Rockin' Chair (Gwen McCrae song)

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"Rockin' Chair"
Rockin' Chair - Gwen McCrae.jpg
Song by Gwen McCrae
B-side"It Keeps on Raining"
ReleasedMay 1975
GenreSoul
LabelTK
Composer(s)Willie Clarke/Clarence Reid[1]

Rockin' Chair is a 1975 crossover single by Gwen McCrae. The song is not to be confused with either Fats Domino's 1951 R&B hit of the same name or the 1929 "Rockin' Chair" by Hoagy Carmichael.

Use as answer song[]

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.

Chart history[]

"Rockin' Chair" was McCrae's sole entry into the top 10 on both the soul and pop charts. The single hit number nine on the pop charts, and number one on the soul chart for one week.[2] In Canada, "Rockin' Chair" spent two weeks at number 23.

References[]

  1. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 389.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. August 2, 1975. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 7/26/75". tropicalglen.com. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  7. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (July 17, 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  8. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1975". tropicalglen.com. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
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