Rockin' Chairs
The Rockin' Chairs were a doo-wop recording group based in Queens Village, New York active in 1958 and 1959.[2][3]
The Rockin' Chairs | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Queens Village, New York |
| Genres | doo-wop |
| Years active | 1958–1959 |
| Labels | Recorte Records, CBS Records[1] |
| Past members | |
Discography
| Title | Year | Catalog | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Kiss is a Kiss / Rockin' Chair Boogie | 1958[2] | Recorte 402[2] | 200,000 copies sold[2] |
| Please Mary Lou / Come On Baby | 1958[2] | Recorte 404[2] | |
| Memories of Love / Girl of Mine | 1959[2] | Recorte 412[2] | with backup from Nino and the Ebb Tides[4] |
Reception
Billboard described their A Kiss is a Kiss as a "hot record."[5]
When the band played Please Mary Lou on Alan Freed's Big Beat television show, Freed commented that it sounded like Paul Anka's "Diana."[2]
Billboard described their Memories of Love recording as having an "overly long intro" and described the recording as "none too good."[6]
All three of their a-side recordings are considered among the top 1000 doo-wop songs of all time.[7]
References
- Rizzo, Ken (March 2008). "Reinventing an Artistic Life". Allegro. CVIII (3).
- Rosalsky, Mitch (2002). Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo Wop Vocal Groups. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 485–486. ISBN 978081083663-1.
- Gribin, Anthony (2000). The Complete Book of Doo-Wop. Krause Publications. p. 441. ISBN 978-0873418294.
- "Distributor News". Billboard. 26 May 1958. p. 6.
- "The Billboard's Music Popularity Charts: Pop Records". Billboard. 22 June 1959. p. 77.
- Anthony Gribin; Matthew Schiff (1 September 2014). The Top 1000 Doo-Wop Songs: Collector's Edition. Lulu.com. pp. 207–. ISBN 978-0-9827376-5-1.
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