Rock Your Baby

Infobox Single
Name = Rock Your Baby


Artist = George McCrae
from Album = Rock Your Baby
B-side = "Rock Your Baby (Part 2)"
Released = May, 1974
Format = 7 inch single
Genre = Disco
Length = 3:14 (radio edit)6:24 (album version)
Label = TK Records
Writer = Harry Wayne Casey
Richard Finch
Producer = Harry Wayne CaseyRichard Finch

"Rock Your Baby" is a popular song by George McCrae. Written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band, "Rock Your Baby" was one of the landmark recordings of early disco music. A massive international hit, the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, spending two weeks at the top in July 1974, number one on the R&B singles chart, and repeating the feat on the UK singles chart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in July 1974. In total it sold over 11 million copies internationally.

The backing track for the record had been recorded in 45 minutes as a demo, and featured guitarist Jerome Smith (June 18, 1953 - July 28, 2000) [Obituary at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000810/ai_n14321030] of KC and the Sunshine Band. The track was not originally intended for McCrae, but he happened to be in the studio, added a vocal, and the resultant combination of infectious rhythm and falsetto vocals made it a hit.

The hit song later inspired a reply hit "Rockin' Chair" sung by Gwen McCrae then-wife of George McCrae released one year later on TK's Cat subsidiery label with the music and arrangements sounding almost near-similar.

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