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The Rockin' Chairs were a doo-wop recording group based in Queens Village, New York active in 1958 and 1959.[2][3]

The Rockin' Chairs
Origin	Queens Village, New York
Genres	doo-wop
Years active	1958 (1958)–1959 (1959)
Labels	Recorte Records, CBS Records[1]
Past members	Lenny Dean (leader)[2] Bob Gerardi[2] Carmine Ray[2] Rick Baxter[2] Joey Cary

Discography

Title	Year	Catalog	Comments
A Kiss is a Kiss / Rockin' Chair Boogie	1958[2]	Recorte 402[2]	200,000 copies sold[2]
Please Mary Lou / Come On Baby	1958[2]	Recorte 404[2]
Memories of Love / Girl of Mine	1959[2]	Recorte 412[2]	with backup from Nino and the Ebb Tides[4]

Reception

Billboard described their A Kiss is a Kiss as a "hot record."[5]

When the band played Please Mary Lou on Alan Freed's Big Beat television show, Freed commented that it sounded like Paul Anka's "Diana."[2]

Billboard described their Memories of Love recording as having an "overly long intro" and described the recording as "none too good."[6]

All three of their a-side recordings are considered among the top 1000 doo-wop songs of all time.[7]

References

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