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Rockin' Chairs

The Rockin' Chairs
Origin Queens Village, New York
Genres doo-wop
Years active 1958 (1958)–1959 (1959)
Labels Recorte Records, CBS Records
Associated acts Nino and the Ebb Tides
Past members
  • Lenny Dean (leader)
  • Bob Gerardi
  • Carmine Ray
  • Rick Baxter
  • Joey Cary

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

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

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."

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

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


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