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41. Otis Redding co-wrote "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with guitarist-songwriter Steve Cropper

Sun Jul 7, 2024, 08:07 PM

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at Stax Studios in Memphis, TN. just days before his death.

Besides Cropper, who else was with him as he wrote the song?
(Besides Stax Records producers etc.)

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