Rock Your Baby

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"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)^[1] 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.

Preceded by "Rock The Boat" by The Hues Corporation	Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 13 - July 20, 1974	Succeeded by "Annie's Song" by John Denver
Preceded by "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)" by The Impressions	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number one single July 6 - July 13, 1974	Succeeded by "My Thang (Part 1)" by James Brown
Preceded by "She" by Charles Aznavour	UK number one single July 23, 1974	Succeeded by "When Will I See You Again" by The Three Degrees