December 7 in Pop History

On this day, December 7th in: 

• 1967 - Otis Redding went into the studio to record Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay. The song went on to be his biggest hit. Redding didn’t see its release; he was killed three days later in a plane crash. And did you know Redding’s familiar whistling, heard before the song’s fade was the singer fooling around, he had intended to return to the studio at a later date to add words in place of the whistling.