 However, in 1958 she was the first to record the song "A Rockin' Good Way", with uncredited vocal backing by The Spaniels.The song was written with Brook Benton and became a hit when Benton recorded it himself as a duo with Dinah Washington in 1960.Bowman recorded again for Abner Records in 1959 and continued to record and make personal appearances, some with McShann, through the mid-1970s.