26 year old Otis Redding was killed when the twin engine Beechcraft he was flying in crashed into the icy waters of the Squaw Bay area of Lake Monona, just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. His death came just three days after he recorded his only number one hit, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”. Four teen-aged members of his back-up group, The Bar-Kays, also perished. They were guitarist Jimmie King (18), saxophonist Phalon Jones (19), drummer Carl Cunningham (18), and keyboardist Ronnie Caldwell (18). Only 20-year-old trumpeter Ben Cauley, who was sitting directly behind Redding on the plane, survived. He and band mate James Alexander, who was on a different plane, would reform The Bar-Kays and went on to record with Stax artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, and The Staple Singers. Cauley would pass away on September 21st, 2015, at the age of 67.