The Booker T. & the M.G.’s guitarist was little-known by the public but was behind much of the music that defined an era.

With the recent passing of the revered R&B guitarist Steve Cropper, we're taking a look back at an iconic song that Cropper co-wrote and produced with Otis Redding: (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay.

Cropper is credited with such hits as “ (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” with Otis Redding, “Knock on Wood” with Eddie Floyd, and “In the Midnight Hour” with Wilson Pickett.