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"Rock Your Baby" is the debut single by American singer George McCrae. Written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band, "Rock Your Baby" became an early landmark recording of disco. [6] It was the only international hit for McCrae.
George Warren McCrae Jr. (born October 19, 1944) [1] is an American soul and disco singer who is most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby". Biography and career [ edit ]
TK Records is closely associated with the early rise of disco music, having in 1974 been the label that released the second bona fide disco song (after The Hues Corporation's "Rock The Boat") to reach No. 1 on the pop music charts, namely "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae.
Gwen's husband, George McCrae, had a number-one hit single the year earlier, "Rock Your Baby." "Rockin' Chair" was intended to be an answer song to George's hit. The songs were released just less than a year apart. George provided backing vocals on the song.
May 7 – Led Zeppelin announces their new record label, Swan Song Records, with a lavish party at The Four Seasons Hotel in New York.; May 11 – The New York Police bagpipe band performs shortly after midnight at the Portsmouth, RI Ramada Inn, in connection with a National Police Week event, prompting a drunken spree lasting until dawn by at least a dozen off-duty members of the Boston ...
The recording sessions for "Dancing Queen" began on 4 August 1975. The demo was called "Boogaloo" and as the sessions progressed, Andersson and Ulvaeus found inspiration in the dance rhythm of George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby", as well as the drumming on Dr. John's 1972 album, Dr. John's Gumbo. [2]
Within a few months "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae went to number 1 in the UK in July 1974, with a further six chart hits following over the next two years. [6] Kassner followed up with another Miami club act introduced by Stone, KC and the Sunshine Band , whose single "Queen Of Clubs" reached the top ten in the UK in August 1974.
"Rock Your Baby" George McCrae: T.K. July 20, 1974 1 "Annie's Song" John Denver: RCA Victor: July 27, 1974 1 "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" Elton John: MCA: August 3, 1974 1 "Feel Like Makin' Love" Roberta Flack: Atlantic: August 10, 1974 1 "The Night Chicago Died" Paper Lace: Mercury: August 17, 1974 1 "(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka ...