Today in 1967

[Muteswan]

Otis Redding and most of his band were killed in an aeroplane crash.
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay was released posthumously on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968 becoming the first posthumous single to be #1 on the charts in the US.

 

[Darran]

This is his mother.

 

[Muteswan]

This is his mother. View attachment 7132

He was a bit of a Whistler.

 

[Darran]

He was a bit of a Whistler.

You knows ew stuff Big J.

 

[jacabertawe]

And a sad coincidence that Redding's co-writer, producer and of course brilliant backing musician Steve Cropper recently died