Rockin' Chairs

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

The Rockin' Chairs
Origin	Queens Village, New York
Genres	doo-wop
Years active	1958–1959
Labels	Recorte Records, CBS Records[1]
Associated acts	Nino and the Ebb Tides[2]
Past members	Lenny Dean (leader)[3] Bob Gerardi[3] Carmine Ray[3] Rick Baxter[3] Joey Cary

Discography

Title	Year	Catalog	Comments
A Kiss is a Kiss / Rockin' Chair Boogie	1958[3]	Recorte 402[3]	200,000 copies sold[3]
Please Mary Lou / Come On Baby	1958[3]	Recorte 404[3]
Memories of Love / Girl of Mine	1959[3]	Recorte 412[3]	with backup from Nino and the Ebb Tides[2]

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."[3]

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

1. Rizzo, Ken (March 2008). "Reinventing an Artistic Life". Allegro. CVIII (3).
2. Warner, Jay (2006). American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 266. ISBN 0634099787. Rockin' chairs memories of love billboard.
3. 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. "Distributor News". Billboard. 26 May 1958. p. 6.
6. "The Billboard's Music Popularity Charts: Pop Records". Billboard. 22 June 1959. p. 77.
7. 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.