George McCrae – Rock Your Baby album art

The debut album by American singer George McCrae (b. 1944) was released in 1974 by T.K. Records. It opens with the number one hit single “Rock Your Baby”. From Wikipedia:

Written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band, “Rock Your Baby” was one of the landmark recordings of early disco music. […] The chord progression of John Lennon’s number-one single “Whatever Gets You thru the Night”, released a few months later, bears a great resemblance to the one found in “Rock Your Baby”. Lennon later admitted to using the song as an inspiration […]  ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus have also cited the song as an inspiration for the backing track of their 1976 smash hit “Dancing Queen”.

“Rock Your Baby” is in all-caps, set in Neil Bold, and “George McCrae” uses a drop-shadowed version of Lazybones, with a custom terminal swash. Design by Drago Fernandez, with photography by Antonio Carlin.