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58 Years Ago, One of the Greatest Songs Ever Written Hit No. 1 —After Its Singer’s Tragic Death

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty-eight years ago, a legendary 1968 song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. Otis Redding's '(Sittin' On) ...
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Remembering Otis Redding: How his song hit No. 1 posthumously 58 years ago

Fifty-eight years ago today, a legendary 1968 song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. Otis Redding's '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' has gone on to be celebrated as one of the ...

The story behind Otis Redding's classic (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

Released in early January 1968, less than a month after Redding’s death, (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay was an instant ...
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Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics ...