Bugün öğrendim ki: Otis Redding'in dul eşi Zelma Redding, Michael Bolton'a "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" kapağının onun favorisi olduğunu söyleyen bir mektup yazdı. Kocasını çok hatırlattığı için gözlerinin yaşlandığını belirtti. Bolton mektubu çerçevelettirdi ve ofis duvarında asılı kaldı.
1968 single by Otis Redding " **(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay** " is a song co-written by [soul](/wiki/Soul_music "Soul music") singer [Otis Redding](/wiki/ Otis_Redding "Otis Redding") and guitarist [Steve Cropper](/wiki/Steve_Cropper "Steve Cropper"). It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash. The song was released on [Stax Records](/wiki/Stax_Records "Stax Records")' Volt label in 1968,[2] becoming the first ever posthumous single to top the charts in the US.[3] It reached number 3 on the [UK Singles Chart](/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart "UK Singles Chart"). Redding started writing the lyrics to the song in August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in [Sausalito, California](/wiki/Sausalito,_California "Sausalito, California"). He completed the song in Memphis with the help of Cropper, who was a Stax producer and the guitarist for [Booker T.