Rockin' Chair (Gwen McCrae song) explained

Rockin' Chair
Cover:Rockin'_Chair_-_Gwen_McCrae.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Gwen McCrae
B-Side:"It Keeps on Raining"
Released:May 1975
Genre:
Length:3:15
Label:TK
Composer:Willie Clarke/Clarence Reid[3]
Prev Title:Love Insurance
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:Let's Dance, Dance, Dance
Next Year:1975

Rockin' Chair is a hit 1975 song by singer 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 US top 10 on both the pop and soul charts. The single hit number nine on the US pop charts, and hit number one on the US soul chart for one week.[4] In Canada, "Rockin' Chair" spent two weeks at number 23.

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 23
New Zealand (RIANZ)[6] 37
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 9
U.S. Billboard R&B1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[8] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)Rank
Canada[9] 174
U.S. Cash Box[10] 96

Notes and References

  1. Book: Breihan, Tom. George McCrae - "Rock Your Baby. November 15, 2022. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. Hachette Book Group. New York. 112.
  2. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Boogie Down: The Dawn of Disco. 184. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
  3. Web site: discogs.com. discogs.com. May 31, 2021.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 389.

  5. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . August 2, 1975 . July 3, 2018.
  6. Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart. THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. November 19, 2018.
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
  8. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 7/26/75. tropicalglen.com. November 19, 2018.
  9. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. Library and Archives. Canada. . July 17, 2013. November 19, 2018.
  10. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1975. tropicalglen.com. November 19, 2018.