George McCrae – Rock Your Baby

“Rock Your Baby” – Single by George McCrae from the album Rock Your Baby. Released June 1974.

“Rock Your Baby” was written by Harry Wayne Casey (aka K.C.) and Richard Finch of K.C. and the Sunshine Band. It was featured on George’s album “Rock Your Baby.”

The song’s backing track was recorded in 45 minutes as a demo featuring K.C. and the Sunshine band guitarist Jerome Smith. Originally, the song wasn’t supposed to be intended for George, but he just happened to be in the studio at the time and added a vocal.

Originally, Casey and Finch were the only two musicians on “Rock Your Baby.” After they had the initial track down, they paid Jerome Smith $15 to put a guitar on it. They frequently functioned this way in the early days of KC & The Sunshine Band, keeping a minimum of core band members and then bringing in session musicians on an as-needed basis.

Finch revealed a bit of engineering geekery that went into this song: The bass drum on this recording was actually a transistor radio speaker. Said Finch, “One day the microphone was broken for the kick drum. Being the electronics gadget dude that I was, I figured maybe the diaphragm was broken inside the microphone. I couldn’t figure out why it wouldn’t work, but it didn’t. So I took that microphone apart, and I used the transformer inside and connected it to a regular speaker from a little tiny pocket radio. I put the speaker in the bass drum, and that’s what I used as a mic for the kick on the ‘Rock Your Baby.’ (laughs) It came out really good.”

“Rock Your Baby” was one of the landmark recordings of early disco music. A massive international hit, the song reached number one on the Hot 100 in the United States, spending two weeks there in July 1974; number one on the R&B chart; and number one on the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top in July 1974. Having sold 11 million copies, it is one of fewer than 40 all-time singles to have sold 10 million physical copies worldwide.

Rock Your Baby, melodie compusă de Harry Wayne Casey și Richard Finch de la KC & The Sunshine Band, a fost melodia de debut a lui George McCrae. A fost un super hit, ocupând timp de două săptămâni locul unu la Billboard, și având peste 11 milioane de discuri vândute în întreaga lume.

Inițial melodia a fost doar instrumentală, Casey și Finch fiind singurii muzicieni. După ce au înregistrat melodia, l-au plătit pe Jerome Smith $15, să adauge și chitar. Bass-ul care se aude în original, era difuzorul de la un radio cu tranzistori.

Propietarul studioului de înregistrări, Henry Stone, le-a sugerat să adauge partea vocală cu Gwen McCrae (soția lui George McCrae), dar chiar în timpul discuției a intrat pe ușa George McCrae, și l-au lăsat pe el să încerce primul. Așa s-a realizat acest hit.

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Lyrics/Versuri:
Woman, take me in your arms
Rock your baby
Woman, take me in your arms
Rock your babyThere’s nothin’ to it
Just say you wanna do it
Open up your heart
And let the lovin’ startWoman, take me in your arms
Rock your baby
Woman, take me in your arms
Rock your baby

Yeah, hold me tight
With all your might
Now let your lovin’ flow
Real sweet and slow

Woman, take me in your arms
Rock your baby
Woman, take me in your arms
Rock your baby

C’mon…

Aaaaaaah woman, take me in your arms
Rock your baby
Oo, oo, oo
Woman, take me in your arms
Rock your baby

Ah-aaaaaah, yeah
Take me in your arms and rock me
Ah-aaaaaah, yeah
Take me in your arms and rock me
Ah-aaaaaaaaaaaah

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