George McCrae's Last Chance – A Smash
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 20 July 1974
STRANGE how chance plays its part in the record business. If George McCrae hadn't decided to have one last try at making a hit record after years of relative failure, half the juke-boxes in New York City wouldn't be playing 'Rock Your Baby' right now.
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