Otis Redding, 50 Years -- December 10, 2017

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50 years ago today, on 10-December-1967, Otis Redding, singer, songwriter and producer, died when his plane crashed in Wisconsin. In June, he had appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival.  After the festival, he stayed in a houseboat in Sausalito, where he started to compose "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay."  He recorded it days before the crash.