Battery won't charge without opening iTunes?

I've scanned the other posts regarding recharging the original iPhone's battery, but none answered this question.
My iPhone was docked overnight as always, but just now I found it had almost no charge. It was completely off, and after rebooting, I got the "Low Battery" warning.
The only thing different about last night is that iTunes wasn't open. Could it be that the dock can't be used to charge the phone without iTunes being open?
Makes no sense to me, but that's the only variable that had changed in my regular routine.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Thanks to both of you: both had reasonable explanations.
I did use the wall outlet, and it recharged fine. Also, my Mac is set to sleep after a period of inactivity. However, I've been leaving my iPhone in the Dock overnight ever since I bought the iPhone just after its release, so I've been trying to remember if I docked it at a later time than usual, which might explain it. Memory for routine, repetitive actions is tricky, so I really don't know.
In any case, I'll experiment a bit to see if the problem was caused by inactivity or a "broken" dock.
Thanks again!

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