The Rockin' Chairs were a doo-wop recording group based in Queens Village, New York active in 1958 and 1959.
Discography Title Year Catalog Comments A Kiss Is a Kiss / Rockin' Chair Boogie 1958 Recorte 402 200,000 copies sold Please Mary Lou / Come On Baby 1958 Recorte 404 Memories of Love / Girl of Mine 1959 Recorte 412with backup from Nino and the Ebb Tides
Reception 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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