Redding was a huge fan of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and hoped that “Dock Of The Bay” would be seen as fitting in with the mood of that album. It certainly displays a ...

He had recorded the song “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” just three days before the crash. It had more of a pop feel than what many of his contemporaries in the Memphis scene were used to, but ...

Redding was a huge fan of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and hoped that “Dock Of The Bay” would be seen as fitting in with the mood of that album. It certainly displays a ...