of Booker T & The MGs saying, „I got a hit“ and to meet him in the Memphis studio. The pair wrote the rest of the lyrics and arrangement.
Redding closes out the song with a whistled outro. Cropper said he left the space for the duo to add lyrics if necessary, as Redding forgot the lyrics he wanted to close out on. Redding never heard the final version of the song, as he died shortly after the initial recording, and Cropper continued to work on the song. Cropper released the song at the insistence of Atlantic Records. In March 1968 the song hit No. 1, making Otis Redding the first artist with a posthumously No. 1 song and his first top 10 single of his career.
Zufälle und allerlei Handwerkliches bewirken einen Crossover Hit ….
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