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Episode 163: “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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The Otis Reading Show

Reading had plans for several more albums, including one in three he and Projectly talked about where he cut his greatest hits. That album had been suggested by Jim Stewart, who wanted to replicate the success of It Takes 2 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston two years after it was recorded. While I've been loving you too long would become a September stumper, but first there was another tour to do, a Stax tour of Europe. The final line up was Reading, Carla Thomas, Salmon Dave and Eddie Floyd, plus Booker T and the MG's and the Stax Horns section,. And the non-Stax act Arthur Conley, included because he'd just had a

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