MENDOTA- Carol L. Swope, 72, of Mendota passed away Aug. 27, 2017 in Alden Debes Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Rockford....
Two days before the crash that killed him at 26, Redding had recorded the vocals for aching ballad (Sittinâ On) The Dock of the Bay. Four miles outside Madison, Wisconsin, December 10, 1967, hampered by low cloud cover and cold weather, the eight-seater private plane carrying 26-year-old soul star Otis Redding hit trouble.
(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY. - written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper. - lyrics as recorded by Otis Redding December 7, 1967, just three. days before his death in a plane crash outside Madison, Wisconsin. - #1 for 4 weeks in 1968. Sittin' in the mornin' sun.