Personally I ' d steal it but don ' t do that . Call the nonemergency police number and tell them about it . Try to get video of the dog outside , too . <| sep |> George McCrae artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 2529 ff 11022956 d 48 c 7 a 7 e 7314 f 1 c 8 cbb 13 . png George McCrae born October 19 , 1944 is a Soul and Disco singer . McCrae was born in West Palm Beach , Florida . He formed his own singing group , the Jivin ' Jets , before joining the United States Navy in 1963 . Four years later , he reformed the group , with his wife Gwen joining the lineup , but soon afterwards they decided to work as a duo , recording for Henry Stone ' s Alston record label . Gwen then won a solo contract , with George acting as her manager as well as doing some singing on sessions and in clubs . He was about to return to college to study law enforcement , when Richard Finch and Harry Wayne Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band invited him to sing the lyrics for a song that they had recorded for the band , but could not reach the high notes that were required for the song . In fact the original intention was that Gwen , his wife , should record it , but she was late for the session and George recorded alone . It suited his highpitched voice to the extent that the song , Rock Your Baby , became one of the first hits of the disco era in 1974 , selling an estimated eleven million copies worldwide , topping the charts in the U . S . , UK , and eighty other countries . The song was so successful that Rolling Stone magazine voted it the # 1 song of the year in 1974 . McCrae received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male RB Vocalist the following year . Two further single releases , I Can ' t Leave You Alone U . S . RB # 10 and U . S . Pop # 50 and It ' s Been So Long also reached the UK Singles Chart Top 10 , but he had much less success with followups in the US although his 1975 single I Get Lifted reached the # 8 on the Billboard RB Singles Chart and # 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 . He continued to record with , and manage , his wife until their divorce in 1976 . McCrae ' s fortunes slipped as the decade progressed . McCrae continued to record and tour through the 1980 s in his own right , particularly in Europe , where he remained popular . The indie rock band Yo La Tengo covered the song You Can Have It All on their 2000 album , And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out . 2009 saw the release of a new album called Time For A Change with the single , It ' s Been So Long . Read more on Last . fm . McCrae 145 , 010 listeners , 568 , 855 plays tags Disco , soul , 70 s , funk , pop Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .