Timeline
It was the first successful track of the glamorous Disco-era: 'Rock Your Baby' by George McCrae. The song was written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch of the KC & The Sunshine Band. Originally the vocals should be added by soul-singer Gwen McCrae. Accidentally her husband George visited the studio during the recordings and suddenly he was behind the microphone... a magnificent moment of the pop history! 'Rock Your Baby' became a massive international hit, reached the no.1 in almost all countries around the globe. On the global chart the track occupied the no.1 spot for sensational 16 weeks! On the year-end chart 1974 it achieved no.2, short behind Terry Jacks' 'Seasons In The

Sun'. And on the ALL TIME CHART 'Rock Your Baby' ranks at no.49 with impressive 10.287.000 points, only eight other songs of the Seventies had more global success. By the way, 'Rock Your Baby' inspired the drum part in the ABBA smash 'Dancing Queen'. George McCrae, now 68 years old, is a typical one-hit wonder. Nevertheless he released 15 albums, the latest, 'Time For A Change', was released in 2009 without appreciable success.  GLOBAL CHART - 40 YEARS AGO  click the picture to see the video

USA
Billboard Report (Excerpt)
Weird Al Yankovic gets first no.1 album on Billboard 200
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
by Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles

After more than 30 years on the charts, comedian-singer Weird Al Yankovic earns his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as "Mandatory Fun" debuts atop the list. The album is the first

comedy set to top the chart since 1963, and logs the largest sales week for a comedy album since 1994. "If you'd told me 30 years ago this would happen, I never would've believed it," Yankovic tweeted on Wednesday. "If you'd told me 2 weeks ago, I never would've believed it." "Mandatory Fun" was released July 15 through Way Moby and RCA Records, and sold 104,000 copies in the week ending July 20, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was promoted by a well-received daily viral video campaign that launched Monday, July 14. Starting with his parody of Pharrell's "Happy," Yankovic released eight music videos for the album through the week on various sites, like The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo, Nerdist, College Humor and YouTube. "Mandatory" is the first comedy album to top the Billboard 200 since Allan Sherman's "My Son, the Nut" spent eight weeks at No. 1 beginning on the chart dated Aug. 31, 1963. A couple of comedy sets came close since then, including Steve Martin's No. 2-peaking "A Wild and Crazy

Mraz and second to reach the No. 2 slot. (He has yet to earn a No. 1.) "Yes!" follows 2012's "Love Is a Four Letter Word," which also debuted and peaked in the runner-up slot, selling 102,000 in its first week. Rock band Rise Against nets its fourth top 10 album as well, as "The Black Market" opens at No. 3 with 53,000. It follows 2011's "Endgame," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 85,000. Kidz Bop Kids' "Kidz Bop 26" is the fourth and final arrival in the top 10, as the latest in the kids-sing-the-hits series starts with 46,000. It's the 40th charting album for the Kidz Bop franchise and the 19th top 10 for the series. The new set features kid-friendly (and kid-sung) covers of such hits as Pharrell’s "Happy," Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" and One Direction's "Story of My Life." The "Frozen" soundtrack spends its 30th straight week in the top five, as it descends 2-5 with 43,000 (down 6 percent). The last album to spend a longer consecutive run in the top five was Adele's "21," which wrapped a 39-week reign in the region on Dec. 3, 2011. Sam Smith's "In the Lonely Hour" dips 3-6 (35,000; down 17 percent), Ed Sheeran's "x" falls 5-7 (24,000; down 32 percent), the "Now 50" album slips 7-8 (23,000; up 4 percent), and Trey Songz's "Trigga" drops 4-9 (nearly 23,000; down 35 percent). Blake Shelton closes out the top 10 with his surging "Based On a True Story …" album. It vaults 63-10 with 22,000 — up a whopping 386 percent. The album was sale-priced in the iTunes Store last week for $5.99 and grew by 1,000 percent in overall download sales. To promote the sale pricing, Shelton's Twitter account sent out two Tweets during the week to the country star's 6.8 million followers. His Facebook page, which has 8.3 million likes, also spread the word about the discount. Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 20) totaled 4.4 million units, up 7 percent compared with the sum last week (4.1 million) and down 8 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (4.7 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 133.5 million, down 15 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (156.5 million). Over on the Digital Songs chart, Magic's "Rude" holds at No. 1 with 195,000 downloads sold (up 6 percent), and Smith's "Stay With Me" rises 3-2 with 164,000 (up 1 percent). Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, climbs 4-3 with 155,000, and 5 Seconds of Summer's "Everything I Didn't Say" bows at No. 4 with 149,000. It's the sixth song released in the lead-up to the debut of the band's new self-titled album, which was issued July 22. Ariana Grande's "Problem," featuring Azalea, is steady at No. 5 with 114,000 (down 8 percent), and Maroon 5's "Maps" rises 7-6 with 105,000 (down less than 1 percent). Florida Georgia Line's "Dirt" drops 2-7 in its second week, selling 99,000 (down 46 percent). Nico & Vinz's "Am I Wrong" descends 6-8 with 96,000 (down 13 percent), and Sia's "Chandelier" reaches the top 10 for the first time, flying 18-10 with 83,000 (up 29 percent). Digital track sales this past week totaled 20.4million downloads, up less than 1 percent compared with last week (20.3 million) and down 11 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (22.8 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 655.5 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (752.2 million).  COMPLETE CHARTS