George McCrae, Rock Your Baby | DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶

In the 8^th edition of DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶 (2023), we totally get down with George McCrae performing the danceable gem,  “Rock Your Baby”.   

“Sexy woman.” Woo! Prepare to take it to the dance floor, folks! DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome dance songs from the past and present.  The records that grace DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶 aren’t merely limited to music explicitly characterized as dance.  That means all genres of music – electronic, pop, rock, disco, etc. – are welcome as long as the particular song is associated with dance. In the 8^th edition of DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶 (2023), we totally get down with 🎙 George McCrae performing the danceable gem, 🎵 “Rock Your Baby”.

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“Woman / Take me in your arms / Rock your baby.”  Sometimes, it takes only one big hit to cement a musical legacy. For 🎙 George McCrae, it is his influential, no. 1 hit, 🎵 “Rock Your Baby”.  “Rock Your Baby” is, indeed, “smooth like butter”  – perfect for the dance floors back in the day.  Even though disco isn’t the sensation in the 2020s that it was the 1970s, “Rock Your Baby” still feels like a slice of dance music heaven 😇.  Notably, this record influenced one of the most iconic disco songs of all time: 🎵 “Dancing Queen” by 🎙 ABBA.  That alone tells you that Mr. McCrae had it going on 💪!

Supported by that celestial instrumental, it also helps that McCrae has an angelic instrument on his hands.  His voice is stunning.  He never forces things or over sings.  What he serves up is just wright – cool, calm, and collected.  Like 🎵 “I Get Lifted” from his 1974 album, 💿 Rock Your Baby, 🎼 ✍ 🎛 Richard Finch and Henry Wayne Casey (KC) – members of the legendary 🎙️ KC & The Sunshine Band – wrote and produced the track.  Also, unsurprisingly, KC & THE Sunshine Band recorded their own version of “Rock Your Baby”. Regardless, it is the George McCrae rendition that is DEFINITIVE.  “Yeah! Hold me tight / With all your might / Now, let your lovin’ flow / Real sweet and slow.” Ooh la la, George! 🎵 “Rock Your Baby” remains the sugar honey iced tea to this day!

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🎙 George McCrae • 💿 Rock Your Baby • 🏷 Rhino Entertainment • 🗓 1974

George McCrae, “Rock Your Baby”: Dance Gemz 🕺 💎 🎶 No. 8 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Rhino Entertainment; Beatriz Braga, Dhemer Gonçalves, Niko Twisty, via Pexels]