<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper . It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash . The song was released on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US . It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart . </P> <P> Redding started writing the lyrics to the song in August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California . He completed the song with the help of Cropper, who was a Stax producer and the guitarist for Booker T. & the M.G.'s . The song features whistling and sounds of waves crashing on a shore . </P>

Who is the original singer of sitting on the dock of the bay