Both organizations support youth empowerment through music education. Proceeds from the video, which will be available on YouTube and screened on board Princess Cruises’ fleet, will benefit the Otis Redding Foundation and the Playing For Change Foundation. Speaking about the partnership with Princess Cruises and Playing For Change, Zelma Redding, president of the Otis Redding Foundation and widow of Otis Redding, said: “This was a wonderful way to celebrate 50 years of “(Sitting’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” and certainly an appropriate and heart-warming way to honor and remember the legacy of my husband.”
It also reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
It became the first posthumous single to the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. The song was released on Stax Records’ Volt label in 1968. It was co-written by Redding and guitarist Steve Cooper and recorded by the vocalist twice in 1967, including once just days before his tragic death in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, at age 26. “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is without a doubt one of his most popular songs.
Otis Redding is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music.
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