“We are so thrilled to get to share the fruits of this partnership with the world,” says Zelma Redding, president of the Otis Redding Foundation, and widow of Otis Redding. From December 17th to March 31st, Princess Cruises guests and viewers can donate onboard Princess ships or at Princess Community Foundation will match donations up to $25,000.
Both organizations support youth empowerment through music education. Proceeds from the video, which will be available on YouTube and screened onboard Princess Cruises’ fleet of cruise ships will benefit the Otis Redding Foundation and the Playing For Change Foundation. The newest addition to Playing For Change’s “Songs Around The World” series, features an all-star track including Jack Johnson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Aloe Blacc, Dexter and Otis Redding III, James Gadson, Louis Mhlanga, the students from the Otis Redding Foundation Music Camp, Claire Finley, Irie Love, Mar Sanchez, and the Rass Brass Extension. Paul & the Broken Bones, along with Redding’s sons Otis III and Dexter.Video: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | 50th Anniversary Song Around The World | Playing For Change “An Evening of Respect” with Whoopi Goldberg as emcee and will feature performances from, among others, the Dap-Kings, Aloe Blaac, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Paul Janeway of St. On January 25, the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem will host a tribute concert. The reissue of “Dock of the Bay” kicks off a year of events celebrating Redding’s life. The B-side remains “Sweet Lorene,” a more traditional Redding soul crusher. The original mix was pulled off shelves after only a few days, replaced by the version that is ubiquitous today. The A-side contains the original version, one where Redding’s vocals are noticeably lower in the mix and that showcases the playing of Booker T and the MG’s, the Stax house band. To commemorate the anniversary, Rhino Records is reissuing the single in gold vinyl. “Dock of the Bay” was released fifty years ago this week, and Redding’s instincts were correct: the song became his first-and only-number one hit. Tragically, on December 10, 1967, just days after the song’s recording, Redding and members of his band perished when their plane crashed into a frozen lake just outside of Madison, Wisconsin, where Redding was scheduled to perform. He was slowly reaching a wider audience and Redding knew “Dock of the Bay” was a sure-fire hit. One of those tracks was “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” The now-classic pushed Redding’s songwriting and singing to new levels of emotion and sophistication, rather than the burly, shouting vocals he was known for. He retreated to his Big O Ranch outside of Macon, Georgia, and in a fury of creativity, wrote more than thirty songs to record at the Stax Records studio in Memphis. After years of dogged touring, the money had begun rolling in and Redding was on equal standing with Elvis Presley as the most popular singer in the world.Įven a doctor-ordered two-month break after Redding had surgery to remove polyps from his vocal cords didn’t slow him down. and proceeding to blow away the “love people” (as he dubbed them) with scorching versions of “Shake” and “Respect” and finishing with his customary closer, “Try A Little Tenderness,” that left the audience howling for more. That June, he was the only soul act who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival, taking the stage at 1 a.m. In 1967, Otis Redding was on top of the world.
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