Rocking Chair: Who and When?

Sometime in the early 1970s a song was played on the radio with these lyrics:

Ba ba baba baaa ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa
Ba ba baba baaa ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa

The Rocking Chair on the porch outside
Seems like a childish toy to ride
But I'm gonna sit there all day long
Smokin' my pipe and singing this song

Ls la la la Laaaa la la la la la la la laaaaa
Ls la la la Laaaa la la la la la la la laaaaa

Swinging back and forth in my dungarees
Drinkin lemonade in the cool cool breeze
Feelin I'm riding like a millionaire
I'm in my wooden limousine
I mean my rocking chair

Ls la la la Laaaa la la la la la la la laaaaa
Ls la la la Laaaa la la la la la la la laaaaa

The fields need plowin'
The pigs are starvin'
What a lazy man I am
But I just keep rockin'
Like a clock I'm tockin'
Like a chicken cluckin'
Bam bam a bam bam bam

I want to live my life and just sit right here
And do all my travelling in this rocking chair
If you want me in heaven let's make it clear
You can take me but you've gotta my rocking chair

The roof is leaking
The door keeps squeaking
What a lazy man I am
But I just keep rockin'
Like a clock I'm tockin'
Like a chicken cluckin'
Bam bam a bam bam bam

I want to live my life and just sit right here
And do all my travelling in this rocking chair
If you want me in heaven let's make it clear
You take me but you've gotta my rocking chair

Ba ba baba baaa ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa
Ba ba baba baaa ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa


It was sung by a group that sounds a lot to me like the Laurie Bower singers, but I have never been able to find this (on the internet) in any of their repertoire. Perhaps it is another group like Ray Coniff Singers. Any further info on this song would be very much appreciated!

Originally Posted by robbthemann

Sometime in the early 1970s a song was played on the radio with these lyrics:

Ba ba baba baaa ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa
Ba ba baba baaa ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa

The Rocking Chair on the porch outside
Seems like a childish toy to ride
But I'm gonna sit there all day long
Smokin' my pipe and singing this song

Ls la la la Laaaa la la la la la la la laaaaa
Ls la la la Laaaa la la la la la la la laaaaa

Swinging back and forth in my dungarees
Drinkin lemonade in the cool cool breeze
Feelin I'm riding like a millionaire
I'm in my wooden limousine
I mean my rocking chair

Ls la la la Laaaa la la la la la la la laaaaa
Ls la la la Laaaa la la la la la la la laaaaa

The fields need plowin'
The pigs are starvin'
What a lazy man I am
But I just keep rockin'
Like a clock I'm tockin'
Like a chicken cluckin'
Bam bam a bam bam bam

I want to live my life and just sit right here
And do all my travelling in this rocking chair
If you want me in heaven let's make it clear
You can take me but you've gotta my rocking chair

The roof is leaking
The door keeps squeaking
What a lazy man I am
But I just keep rockin'
Like a clock I'm tockin'
Like a chicken cluckin'
Bam bam a bam bam bam

I want to live my life and just sit right here
And do all my travelling in this rocking chair
If you want me in heaven let's make it clear
You take me but you've gotta my rocking chair

Ba ba baba baaa ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa
Ba ba baba baaa ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa


It was sung by a group that sounds a lot to me like the Laurie Bower singers, but I have never been able to find this (on the internet) in any of their repertoire. Perhaps it is another group like Ray Coniff Singers. Any further info on this song would be very much appreciated!

Artist: Regis Philbin

Song: My Rockin' Chair

Original Album / CD: It's Time For Regis!

Year: 1968

Song clip & MP3...

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinf...8454&style=mp3


Note: Regis Philbin of 'Live with Regis and Kelly'.



Dan

Thanks again! I didn't know Regis ever sang anything! However the version that I know is definitely not him -- it is a cover by some other group. I think it is Laurie Bower Singers, but it might be Ray Coniff. I have tried trolling the internet, but I just keep coming up with Regis.

Originally Posted by robbthemann

Thanks again! I didn't know Regis ever sang anything! However the version that I know is definitely not him -- it is a cover by some other group. I think it is Laurie Bower Singers, but it might be Ray Coniff. I have tried trolling the internet, but I just keep coming up with Regis.

My Rockin' Chair was written by Paul Leka and the late Shelley Pinz (real name is Rochelle Pinz)

Pinz's first name appears on releases as Rochelle, Shelley, Shelly and Chele, but ‘Shelley’ seems to be the preferred spelling as a songwriting credit.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Leka/143469949001651

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Leka

http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?...erytype=WorkID

http://poparchivesblog.blogspot.com/...390280786.html



Dan