A typical set of music at a show by The Rockin’ Chairs begins with “Stuck on You,” a song Elvis Presley recorded in 1960, and ends with the Everly Brothers’ first hit “Bye Bye Love,” from 1957. As ...

Gwen McCrae helped the pre-Bicentennial U.S. find another use for the “Rockin’ Chair,” turning the piece of furniture into one of the soundtracks of the summer of 1975. McCrae was one of the soulful ...