Mastodawn

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by the #soul singer #OtisRedding and the guitarist #SteveCropper. Redding recorded it twice in 1967, including just three days before his death in a plane crash on December 10, 1967. It was released on #StaxRecords' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous number 1 single in the US. It reached number 3 on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVjnBo96Ug

Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Official Music Video)

Watch the official video for (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding. The video features video clips and photos of Otis Redding in the prime of his ...

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50+ Music Mar 9

"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by American singer Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on his 1965 album of the same name, also appearing on the 1966 album #TheExcitingWilsonPickett. The song was composed by Pickett and #SteveCropper at the historic #LorraineMotel in #Memphis, later (April 1968) the site of the #assassinationOfMartinLutherKingJr Pickett's first hit on #AtlanticRecords, it reached number one on the #RAndBCharts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixhkdO_IdU

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (1965)

O Soul de MemphisStudio Bass: Donald "Duck" Dun (1941 - 2012)www.duckdunn.comGravadora : Stax/VoltFonte: Soul, Funk & Disco - Fernando SavagliaDonald "Duck" ...

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Andi Chorley Feb 18

Last Night! by the Mar-Keys, released on Atlantic in 1961.

The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s.[1] As the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound...

Their first and most famous recording was the organ- and saxophone-driven single "Last Night" - Wikipedia

A cover version was used as closing credits music for Bottom!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Oxparbq1s&list=PL7iSrsLbcG4LDJBZm449jijzuxW6Ew3J6&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxcnH4bVE30&list=RDXxcnH4bVE30&start_radio=1

#MarKeys #Stax #Soul #Music #Bottom #SteveCropper #IsaacHayes

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Feb 7

“Favouring an #Esquire or #Telecaster, #Cropper wove his choppy, economical parts so seamlessly into the fabric of each #song that a casual listener could miss him” #SteveCropper #guitarists #guitar #music #MusicSky #GuitarSky www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit...

“Words fail me in describing h...

“Words fail me in describing his impact. He was on the session when history was made. He came up with the parts we all studied. He produced the records we all worshipped”: Why Steve Cropper was one of guitar’s most humble heroes

The departed soul man was the Stax band’s MVP, writing and driving the R&B classics that ruled the ’60s

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Ted Tocks Covers Jan 5

Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 1

Eleven Artists We Lost in 2025

“I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without you”

Read on for some great musical memories from:

#PeterYarrow #SamMoore #GarthHudson #MarianneFaithfull #RobertaFlack #RoyThomasBaker #SlyStone #BrianWilson #OzzyOsbourne #ToddSnider #SteveCropper

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/ted-tocks-covers-eleven-artists-we-lost-in-2025-musicislife-tedtockscovers/

Ted Tocks Covers – Eleven Artists We Lost in 2025. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers

Today’s feature is a Ted Tocks Covers first. This post will pay homage to eleven significant musical figures who sadly departed in 2025. They made the world a better place through their artistry. A…

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50+ Music Jan 2

"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by American singer Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on his 1965 album of the same name, also appearing on the 1966 album #TheExcitingWilsonPickett. The song was composed by Pickett and #SteveCropper at the historic #LorraineMotel in #Memphis, later (April 1968) the site of the #assassinationOfMartinLutherKingJr Pickett's first hit on #AtlanticRecords, it reached number one on the #RAndBCharts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il-usrZxGns

In the Midnight Hour (45 Version)

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WGOM Dec 9

Booker T. & the M.G.’s – Green Onions

https://wgom.org/2025/12/09/booker-t-and-the-mgs-green-onions/

Booker T. & the M.G.’s – Green Onions | WGOM

Steve Cropper co-wrote both “Green Onions” and “Time is Tight,” along with many other major singles by Stax artists — including Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” and “Mr. Pitiful”, Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour” and “634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A)”, plus Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man”. You might know Steve Cropper mixed … Continue reading Booker T. & the M.G.’s – Green Onions →