Otis Redding Steve Cropper: (Sittin'on) The dock of the bay: Upper Voices a

Otis Redding recorded this song on December 7th 1967 just three days before his death in a plane crash outside Madison Wisconsin. It spent 4 weeks at number 1 in the American chart in 1968. Rolling Stone magazine recently voted it number 28 in their top 500 songs of all time. Arranged here for TTBB a cappella by Mac Huff.

Although originally recorded by Eddie Floyd in 1966 this familiar hit has remained popular thanks to covers by artists such as Otis Redding David Bowie and Eric Clapton. This dynamic version for young players is based on the swing-shuffle hit recorded by Amii Stewart in 1979.