George McCrae

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George McCrae

George Warren McCrae, Jr. (* 19 October 1944 in West Palm Beach , Florida ) is an American pop - and R & B - singer , the 1974 Rock Your Baby had an international number-one hit. He was one of the first disco musicians in the early 1970s .

biography

George McCrae is the son of a police officer and has eight brothers. He married Florida singer Gwen Mosley in the 1960s . With her he performed in southern bars from 1967. In 1969 they made their first joint recording, Three Hearts in a Tangle, in Miami. After that, the couple went their separate ways musically. In the years that followed, not only did McCrae's single Please Help Me Find My Baby go unnoticed, so he worked as a window cleaner, mechanic, machinist, manager of his wife and law student.

When McCrae wanted to end his musical career due to unsuccessfulness, he listened to an instrumental tape by the session musicians Harry Wayne Casey and Rick Finch. Rock Your Baby got lyrics and was a new chance for the singer. With this song he made his breakthrough in 1974 and at the same time had his greatest success ever (ten weeks number one in the German single charts ). In the following years he achieved a number of other great successes worldwide and received 14 gold and eight platinum records .

McCrae toured clubs and discos until the 1990s. On July 17th, 2009 the album Time for a Change was released in Germany. In early 2012 McCrae was a candidate on the SAT.1 television show The Winner Is ... , where he was eliminated in the 2nd round against Nevio Passaro . He now lives in Munstergeleen in the Netherlands and spends part of the year in Aruba .

McCrae's daughter Marcella Molignini was candidate in the talent show Popstars on Stage on ProSieben , she appeared in the December 6, 2007 as the final candidate, but did not make it into the band. Another attempt at pop stars - Just 4 Girls in 2008 failed.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US	R&B
1974	Rock your baby	DE1 (44 weeks) DE	AT7 (4 weeks) AT	UK13 silver (26 weeks)UK	US38 (15 weeks) US	R&B7 (16 weeks) R&B	First published: June 17, 1974 Producers: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1975	George McCrae	DE33 (8 weeks) DE	-	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	US152 (5 weeks) US	R&B24 (7 weeks) R&B	First published: December 1974 Producers: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1976	Together	-	-	-	-	R&B33 (8 weeks) R&B	First published: December 1975 with Gwen McCrae Producers: Clarence Reid , Steve Alaimo

More albums

• 1976: Diamond Touch
• 1978: George McCrae
• 1979: We Did It!
• 1984: One Step Closer to Love
• 1985: Love's Been Good to Me
• 1987: I Feel Love for You
• 1991: With All My Heart
• 1995: Do Something
• 2004: America Red White & Blue
• 2009: Time for a Change
• 2016: Love

Compilations

• 1975: The Best of George McCrae
• 1981: George McCrae Featuring Rock Your Baby
• 1992: The Very Best Of
• 1993: Rock Your Baby: The Best of George & Gwen McCrae
• 1993: Rock Your Baby
• 1995: The Best of George McCrae: Rock Your Baby
• 1995: Romance
• 2000: The Hits
• 2001: The Very Best Of
• 2002: Rock Your Baby
• 2005: Latest & Greatest Hits

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1974	Rock Your Baby Rock Your Baby	DE1 gold (33 weeks)DE	AT1 (24 weeks) AT	CH1 (16 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (14 weeks)UK	US1 (17 weeks) US	R&B1 (19 weeks) R&B	Dance- ADance	First published: March 1974 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
	I Can't Leave You Alone Rock Your Baby	DE3 (20 weeks) DE	AT11 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK9 (9 weeks) UK	US50 (6 weeks) US	R&B10 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1974 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
	You Can Have It All Rock Your Baby	-	-	-	UK23 (9 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: November 1974 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
	I Get Lifted Rock Your Baby	-	-	-	-	US37 (9 weeks) US	R&B8 (18 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1974 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch Original. KC and the Sunshine Band , 1974
1975	Look at You Rock Your Baby	-	-	-	-	US95 (1 week) US	R&B31 (8 weeks) R&B	-	First published: February 1975 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
	Sing a happy song to George McCrae	DE13 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK38 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: March 1975 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
	It's Been So Long George McCrae	DE27 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4th silver (11 weeks)UK	-	-	-	First published: July 1975 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
	I ain't lyin ' George McCrae	DE35 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (7 weeks) UK	-	R&B31 (10 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1975 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
	Honey I George McCrae	-	-	-	UK33 (4 weeks) UK	US65 (5 weeks) US	R&B18 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1975 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1976	Winners Together or Losers Apart Together	-	-	-	-	-	R&B44 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1976 with Gwen McCrae ; Author: Clarence Reid
	Love in Motion / Givin 'Back the Feeling Diamond Touch	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance4 (15 weeks) Dance	First published: December 1976 Author: Gregg Diamond
1977	Kiss Me (The Way I Like It) George McCrae (1978)	-	-	-	-	-	R&B57 (11 weeks) R&B	Dance14 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1977 Author: Saxton Kari
1978	Let's Dance (People All Over the World) George McCrae (1978)	-	-	-	-	-	R&B93 (3 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1978 Authors: George McCrae, Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1979	I Want You Around Me We Did It!	-	-	-	-	-	R&B91 (3 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1978 Authors: Timmy Thomas , Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
	Don't You Feel My Love We Did It!	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance25 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1979 Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1984	One Step Closer (To Love) One Step Closer to Love	-	-	-	UK57 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: January 1984 Authors: George McCrae, Russ Mitchell
	Own the Night Own the Night	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance59 (5 weeks) Dance	First publication: August 1984 Authors: Franne Golde, MD Lauria, Marti Sharron
1987	Rock Your Baby (Paul Hardcastle Remix)	DE42 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK92 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: January 1987 Remix: Paul Hardcastle
1995	Do Something Do Something	DE82 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1995 Authors: George McCrae, Andy Fabulous, Capony, Michael LL Muman, Mr. Jay Be

^A.From spring to summer, Rock Your Baby was a top hit in American discos for several months and is only not listed on the Billboard Dance Charts because they were first created on October 26, 1974.

More singles

• 1971: Take It All Off (release: July)
• 1972: Please Help Me Find My Baby
• 1972: Back Dues (as George Mac Crae)
• 1976: I'll Do the Rockin ' (with Gwen McCrae )
• 1977: I'm Gonna Stay with My Baby Tonight (released January)
• 1984: Listen to Your Heart (release: June)
• 1984: Never Too Late (with Angela Kelman)
• 1987: That's Love
• 1987: Girls Don't Lie
• 1988: Nice and Slow
• 1989: Rock Me All the Way
• 1990: Breathless
• 1991: Take This Love of Mine
• 1991: Calling Love
• 1992: Rock My N ° 1’s (Miami House Attack feat. George McCrae)
• 1994: All Around the World (The Fresh Taste of Happiness)
• 1995: Time for Emotions
• 1995: Wanna Be Your Lover
• 1996: Little Things Softly
• 2002: Rock Your Baby (Flavor feat.George McCrae)
• 2002: Rock Your Baby (Gare du Nord feat.George McCrae)
• 2005: Rock Your Baby (Miami House Attack feat.George McCrae)
• 2006: I Love Her (with Francesco Napoli )
• 2009: It's Been So Long 2009

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database
3. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 445 .

Web links

• Official website (English)
• George McCrae at Allmusic (English)
• George McCrae at Discogs (English)
• Biography at Taurus Press