George McCrae ~ Rock Your Baby 1974 Disco Purrfection Version

Harry Wayne Casey and Rick Finch were just beginners when they wrote and produced George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby". Both had been messing around the studio learning the ropes and recording artists like Betty Wright and Jimmy Bo Horne. They had cut the instrumental track in less than an hour, but realized that the vocals needed someone who could sing in a higher register than either one of them could. Estimating the cost of the session at $15, they now had to find a female vocalist. Fatefully, George entered the studio that day and cut his vocals in two takes. In an inspired move, he sang the song in a falsetto and as if he were in a dream, a counterpoint to the loud and harsh funky music that was currently popular. The song took off in the discos first. George says he was not prepared for the monster hit as he had been performing for audiences of 200 and now could have 5000 - 10,000 people listening to him. The song took seven weeks to reach the top of the Hot 100 and stayed there for two weeks bringing disco to the masses in the summer of 1974.

[@williamhenry9609]

I'm 93 next Friday and am still discoing to this music like I was doing back in the day.

[@kamransekha7447]

May you live to be 100. We will celebrate your 100th by listening to Rock Your Baby.

[@michaelmunger8120]

Keep going my friend I'm right there with you

[@l21n18]

No you’re not 🙄

[@cathymax100]

fantastic keep dancing love to you from the Uk

[@jean-erictateia3273]

GREAT, William,Great!

[@angieleigh2055]

I was a toddler jamming to this song now I'm 53 and have 5 beautiful precious grandbabies!!!! LIFE IS GRAND!!!! 💞💞💞

[@Newkicks85]

Me too💞 I have 6

[@purge2--u--nite342]

1 grandchild ... Yes we begin to appreciate life more after 40s .... Be sure teach them well ..they need it in today's SOCIETY. 💯

[@phantomcollector1976]

ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME

[@johnharrison2466]

McCrae all day

[@philipsaunders3546]

Never get fed up of hearing this, even after 46 years

[@im.tellingyou]

I'm 81 years old and . Someone who loves this amazing tune !!

[@annettemartinez9798]

This is literally music for my ears! It Takes me away somewhere through the clouds! Makes me happy 😊

[@bqkmg2037]

This gem takes back to the summer of 1974 ..9 yrs old ...man I miss my childhood years in the 70s such a great time in the world for the BEST MUSIC ..movies..tv shows and especially the Saturday morning cartoons...i miss you 70s.

[@naudianeels1328]

I miss the seventies too 💔

[@wintergreentheme]

Me too...the 70's in my small new england town were the best !...Everything 70's for me !

[@dfcardenas22]

this song was a favorite of my best friend of nearly 16 years that I lost to covid back in july 2020 😢 it will always bring back memories of us kicking back and drinking some 🍺 🍻 during the weekend.

[@marcstar4327]

im sorry for your friend. But seriously you were drinking beer at 16?!

[@descartes1638]

How can one not like disco? Certainly, because of its success, the genre was overexploited, and a lot of horrors ended up coming out. But at its peak, as on this title of George McCrae, it is simply a delight for the ears, as for the whole body, which has the impression of floating in foam. Ecstasy!

[@blueshark3098]

Yes, it's very floaty. Impossible not to feel good and joyful while feeling and listening to this. Great beat, vocals, instuments. Tha best.

[@robertrangiuia2613]

This was my mother’s fave song. When she passed away we played this song for her as we closed her casket one last time. I miss her.

[@MrDrummerboy1962]

One of the greatest disco hits of the 70's!

[@marlenebrown3590]

Absolutely

[@phoenixphillips7413]

💯😍

[@jean-erictateia3273]

ABSOLUTELY!

[@anitakos1375]

❤️❤️❤️

[@sharonl.3773]

I'm 78 today! Happy valentine's day! Still rockin'!

[@anitakos1375]

I am in love with this amazing song!! Makes me feel hopeful for finding a good man to LOVE!! Lord, have mercy on me after a long storm of suffering with health issues!! I love you Jesus!! Thank you for blessing us with feel good music that uplifts our souls from the pain of this crazy thing called life!! One Love!! Amen!! :)

[@JamesDoe-ie1sb]

There he is, back in dah daze. Ft. Dix, boot camp. ,me and dah Maniacs, we were called, just 2 get through dah grind, and loneliness; a town w / o w o m e n.

[@JamesDoe-ie1sb]

I couldn't believe, we had to jump in a pond w a waterfall, yo I'm from Harlem."

[@freddiemontanez8461]

1974, this year was one of my happiest one. Memories of living with my brothers and youngest sister, Nancy and mom. Miss mom alot. May she rest in peace. Like to listen to it. To reminis of those good old days. NICE song.

[@kd5hms63]

Ah the youthful carefree days of riding my bicycle while listening the the best music of the 70’s on my transistor radio on the farm as a 13 year old. (1975)

[@angie-ud8py]

SUPER SUPER !!! I love this song since several years !!! I'am 67y.old THANKOU George !!

[@carlcampbell6233]

He was a back ground singer in KC and the Sunshine Band, this song was originally for KC but his voice couldn't get that high so he gave it to McCray and the rest is history.

[@ulyssesleslie5801]

Carl Campbell...thanks for the info...u know the kc song around Christmas...it was over played on the radio ...don't get me wrong..l liked it ....but it was like having too much of a good thing.

[@safiradiamond1510]

Really? Good to know! I didn't know that! Background singer for KC & SUNSHINE BAND? We went to see KC & SUNSHINE BAND in concert at the OZARK Fairgrounds back in the early 2000s before KC's 60th birthday.

[@garyhoffman5529]

I get it now.

[@richardbarzini2129]

Only Bob could sing this song!

[@jean-erictateia3273]

GREAT!

[@truckergregclark4846]

This song entered Billboard's top 40 chart at # 40...first week out jumped an incredible 29 notches to # 11 then hit #1 3 rd week in the 40..biggest one week jump in Billboard history....May 74

[@DJDiscoCat]

Greg, I dug up the 70's Edition of the Billboard Charts and can confirm the song entered the chart on June 1, 1974 at #93, #62, #34, #15, #9, #4 and then #1 for the week ending July13, 1974 where it stayed for two weeks. Also, the distinction of the largest jump on the survey belongs to Jeannie C Riley, whose "Harper Valley PTA" entered the chart August 24, 1968 at #81, and was at #7 the following week, an astounding 74 point jump. That song was everywhere and proved Americans loved a good story song!

[@truckergregclark4846]

Well I will have blame Casey Kasem for the mis info because I heard that stat on AT40 THE SEVENTIES...his staff came up with that stat....keep up the good Work DiscoCat..I truly love Disco Purrfection!!

[@DJDiscoCat]

I get that! Each survey has their own reporting style, contacting radio station program directors to obtain data. I defer to Billboard, who have developed the science of hit music popularity.

[@petrascheiblich6191]

The 70's was the best of Disco Music I like it 👍😚

[@traciem08]

Man, I miss being a kid in the, '70's, playing outside, while my mom and her friends hung out, played Dominoes or Spades, while listening to songs like this. Wow. Such peaceful days.

[@carolynurania4922]

Me, too. Yes, as another 1970s child, I miss the days of playing outside all day with your friends, unsupervised, until your parents called you in for dinner. Sweet freedom!

[@70sfred1]

I agree with you both! Being an adult in the 21st century isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Take me back too!

[@cleaningtim]

Speed.....AMEN to what you posted !!!!

[@savedbymyeyelashes7159]

Another 70s babygirl here, ahhh good tunes, good times

[@dukemoose1307]

The Moose was playing strip poker and listening and then dancing and then . . .

[@patrickassibong7446]

This is music with a difference. The world at the time enjoyed this particular track more than Americans and George McCrae himself. It was a job well done.

[@RomanL.N]

1974-my summer holiday in Morocco!Thx DJDC!

[@Waymaker75]

I still listen to George's most popular 1974 song 50 years later. Songs and music composed in the 1970s are unforgettable.

[@peterdale2642]

I was 18 and in a night club in Brighton England when this was number 1......I still love this song 41 years later. But my lime green flared trousers no longer fit me...!!!!

[@umbertotucci2300]

Peter Dale I was in edinburgh and I was 17...what a great smashing time

[@shwt121]

I miss the 70's SO MUCH..

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Peter Dale I was 21 yrs old in the United States Marine Corps, dating the ladies like crazy. The ladies in Jacksonville, North Carolina (Camp LeJeune) LOVED to dance. At 62 yrs old now I can still dance, according to my granddaughter who loves to dance with me, to the 70s music.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Peter Dale I also had a pair of baggy flair pants with cuffs. Only different, I had real short hair.

[@shontawalker2062]

Peter Dale yes

[@sag577]

the past is gone, just a fantasy, don't relive, now's the time to enjoy, even with Covid, glad to be alive, amen

[@jean-erictateia3273]

And PEACE on EARTH and in MEN's HEART...

[@kahakookina2822]

NOTHING wrong with reliving the past.

[@lena-mariag.louis-charles3579]

Poopy Cat - if You don't know where You've been, You won't know where You're going. To act as if "the past is just a fantasy" is to disrespect history.

[@cleaningtim]

My Dad listened only to country music at the time this came out, but this was one song out of his country music world that he loved. He played it all of the time in juke boxes in every place we went in that had a juke box. I miss you so very much Dad. Every time I hear this I think of him. Great Song ! Thank you for posting this. Brings back a lot of memories for me.

[@michaelschneider1601]

Love this song, I was about 3 years old when this song came out and my mom remembers me rocking back and forth in the car seat. I am 43 years old now and this music still stands the test of time.

[@thesyllysil]

Riding the subway from queens to manhattan to go to the disco ..just great memories.

[@tracykingston9668]

Good for you . Many fabulous songs from 70s. This was one of the best. This guy does some great extended versions of these great songs. Hope NYC is being good to you. Cheers.

[@thewutitizband]

Great words Silvia.I was on the scene mid 70's Lauderdale,Fla [aka..."The Dale"] would'nt trade that for a thing! he MMMMmmmm yeahhh still digging it ....Boom Bop ba doom Bop.......ba ba doom Bop !!!

[@tombovitale2597]

Silvia bangerter sure I bet it was fun then too life was better for everybody then we had a colored TV that was appreciated so much then we were not spoiled like they are today

[@anitakos1375]

I wish I could have experienced dancing to disco music at Studio 54!! Wow!! The show on Netflix was amazing!! I was too young but my heart loves disco!! Thanks George!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️💋

[@sstrauch9193]

One of my favorite disco Songs, wished I would live in the 70s. Would be travel back to this time if it were possible

[@sdovas]

Took me too long to get to this, but props to you for another masterful remix of a classic that preserves and still amplifies.

[@Sparky62764]

10 years old when this magical Gem came out, dam those sure were the best of times

[@MrHereWeGoYo]

Wow. This music is the soundtrack to my childhood. I could shed a tear (of joy) right now. Days gone by.

[@pskeck04]

One of my favorite disc songs. Love how George could hit the high notes in it. Great song!

[@anne-louiseholmberg8194]

Im 65 now, and 15 when this song came. I think this is the ultimate discosong.😊💕🌸🇸🇪

[@mariesumabat3240]

I'm 70, but I still love to dance this song is just perfect,,, Hello from the Philippines,,,

[@janetcousins8287]

The exciting disco era!.

[@khalilahmed1754]

George McCrae Rock your baby. Really an attractive song

[@caroll9140]

I want to bring this song back...Hope everyone agrees...Wheelchair Carol

[@redrobin591]

+Carol L yes I agree real music from back in the day when music was musiclong live 70s

[@deyvidkaua1637]

gostaria de saber se ele estar vivo!!

[@shontawalker2062]

Carol L I agree I love this song I play it all the time😀 💋❤

[@MOGGS1942]

Danced my ass off to this humdinger back in the '70's

[@Johanna-xy9py]

😉😘😏

[@jeffsmith8197]

Me to. This was my favorite dance song.

[@eleste12]

Stevie Black loved this, times change now its party rock and I'm still shufflin, go with the flow. Don't forget Ozzie

[@RFKFANTS67]

Pink Floyd "Roger Waters dayz"

[@tonytafoya6217]

Thank you for sayin HUMDINGER!!

[@luisfelipevillanueva6335]

La mejor musica ,de todos los tiempos,70,80,recordar es volver a vivir,viva la vida.

[@ivansilvabezerra1957]

Bons tempos, boas lembranças da minha juventude, nunca deixei e nem deixo de ouvir essas relíquias que marcaram e ficaram para sempre na minha memória! 🎤🎵🎵

[@dyanabartley1744]

DiscoCat, once again, you've managed to exceed all expectations with your brilliantly gifted talent. I have loved this song since it was first released, my aunt would always the 45 at my request, and now here you are, creating a proper remix that pays respect to the original version, again, I am a hardcore fan of yours, keep them coming, sweet stuff...

[@user-zo7bl5bf5c]

懐かしい😢 青春時代に付き合ってた彼氏のケンメリの中でいつも聞いていました😄 思い出します😢

[@andrehb]

the instrumental section is hypnotic

[@DJDiscoCat]

and the way he sings the song its like he is dreaming, perfect music for a hot summer day!

[@P0RT3RS1GN4LM4N]

You are so right, DJDiscoCat, this record captured me in the summer of 1974. I played both sides of the single over and over, side 2 had part 2 with an instrumental verse before the chorus came back in. So I tried to cut the two together on my cassette recorder and made a 5 minute version. Great. And then the album came out with the full 6 minutes, just wonderful

[@shekelafarmer8306]

Love this song as a child; Love this song as an adult😘 The music to this joint, Rock Your Baby, is sexy to go along with the words that George Mcrae is singing by his vocals that sounds sexy and heartfelt.

[@neillim3457]

Can't believe it's been 50 years!!

[@broadaway50]

Tracie Rivera I totally agree with you, I was born in 1960 I also remember my older siblings and mom and dad having friends over and listening to this music, and all us kids would be outside all day riding our bikes or roller skating of playing baseball or tag , we never had cell phones or computers, we were very active outside just doing fun things outside all day until the sun would go down, I miss how my upbringing and generation was

[@waltermoore9279]

One of the greatest songs ever it's always great when you got somebody close to you

[@jorgeolmos4091]

Wonderful 70s that I miss and Will not return. They only exist in our hearts 😭😭

[@jorgeevasquez1640]

That’s 🎉he kind of music I love!!!! Timeless

[@Sparky62764]

The 70s sure were the best of times, miss it dearly

[@MissVerdine]

The jazz guitar is killer!

[@ericcookson7211]

ohhh yeahhh

[@MissVerdine]

Thanks :-)

[@donniejames6264]

Weezer VanTrout soild

[@MrRingo525]

that was Jerome Smith, the guitarist of KC and the Sunshine Band

[@petergillies515]

take me your arms, ites i looking out for you eterninallyy i, love all you people for and the corever..... love from the heart rite now baby baby nnnuy i. love oour life,.

[@abduhlaffan4638]

Legend Song, never die, Beloved Song forever

[@josephpacheco3063]

George my favorite name, my father, miss him terribly, my favorite song, bless you all!

[@rebeljack1860]

IN 1974 .... I just turned 20 ..... PURRRRRFECT for times that were coming.

[@jamiemartinwebb]

I was 16 years old when this was released. This tune went down a storm in the clubs here in the UK. Wish I could go back and do it all again. Love this version guys, really good.

[@mariaoviedo3943]

Increíble que con nuevas tecnologías en cuanto a sonido , esta música de nuestros tiempos de juventud nos vuelve a reencantar , maravillosos intérpretes de esos tiempos.

[@AngelMendoza-Rolon]

I was 17 when this song came out, I remember looking forward to the future, now I wish I could go back in time this was the best time to live.

[@brigitterossi9817]

Toute mon adolescence !!!! Nos soirées déchaînées...quelle ambiance !!!! J’aaaadore !!!!💖🌟✨🤩💫🙏

[@christopherorourke6362]

This was real popular in the Philippines when I first went there in late 1974. My very first Filipina girl friend loved this song & she Sang it.

[@steved2667]

Sounds sweet.

[@SidebandSamurai]

I had hoped you had already produced the longer version and here it is. Thank you. I was 10 at the time, and this was my Moms favorite song. Thanks to her diversity in music, I got to hear this.

[@lucianpetrescu663]

E irepetabila muzica anilor '70. O ascult si acum cu reala placere.

[@beatricejanebelk9287]

BEATRICEJANEBELK FROM TULAS OKLAHOMA REMBERMER THAT SING IT IS GREAT SING TO LISTEN AND TO DANCER Summer of 1974

[@Multi1628]

~ 1974! I will never hear this song and at some point not hear "Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me" by Peter Brown (R.I.P.) being beat matched simultaneously. Thank you for this re-working of the original L.P. version. Honour and Love to our living legends: George McCrae. And Gwen McCrae. "Rockin' Chair" in its own way 1975 is just as iconic. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

[@yvonnewheeler6230]

Memories still have this up in my loft with many other vinyls both 45 single and LP amazing music ❤🎶❤🎶❤

[@harrystouffer5692]

the 70s was the best!

[@shontawalker2062]

Harry Stouffer yes it was

[@Stoned2072]

Agree, 1972 - 1977

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Harry Stouffer I agree with you 100%, I would live in the 70s forever.

[@dixienormous6969]

70s and 80s he best thasit 🗿

[@johnharrison2466]

Yes Sir !!!!!!

[@lupesanchez405]

I was about 8 years old when song came out and i loved it then and i love it now. It brings back so many memories of days gone by.

[@robertoartese886]

Primi balli in discoteca .quanti bei ricordi. Quante emozioni. Grazie George

[@HighVibeCat]

I’ve listened to this version a bunch of times, but something hit me different today at 6:18. That was beautiful, well done!

[@bredamurray909]

Purrrrfection.... 🐾🐾🐾💋💋💋

[@antoniogiuri7957]

Breda Murray essa musica è linda como voce...

[@susannelarsch4069]

When i was 16 Teen i bekamen this first recordfrom my Grundma It was the best surprice ever ❤❤❤❤

[@lynnwilcoxson7]

Wow..what memories. I grew up in the 70s. Never be another music era like it! I was 14.

[@RScarpa1970]

Sempre gostei de ouvir esse som !! Desde criança. Hj aos meus quase 53, ainda curtindo no fone, em casa ou no carro.

[@Anonymous-xy7mh]

I will rock with this disco music anytime. 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@glennscannell8802]

Anonymous agree. dance the night away

[@empresstashaii]

My sister won a dance competition with this song, I will never forget it. Poplar Civic Bow Road, London, Ah those were the days and we did not even realise it....bring back the 70's.....still sounds great in 2020

[@vanettaswiftbird5500]

WOW my San Francisco CA days 70-80s after I got SOBER I got to appreciate the TALENT in many of back in day's Soulful JAM'S. Still enjoy the JAM'S.

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

THE GREAT 70'S MUSIC IS HARD 2 TOP.

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

WHAT'S UPPER ZACH?

[@Tranquility32]

So true!!!!

[@Mr5083]

my older brother bought a 1974 ford mustang2 brand new in 1974 , this was playing on the radio , Im 60 years old now in 2017 Rock Me !!!

[@overjack46]

I designed the Mustang II coupe as a designer at Ford Design in 1971...

[@overjack46]

I was a designer at Ford Design and I did the selected and approved coupe version of the Mustang II in 1971...

[@markselvin2230]

Great version I've never heard before I've still got the original 7" saw him live in the late nineties still had the voice 👍

[@soniazpapp]

I was 20 and still in Europa my dream come true in a year 1975 Dec. 18 NYC USA I heard this song in the Barney Go-go's in 86 St. between 2-3 Ave, Next to the Corzo

[@centellas07]

¡AHHHH!!!....En 1,974 , yo era una criatura de 7 años de edad!!!...Y era inmensamente feliz , cuando escuchaba esta canción!!!!

[@antoniogiuri7957]

Sofía Liesel Centellas Rauch eu neo 1974 tenhea 15 anos, escutava sempre essa musica. Escuto tambem agora!

[@jacquelineiona1996]

talk about good years for music... this year I was 10 and loving this song along with many others.... I was a music person very early on.... thank God

[@antoniogiuri7957]

Jacqueline Iona ok!

[@bobbyisaac4651]

Roller skating in Middleboro Kentucky as a kid to this good ol stuff!

[@chiefseadawg5164]

Man, I've always loved the hell out of this great tune! It never gets old.

[@69elindio]

Total greatnesss!!

[@DavesAngelbaby]

I used to drive my parents nuts with this song and few others on my little portable record player then my sister bought me a a bigger one with speakers and mom just about shit a brick lol Good ole days lol

[@sheilasams9876]

made me lmao!! my mom was same way me and my sister wore it out mom would flip out but she liked this song! !!!

[@sheilasams9876]

love it,thank you! !!

[@robertparker8321]

+Sheila Sams you're welcome sweetheart

[@antoniogiuri7957]

Robin Stephen ok!

[@antoniogiuri7957]

Sheila Sams ok!

[@kingdoc3262]

12 March 24....needed to hear some back in time...my 8th grade! Great song Thank you George McRae

[@djrom66]

Summer of 1974. I was living in Verona, Italy where my dad was stationed. We spent a month visiting Southern France. Disco music was just starting with Donna Summer, KC and the Sunshine Band, Barry Manilow and Barry White, and everyone was Kung Fu Fighting. Great memories. It’s amazing how certain songs just bring back flashbacks.

[@bev7544]

wow, nice, love it.

[@antoniogiuri7957]

Oi! Beverley Glaze, essa musica è linda como voce!

[@Multi1628]

~ 1974! I will never hear this song and at some point not hear "Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me" by Peter Brown being beat matched simultaneously. Thank you for this re-working of the original L.P. version. Honour to our living legends: George McCrae. And Gwen McCrae. "Rockin' Chair" in its own way the next year was just as iconic. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

[@andyocallaghan6]

Long hot summer days in Hove, England back in the 70’s I was about 14 when this was doing its stuff....

[@foxyroxy1059]

I was only 5 years old but I remember it like it were yesterday. There are things one remembers and some is so blur when you think back of what was what 44 years ago.

[@danielphanover6936]

I always loved this song, but I never heard this version before. This is another one of those songs where I think the producer should get most of the credit for its success.

[@DJDiscoCat]

+Daniel P Hanover Well, this producer just tweaked the classic original, I would be nothing without the genius of the artists who recorded it.

[@AegisNova]

+DJDiscoCatV2 Well done, indeed!

[@jamescox172]

+DJDiscoCatV2 well done my friend two paws up from us bears

[@helenhorsman6115]

Ellen h

[@havesomejazzfun2694]

Daniel P Hanover p

[@goingincirclespepipepi1088]

THIS MAN STILL ROCKS, ROCK OUR BABY YEAH SMOOTH SAILING ⛵

[@ginnygin1600]

Thank you! The best years, the best music 💓👍✌

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

1974, my last few days at Camp Lejeune before I was transferred to Camp Foster Okinawa Japan. This was a great song from 1974 one of the top 5 best, that's my opinion

[@shebehot1]

Wooo Turn it up! I love this Classic. Back in the day. This is when the Party Started. what ya know about this kind of Music .

[@dalefrancis5416]

Erika Young

[@antoniogiuri7957]

Erika Young ok!

[@chillin616]

Rocked N.Y.C. like a category 10 storm! THE SOUND !! PURE ENERGY !! Love it so much that it gets inside me and makes me want to dance like crazy !! Thank you DJDiscoCatV2, for the memories..! ❤️❤️❤️

[@DJDiscoCat]

hey its the angel heaven is missing! good to have you back! love you lots!

[@chillin616]

DJDiscoCatV2 LOL...Well, you know me I come & go.. after all these years..! YOU ROCK..!!! Mwahhh~!

[@jamiesmith6015]

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[@jesseramos9091]

chillin616 this jamwas the Shiite in 74and beyond.rippin it

[@teharipatene8135]

chillin616 ...You go for it you sound kool lol

[@lourivera9794]

As a poor Puerto Rican kid in Jersey we worshipped this music. We had many a good days. Listened to WKTU and WBLS WHO played all the greatest music. Miss miss miss those days. Music today is bologna and cheese not the quality steak we had.

[@Musicologist-61]

I was 13yo when this was in the charts!........ I'm 56 now lol