K.W.S. - Rock Your Baby (Boogaloo Investigator Mix)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtLrNknaX50&feature;=channel_page&fmt;=18
Released in
1992 this is
British act
K.W.S. with their cover version of the 70's hit "
Rock Your Baby". It reached # 8 on the
U.K. charts in that same year.
KWS were a
British pop / rave act from
Nottingham, UK consisting of instrumentalists / producers
Chris King and
Winston Williams and vocalist Delroy
St. Joseph. They had a number one single in the UK with the double a-side "
Please Don't Go" / "
Game Boy". They were subsequently nominated for the
Best British
Newcomer award at the
BRIT Awards alongside another covers group,
Undercover, drawing much criticism from the
British music press.
The original version of "Rock Your Baby" by
George McCrae was written and produced by
Harry Wayne Casey and
Richard Finch of
KC and the Sunshine Band & 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.
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