#(sittin' on) the dock of the bay

[eiael-thinks]

[maevemills]

Sittin' here restin' my bones And this loneliness won't leave me alone, listen

[nonesuchrecords]

It was 35 years ago today: World Saxophone Quartet's Rhythm and Blues was released on Nonesuch. On the album, the group reimagines such R&B classics as “Let’s Get It On,” “Try a Little Tenderness,” and "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" through its own unique lens. “Few groups of any kind,” said the New York Times, “are so luxuriant and precise.” You can hear it here.

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

march 17

1968

Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" hits #1, becoming the first-ever posthumous #1 hit. Redding died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967.

[knistelfitz]

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding (acoustic Cover von Knis...

[shortace]

Maybe the best thing Top Gun ever did for me was introduce me to Otis Redding

[shxxmisafreak]

me when any sad song ever has some sort of loose connection to anything that has vaguely happened to me: ff,,uck y,ou’ can’’tt do th,a’’t

[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

" I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away

Ooh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay

Wastin' time "

[buckhead1111]

buckhead1111

[mypastnow]

[aboutoriginality]

[Sittin' On] The Dock Of The Bay (Take 2)

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

march 16,

1968

Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" hits #1, becoming the first-ever posthumous #1 hit. Redding died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967.

[headspacedad]

Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Official Music Video)

[eisbar777]

Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Official Music Video)

[djevilninja]

Sittin’ here restin’ my bones, And this loneliness won’t leave me alone. Two thousand miles I roam, Just to make this dock my home.

Otis Redding - (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay

*I’ve had many thoughts of going up to San Fran and doing this