otis redding was the original singer of sitting on the dock of the bay.
who is the original singer of sitting on the dock of the bay?
otis redding
together, they completed the music and melancholic lyrics of "(sittin' on) the dock of the bay." from those sessions emerged redding's final recorded work, including "dock of the bay," which was recorded on november 22, with additional overdubs on december 7. redding's restrained yet emotive delivery is backed by cropper's succinct guitar playing. the song is somewhat different in style from most of redding's other recordings. while discussing the song with his wife, redding stated that he had wanted to "be a little different" with "the dock of the bay" and "change his style". there were concerns that "the dock of the bay" had too much of a pop feel for an otis redding record, and contracting the stax gospel act the staple singers to record backing vocals was discussed but never carried out. redding had considered the song to be unfinished and planned to record what he considered a final version, but never got the chance. the song features a whistled tune heard before the song's fade. it was originally performed by redding, who (according to cropper) had "this little fadeout rap he was gonna do, an ad-lib. he forgot what it was so he started whistling." redding continued to tour after the recording sessions. on december 10, his charter plane crashed into lake monona, outside madison, wisconsin. redding and six others were killed.
(sittin' on) the dock of the bay
he has released his new fourth album, entitled 《約定》(yue ding / "commitment"), which sold 1.5 million copies in less than one month. this is a best collection of many of his past works. there would be a total of approximately 17 tracks on this album. three self-penned new songs are featured in this new album, which are titled 《約定》("commitment"), 《都是你》(dou shi ni / "it's you") and 《擁抱我》(yong bao wo / "embrace me"). the rest of the album will be filled with songs which he wrote for other singers like 《勇氣》[(yong qi / "courage")-original singer: fish leong)], 《我等你》[(wo deng ni / "i'm waiting for you")-original singer: rene liu)] and 《戀》[(lian / "love")-original singer: angelica lee)]. he also included the songs he wrote and sang when he was still part of the duo michael and victor.
michael wong (singer)