December 10, 1967 – Gone too soon: Soul legend Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin.

Listen to his #1 hit, “Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay”, which was an unfinished song he was working on…

Mar 11, 1968 – Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for his single, “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”.