He was 26 years old. Though Redding did not live to see the song's success, "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" was a smash, hitting number one on the pop and R&B music charts in 1968.

Redding was a huge fan of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and hoped that “Dock Of The Bay” would be seen as fitting in with the mood of that album. It certainly displays a ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Perhaps the ultimate guitar session man, Steve Cropper talks about the guitar part in Otis Redding's posthumous 1968 hit Dock of the Bay, which he had to ...