Episode 163: “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Stax Sessions - I'm Just a Little Pain in My Heart
Most of Stax's most important sessions were recorded at weekend. Jim Stewart still had a day job as a bank manager and supervised the records that were likely to be hit. Reading didn't go into the studio again until June, when he cut the follow up,. That made number 27 on the Cashbox R and B chart. It did well enough in fact that the Rolling Stones could have covered it.
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