{{Short description|American doo-wop group}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Rockin' Chairs | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Queens Village, New York | genre = doo-wop | years_active = {{start date|1958}}–{{end date|1959}} | label = Recorte Records,<ref name=allegro/> CBS Records,<ref name=allegro>{{cite journal|last1=Rizzo|first1=Ken|title=Reinventing an Artistic Life|journal=Allegro|date=March 2008|volume=CVIII|issue=3|url=http://www.local802afm.org/2008/03/reinventing-an-artistic-life/}}</ref> Time Records<ref>{{cite book |last1=Levy |first1=Aidan |title=Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed |date=2015 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |page=1933 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dirty_Blvd/o6aBCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | current_members = | past_members = * Lenny Dean (leader)<ref name=Rosalsky/> * Bob Gerardi<ref name=Rosalsky/> * Carmine Ray<ref name=Rosalsky/> * Rick Baxter<ref name=Rosalsky/> * Joey Cary }}
'''The Rockin' Chairs''' were a doo-wop recording group based in Queens Village, New York active in 1958 and 1959.<ref name=Rosalsky>{{cite book|last=Rosalsky|first=Mitch|title=Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo Wop Vocal Groups|year=2002|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=978081083663-1|pages=485–486}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gribin|first=Anthony|title=The Complete Book of Doo-Wop|year=2000|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-0873418294|page=441}}</ref>
==Discography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Year !! Catalog !! Comments |- | A Kiss Is a Kiss / Rockin' Chair Boogie|| 1958<ref name=Rosalsky/>|| Recorte 402<ref name=Rosalsky/>|| 200,000 copies sold<ref name=Rosalsky/> |- | Please Mary Lou / Come On Baby|| 1958<ref name=Rosalsky/> || Recorte 404<ref name=Rosalsky/>|| |- | Memories of Love / Girl of Mine|| 1959<ref name=Rosalsky/> || Recorte 412<ref name=Rosalsky/>||with backup from Nino and the Ebb Tides<ref name=warner>{{cite book|last=Warner|first=Jay|title=American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today|year=2006|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin|isbn=0634099787|page=[https://archive.org/details/americansingingg00warn/page/266 266]|url=https://archive.org/details/americansingingg00warn|url-access=registration|quote=Rockin' chairs memories of love billboard.}}</ref><br> |}
==Reception== ''Billboard'' described their ''A Kiss Is a Kiss'' as a "hot record."<ref>{{cite news|title=Distributor News|newspaper=Billboard|page=6|date=26 May 1958}}</ref>
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''."<ref name=Rosalsky/>
''Billboard'' described their ''Memories of Love'' recording as having an "overly long intro" and described the recording as "none too good."<ref name=billboard>{{cite news|title=The Billboard's Music Popularity Charts: Pop Records|newspaper=Billboard|date=22 June 1959|page=77}}</ref>
All three of their a-side recordings are considered among the top 1000 doo-wop songs of all time.<ref name="GribinSchiff2014">{{cite book|author1=Anthony Gribin|author2=Matthew Schiff|title=The Top 1000 Doo-Wop Songs: Collector's Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izwKCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA207|date=1 September 2014|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-9827376-5-1|pages=207–}}</ref>
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Category:Musical groups established in 1958 Category:Doo-wop groups Category:Musical groups from Queens, New York Category:1958 establishments in New York City