"If you took a little of Sam Cooke and a little of Little Richard, and poured it in a jar and shook it up and poured it out you would get Otis Redding." - Steve Cropper
Listen to @OfficialSting’s rendition of Otis Redding’s classic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” & watch behind-the-scenes interviews sharing the significance of this song to his life on @alzassociation’s new digital album: alz.org/sting#MyMusicMoment#ENDALZ
OTD in 1968, @OtisRedding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" won for best male R&B performance at the 11th Annual GRAMMYs. It became his only hit to reach the number one spot on the @Billboard Hot 100 and is the sixth-most performed song of the 20th century.