Soul legend Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for his iconic single “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” The award came just three months after Redding’s tragic death in a plane crash at the age of 26. The song, completed shortly before his passing, became the first posthumous single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains a timeless classic in American music history.
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