Gwen McCrae (née Mosley born in Pensacola, Florida, on 21 December 1943; died February 2025) was an American singer remembered for her 1975 hit "Rockin' Chair". McCrae grew up singing in her Pentecostal church and later discovered secular singers like
Sam Cooke and
Aretha Franklin. She began performing in local clubs as a teenager, and singing with local groups like the Lafayettes and the Independents. In 1963, she met a young sailor named George McCrae, whom she married within a week. From 1963 onward, she recorded as a duo with her husband George, and was first to…
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