Otis Redding Plane Crash

On Dec. 10, 1967, a twin-engine Beechcraft carrying Otis Redding crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, killing Redding and four members of his touring band, the Bar-Kays. Otis Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Shortly before his death, he wrote and recorded “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay with Steve Cropper. News Footage: WKOW/Wisconsin Historical Society owns the rights to the footage.