Rockin' Chairs

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The Rockin' Chairs
Origin Queens Village, New York
Genres doo-wop
Years active1958 (1958)–1959 (1959)
Labels Recorte Records, [1]

CBS Records, [1]

Time Records [2]
Past members
  • Lenny Dean (leader) [3]
  • Bob Gerardi [3]
  • Carmine Ray [3]
  • Rick Baxter [3]
  • Joey Cary

The Rockin' Chairs were a doo-wop recording group based in Queens Village, New York active in 1958 and 1959. [3] [4]

Contents

Discography

TitleYearCatalogComments
A Kiss Is a Kiss / Rockin' Chair Boogie1958 [3] Recorte 402 [3] 200,000 copies sold [3]
Please Mary Lou / Come On Baby1958 [3] Recorte 404 [3]
Memories of Love / Girl of Mine1959 [3] Recorte 412 [3] with backup from Nino and the Ebb Tides [5]

Reception

Billboard described their A Kiss Is a Kiss as a "hot record." [6]

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 ." [3]

Billboard described their Memories of Love recording as having an "overly long intro" and described the recording as "none too good." [7]

All three of their a-side recordings are considered among the top 1000 doo-wop songs of all time. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Rizzo, Ken (March 2008). "Reinventing an Artistic Life". Allegro. CVIII (3).
  2. ↑ Levy, Aidan (2015). Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed. Chicago Review Press. p. 1933. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rosalsky, Mitch (2002). Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo Wop Vocal Groups. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 485–486. ISBN   978081083663-1.
  4. ↑ Gribin, Anthony (2000). The Complete Book of Doo-Wop. Krause Publications. p. 441. ISBN   978-0873418294.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Distributor News". Billboard . 26 May 1958. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "The Billboard's Music Popularity Charts: Pop Records". Billboard . 22 June 1959. p. 77.
  8. ↑ 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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