. "false"^^ . "Songs written by Otis Redding" . "Willie Nelson songs" . "Capitol Records" . "John S. Carter" . "Atco Records singles" . "1968-01-08"^^ . "187000.0"^^ . "Otis Redding" . "0.0545288"^^ . . "USFI89200228" . "Otis Redding songs" . "928913" . "5714dede25ac0d8aee4d1df0" . . "1968 singles" . "TRINXJC128F148AD14" . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . "Songs about San Francisco, California" . . "%22(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay%22 is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash. The song was released on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US. It charted at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.Redding started writing the lyrics to the song in August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California. He completed the song with the help of Steve Cropper, who was a Stax producer and guitarist for Booker T and the M.G.'s. The song features whistling and sounds of waves crashing on a shore." . "Songs about California" . "May 1979" . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . . "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" . . "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" . "Michael Bolton songs" . "RCA Records singles" . "01a99371-8e31-4380-924b-142146219676" . "14"^^ . "Atco Records" . "Stax Records singles" . . "Gramophone record" . "2008-02-25"^^ . . "--11-22" . "Songs released posthumously" . . "eng" . "Steve Cropper" . "Songs written by Steve Cropper" . "2945" . "Jimmy Velvit songs" . "Columbia Records" . . "english" . . "true"^^ . . "true"^^ . "Stax Records" . "Waylon Jennings songs" . . "Steve Cropper" . "0.122902"^^ . . "66858"^^ . . "2"^^ .