Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay
4 Extra Debut. Otis Redding's lonely lament, and why it matters to people aged from 20 up to 80. From 2020.
Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay was written whilst Otis Redding was reflecting on his life on Sausalito Bay, California, in the summer of 1967.
Its upbeat, laidback melody belies the loneliness of the lyrics.
In December of the same year, Otis was killed in a plane crash.
His song was subsequently released and became the first posthumous Number 1 record in the US.
His musician contemporaries including Booker T Jones and guitarist Steve Cropper, who co-wrote Dock of the Bay, tell the story of the song's genesis, and people in their 20s to their 80s reveal why they relate it to dramatic periods in their lives.
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Producers: Maggie Ayre and Mair Bosworth
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2020.
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Wed 22 Jan 2020 09:00麻豆社 Radio 4- Wed 22 Jan 2020 21:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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