‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay’ — Otis Redding
This is probably the best-known song by Otis Redding. He wrote its lyrics while sitting on the dock of the bay! All right, he had been on a rented houseboat after the Monterrey Pop Festival in Sausalito, California. Same difference. Can you believe that they actually used the real sound of waves on the backing track? He wrote and then recorded it with guitarist Steve Cropper a couple of months after that. This happened only days before he was killed in a plane crash. His private vehicle fell into Lake Monona in Wisconsin. The song became the first posthumous single that reached the top spot in the U.S. charts.
‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay’ — Otis Redding
‘Let It Be’ — The Beatles
They say that tumultuous times often lead to amazing creativity. This was the case for Paul McCartney and this song. The Beatles had been falling apart, so he took comfort in the dream he had of his late mother giving him words of advice. It served as the inspiration behind the opening lines of this song: “When I find myself in times of trouble / Mother Mary comes to me.” This was the title track of what became the last studio album of the band. It was iconic in more ways than one. Released in March 1970, “Let it Be” was the last single the Beatles released before they announced they were breaking up.
‘Let It Be’ — The Beatles
