Dancing On The Edge News
Volume 1, Issue 4
October 26, 2011
Explorations in Beach and Shag History
A Night at River City Bar & Grill
Who’s On Top in Beach Music?
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Sunset on Lake Norman, inside River City Bar and Grill
Lake Norman sunset from River City Bar and Grill
It’s hard to catch Shaggers not smiling
Shaggers from throughout the region showed up
for the debut of River City Bar and Grill October 22
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Double huge dance floor for double fun
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Friends and I stopped by the River City Bar and Grill in a
pontoon boat this summer. The deck was full on the lake
side--unknown to us the upstairs dance hall was under
construction. There was a duo entertaining all afternoon on
the deck until we fired up the Beach and Shag music.
Hot On A Thing.........
Guess who’s leading....
Last minute step adjustments ??
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Fans
There’s a Facebook group by this name I belong to. on the subject of longevity, it’s hard to become a 40 year
Recently, a conversation was launched that piqued my classic on the strength of live performance and small
interest and that of a few others. It’s about aspects of market AM stations.
Hook:
John H
ook: C.J., you open a wide and deep inquiry.
Beach Music and the entertainment industry that are
not only dear to my heart, they’re central issues in the J.R. and J.D. both offer salient points. To answer your
future of Beach Music. I’ve changed the names to pro- question with any accuracy there needs to be a clear demarcation on what you think constitutes “Classic Carotect the ‘innocent.’..................................................
C.J.
C.J.: QUESTION OF THE DAY: Recorded “Beach lina Beach Music.” As J.R. pointed out, most of the classics (I say 98% +)were not recorded as ‘beach music.’
Music” what is time period of Classic original songs?
QUESTION [2]: Will “Beach Music” Recorded af- Do we not count all the Temptations, Four Tops, Willie
Tee, Billy Stewart, Showmen (none of their stuff was
ter 1970’s become classics?
D.C.
D.C.: There are many many classic beach songs that recorded as Beach Music or with the Carolinas in mind
have been recorded since the 70’s! As John Hook Would in the 60s), Sonny Turner & the Platters, Artistics, Jerry
Butler stuff, etc. as ‘Classic Carolina Beach Music’ ?
Say...Disco Saved Beach Music!
[In answer to your question about whether songs will
C.J.: D.C., I know there have been many-many reC.J.
corded, my question was meant to ask will they be around be around in 10 to 40 years, here’s a tiny tiny sample of
20, 30, 40, or even 10 years from when they came what we’re enjoying nowadays]:
out..and played by cover bands, DJ’s, Juke Boxes and if 10 YEARS
Mom’s Apple Pie
there are any Radio stations that program such?
D.C.: There are less and less each year due to the fact Some Bridges Need Burning
D.C.
there are very few beach music radio stations left, very 11 YEARS
few records left & hardly any sales due to downloading It Must Be Love
Vance Kelly
Keisa Brown
Hardway Connection
Drizabone
& filesharing, however there are still a few great tunes Pressure
Bo Schronce
that come out each year. Most bands can only afford to Beverly Hills Boogie
Billy Swan
record one or two tunes a year and stick them on compi- Jailhouse Rock/King Creole
Dan Noland/Carl Snyder
lations for advertising purposes in order to get gigs.. We Bird Nest on the Ground
are very lucky to have a few dedicated DJs that take a lot 12 YEARS
of time doing internet shows and club DJs still support- Goin’ Down Geneva
ing THE MUSIC! Most of which are doing it for their Unbreak My Heart
Mr. Man in the Moon
love of the music for very little money.
R.S.
R.S.: Most of the classics were not recorded as “beach Uhh
music.” they were the hits at the time...either on the Drive Time
Top 40 or R&B stations. There never have been many Shake That Thing
true “beach music” stations and the ones left are mostly Shotgun Boogie
struggling. Audience size in relation to the dwindling Because of You
number of people that listen to radio at all is a factor, 13 YEARS
but mainly because advertisers won’t buy commercial Havana
time. If you truly love a station you must support the Shakin’ the Shack
advertisers, not just listen to the station, and tell them Blueboy
you heard their ads on the station. One other thought
Van Morrison
Johnny Mathis
Tom Jones
Joe Louis Walker
M-People
Fantastic Shakers
Holiday Band
98 Degrees
Kenny G
Fantastic Shakers
John Fogerty
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My Heart
Stylistics
(recently covered by Night Cruise Band)
20 YEARS
Back by Popular Demand Jean, Scherrie & Lynda
(recently covered by Queens of Southern Soul)
Motown Song
30 YEARS
Rod Stewart
Club Savoy
Carolina Girl
Rockin’ Louie
Chairmen
When She Was My Girl
Four Tops
However, there are many who would say that most of
those are not “Carolina Beach Music.” In the past 30
years the definition of Carolina Beach Music, in the minds
of many, has become “songs recorded by regional bands.”
Thus, the criteria for Beach Music in the Golden era of
the 60s is not the criteria of the past 30 years.
Where does this leave giant songs such as J.D.’s “A
Summer Place,” the Shakers’ “Shakin’ the Shack,” Band
of Oz’s “Shama Lama Ding Dong” etc? None of those
were written by the artists cited. Were they Beach hits
(and those all are SUPER hits 10-30 years of age)? They
were recorded by local groups, but not written by them.
At the same time, of the 800 + songs recorded by
regional groups in the 60s, perhaps 15 were played by a
significant number of radio stations. Less than that
showed up on Radio Top 40 surveys in the Southeast.
.......Cannonball’s “You Keep Telling Me Yes” is a notable exception.
Sadly, there are fewer distribution channels all the
way round. Fewer venues for bands to play in. Enormously less number of Beach shows (in the early 80s
there were about 80-100, Chris Beachley and I kept track
of them via It Will Stand magazine). There are a few
valiant DJs continuing to try. There are some courageous
bands attempting to stay afloat in a grim environment.
Beneath it all, however, what constituted Beach Music
in the 60s’ Golden Era, is not what will constitute its
future. The world is enormously different.
B.D.: D.C. and R.S., I 100% agree with both of
B.D.
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your statements. The music must have air play. In fact,
all music must have air play to endure time. Hats off to
the handful of DJ’s that still play the “Beach Music”
tunes, mostly at their own expense.
You are right D.C., if you love the station and it’s
format, support the station by supporting the advertisers.
I believe that a love for a music type is embedded
into a person during the time of their life when they are
most impressionable, typically between 12 and 18 years
of age. It has a lot to do with what we hear during this
period of time in our lives.
Think about what we were drawn to during this period in our lives and what our taste in music is today.
Our music is tied to the memories of our past and cannot be divided from that. Even the modern songs catch
our ear only if they contain a familiar riff, back beat, or
bass line that spurs or thoughts back to what we love.
This facebook group is a Great forum for these types
of discussions. We need to get more members to take
part in this forum but it seems that the same folks are
here daily and the rest are never heard from.
My music career, for one, was not in this venue of
music nor did I work with any of the music labels in
North or South Carolina. I am sure that there are a lot of
others out there that fit this category also and might
have a lot of decent input. I grew up listening to Soul
and R&B before it was ever called beach music, and,
that’s where my musical heart still remains. I love this
music too much to sit back and watch it die.
It’s great to be at SOS and see the older people still
enjoying the tunes, but we have to aim at the young
people to survive. Sure there are some youngsters into
“Beach” and young shaggers also, But I am afraid it’s
like pissing in the ocean.
D.C.: I totally agree with John Hook & B.D. John
D.C.
recently released a book listing the Top 200 All Time
Beach Songs Dating Back to the 50’s to present day. A
Must Have For Beach Diggers.
C.J.: John Hook, as they say you “Wrote the Book.”
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My Hats off (oops, Sunglasses) to you. I have not been
in the business in almost 40 years, but sometimes when
full time Jazz stations (All Public Broadcasting).
I do not include Soft or “Smooth Jazz” which is to me
you stand back and come back to something its like hitting a “Refresh Button”.
more easy listening music. Blues is our “Roots Music”
that ties everything together within Rock to Soul..and I
I would agree with every thing you say about the
past. Only you and maybe “Nobody Else” can do what
you did by taking newer “National songs” and putting
them into this unique category.
think it is hear to say in its place, which is small but
stable.
B.T..: My Two Cents worth/A while back I was in
B.T
front of Judies at the beach and a Beach Music legend
Beach music is like a Bikini I sorta invented 15 years
ago The “Rebel Flag” design, customers in the South-
was holding court in front//He made the statement
”Shaggers had Killed The Beach Music Band”//He went
east bought it because of being “Region Loyal”...I did
not make it with the south in mind, the Artwork is neat
on to explain that the songs a group he preformed with
50 years ago was still being played every week at shag
and looked good and it sold all over the US as a Party
thing or River Crowd or Biker Babe thing.
clubs through out the south/
The song he had recorded last year “went to number
As we all know most of the Major 60’s names like the
Drifters, Platters, Coasters were and are just as popular
one” on one popular radio station. But was soon forgotten.
would wide...but in Beach Music country its “Beach
Music”.
Other songs that I remember playing mostly at the
There are a lot of good songs today//But I do not
think they will be remembered as classic Beach Music. I
have written and sold more music this year than any-
Castaways, Coachmen Four, Williams Lake, Cellar from
Bands like Clifford, Showmen, Archie Bell, Chi-lites,
time in my life”
”Music has always been a part time business for me”
Willie Tee etc were “National acts all from outside the
Carolina’s at the time and many more, BUT, did tend to
The three song I sold for national commercials started
out in the studio as Beach Music Songs//As we played
(I think) Sell better and were more popular when “Re
Branded” as Beach Music.
the finished product back through the monitors, .....
and I danced to make sure it was the correct tempo/
The reason for the post was a little self centered..with
out me being so blunt, my question was will there be
Even had other dancers come in. Needless to say I have
never had a “Beach Music ”hit.
anymore Summertime is Calling Me, I Love Beach Music, Myrtle Beach Days, You Keep Telling Me Yes... etc
Many talented writers associated with Beach Music
have all but stopped trying to put new songs out there
etc...songs from the last 20 years or going forward.....I
think as always you “Hit it out of the Park.”
C.J.: Follow up to John Hook I do think that at
C.J.
as Beach Music. We are selling to other markets and being successful at it, Just ask Rick Strickland and Lisa .
some point and I think it has to happen, Popular music
The legend that day in front of Judies said if you
want a Beach Music hit, Do a remake of a remake every
will once again be “Pretty Songs” with nice Hooks and
themes and it could very well be like Blue Grass..it’s
five years, and very soon they will give you an award for
it..
outside of Country but in updated forms its very alive
and well and being played by new guys that go back and
Point, Shaggers do not seem to like new material and
are in most cases unwilling to give it a chance//They
look at Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt etc.
“Straight Ahead Jazz” which is my favorite music to
would much rather have of one “The Beach Bands ”re
record one more version of “Ain’t no Big Thing”.
listen to has all but gone away also with only about 3
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.G.: you know a great friend of mine and mentor
the late Leighton Grantham , said probably 15 years
came’ Beach Music in the 60s had a 20 year head start
on the ‘Beach Music Era.’ And during that era, ca 1963
ago, the new stuff has no sticking power, well some of it
does but not a whole lot sad to say,,,
C.J.: D.C., The key word is “Customers” as I see it.
C.J.
to 1970 (?) there was never a single song written by any
local group which lauded or saluted ‘Beach Music.’ Nor
Many of the Radio stations lived off of local Stores, Shops
were there any in the early or mid 70s. It was on an
Embers Live album out of Florida in the late 70s when
and businesses in the 70’s and 80’s and the national
rotation ads were used as fillers. Well, guess what look at
Jackie Gore first mentioned Beach Music. A year later
he wrote and they sang a song about it. I mark the late
the Strip malls and free standing retail and service businesses along the city streets. They are Food chains and
70s as the beginning of Beach Music’s Teenage years —
the first years of *self-awareness* and *self-consciousness*
Insurance, Tax Prep, Dollar General, Hair Salon Chains
and some empty...when is the last time you saw a local
— that awareness began to show up in original songs.
Look how incredible the energy was at that time!!! The
or regional Clothing store, Record Store, Waterbed store,
Shoe Store, Sports store? The stores and buildings that
momentum and velocity were enormous going into the
80s. It was a very heady and exciting time.
Eventu-
are not empty have National or Non-Radio friendly or
print for that matter businesses left. I had a small retail
ally the teenage years ended — I mark that in 1986
when the new drinking laws virtually eliminated Beach
chain of 45 Jean shops in the 70’s and 80’s..I was on 50
Radio stations in markets from Memphis to Myrtle Beach
and Augusta to Greensboro. Not only have Jobs gone
Bands from the college campuses and nightclubs closed
by the droves. Beach Music venues disappeared fast.
So where have we arrived in the 90s, 2000s, and in a
overseas and imports shut down factories, Retail and
Service has gone to national chains and online. So what
new decade. Beach Music has reached adulthood. Like
many adults it is bitter, disappointed, pessimistic, even
happens 4 or 5 stations operate out of one building and
use Music that is piped in from LA or NY etc and much
invalidating its own existence. What kind of lyrics will
these moods generate?
Fortunately, they aren’t the
of the big numbers come in on Talk stations.....Just one
of many effects on recorded music and Jobs from D.J.s
only moods floating in our area. There have been some
fantastic, adult, lyrics written. They haven’t become
to Bands to Record Co’s to Retail Staff etc etc etc. (I am
not from Radio biz, but love it and miss the Ads..I used
giant hits. However, as I’m sure you know, 90% of the
hundreds of thousands of songs in the vaults of Colum-
to like to here the local Waterbed store ads and T-Shirt
giveaways and Live remotes!!
Hook: C.J., in answer to your post about
John Hook
whether there will be “....anymore Summertime is Call-
bia, RCA, Decca, Capitol, OKeh, Atlantic, Stax-Volt,
and other labels, never saw the light of day, a chart, or
ing Me, I Love Beach Music, Myrtle Beach Days, You
Keep Telling Me Yes... etc etc...songs from the last 20
grounded expectation of getting airplay and exposure in
clubs GOES TOTALLY AGAINST THE ODDS IN ALL
years or going forward....”
It’s a melancholy question.
I wrote a 30-page reflection on this and related issues in
OTHER ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. We have
lived charmed lives.
.G.: Then as John says about these songs in the last
P.G.
ten years or so, look at the songs the bands worked up or
the Beach Music Guide 1945-2006.
I was looking
from a broader perspective than the usual *60s Golden
Era of Beach Music* view. At the time I was interested
in the broad strokes of history. The music which ‘be-
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any radio airplay. The idea that most Beach Bands have
been recording since the early 1980s with a largely
even did versions of “Back That Thang UP” Big Sisters
Radio, Crazy, Heaven....
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(the one below is just a demo)
What these rankings show is where each site ranks, in
comparison to all others on the planet, in terms of traffic, i.e. ‘visits’ to the site.
Rankings are not a measure of *hits*, which is one of
Well, OK, it’s new to you, but I’ve been tracking these the most bogus ‘statistics’ around today. One person
and other sites for seven years.
can visit a site, look at a few pages, click on a few links,
First off, I use Alexa to determine Internet rankings. and generate 100s or 1000s of *hits* in that one visit.
Alexa has tracked and published sites for years, publishA legitimate visit is one marked by a single visit from
ing a Top 500 which they keep updated. Below is their an IP address. It is conceivable that a single person could
Top 20. Any surprises? Google is # 1, Facebook is # 2, generate many visits, but that person would have to leave
and Youtube is # 3.
and return to the site ten times to generate ten visits.
The Beach Music Website Top 40+
This
Week
Week
No.
of
weeks
Last
October 26, 2011
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20 .. 20
20 25 21
Title
Artist
BPM
(LP or CD)
google.com
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facebook.com
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youtube.com
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yahoo.com
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wikipedia.org
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baidu.com (Chinese website)
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blogspot.com
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live.com (Windows Live)
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twitter.com
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qq.com (Chinese website)
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amazon.com
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linkedin.com
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msn.com
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yahoo.co.jp (Japanese)
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google.co.in (India)
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taobao.com
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sina.com
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wordpress.com
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google.de (Dutch)
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apple.com
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1340theboardwalk.net
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6,624,119
Therse’
a way to ‘guesstimate’ how many ‘unique’ visits a website
is getting -- but it’s a ‘guesstimate’ at best. For example,
I pay for a separate stats tracking program on my site at
www.beachshag.com I know how many unique visitors
I have (30,000 per month) and how many accumulative
visits they generate per month.
Given that, I can make a ‘guess’ as to how many ‘visits’ the other sites on the Top 40 + chart are getting each
month.
A Little About Rankings
Note that in the demo chart to the left, Google is # 1
and Apple.com comes in at # 20 this month.
In this week’s Beach Music Website Top 40+ (on page
.........), cashboxmagazine.com comes in at # 1 and the
S.O.S. site at shagdance.com is # 2. However !!
However, when comparing the Beach Music Website
Top 40 + to the Top 500 in the World there are some
distinct differences.
Cashboxmagazine.com ranks overall, in the world, at
1,069,132. The S.O.S. site ranks in the world at
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1,759,871. Thus, the chart represents two rankings, 1)
the overall worldwide ranking, and 2) their ranking within
their time in the sun for about a year, then WSGE in
Dallas, NC (# 9 this week) knocked them off their perch
the community of Beach Music-related websites.
and maintained the top spot for several months. And
change just keeps on coming.
Inclusions and Exclusions
Seasonal Rise and F
all
Fall
Every Shag club and Bop club website isn’t represented
here because most of them don’t generate a ranking.
There are some websites which rise and fall according
When Alexa gets to approximately 28,000,000 it ceases
to rank websites, there is simply too little data, meaning
to their ‘season.’
The Carolina Beach Music Awards site at cammy.org
that they probably only have about 20 or 30 visits per
month, if that much.
begins to rise every fall as their big event in November
gets closer. In late November their rankings will plum-
Note that in the Beach Music Website Top 40+ chart,
I stop numbering them after # 49. You’ll see to the right
met back to the 20s and 30s.
The S.O.S. site has traditionally done the same in the
that the sites didn’t generate a worldwide ranking with
Alexa. # 49 ranks # 24,003,132 in the world this week.
Spring and Fall, however I have to note that they have
become much stronger in the past few months.
Cashboxmagazine.com holds an unusual status because
it isn’t exclusively Beach Music. In fact, it’s not primarily
Beach Music.
Trianglebeach.com is another which rises and falls
dramatically around the time of their big, one-time per
I include it because when Cashbox Magazine and I
developed a joint venture to carry all three of my syndicated shows beginning four years ago, Cashbox magazine’s
world ranking was almost at the 4,000,000 mark. I’d
seen they were steadily gaining on Billboard magazine
for several months.
We joint ventured as I closed down the Endless Summer Network which was garnering 30,000 plus listeners
as I was moving my shows over to Cashbox.
Within a few months Cashbox magazine zoomed past
Billboard and has never looked back. Their site has consistently ranked at the top of the Beach-related charts
and the CEO has reminded me several times that it’s the
Beach Music Top 40, the Yearly Beach Music Top 40,
and the Roadhouse Blues, Boogie and Fish Fry which
helped catapult Cashbox in the rankings.
Prior to that, the Endless Summer Network was consistently # 1 for three years. That changed on the day
that 949thesurf.com (94.9 The Surf in North Myrtle
Beach) knocked me out of the # 1 spot. They enjoyed
12
Dancing On the Edge News
year Beach Blast in the early part of the year.
Sadly, there used to be many more websites for record
stores. Thank goodness we still have Judy’s House of
Oldies at North Myrtle Beach and the Wax Museum in
Charlotte.
As regards many of my brother and sister DJs -- there
are a couple of challenges in tracking their effectiveness
in the rankings.
Most Beach Music shows are on non-Beach Music
radio stations. Some are even on all Country or all Talk
stations. Thus, a ranking of those stations doesn’t give
any measure of their Beach Shows.
There is a similar problem with Beach-related sites
whose addresses are sub-addresses of Facebook, YouTube,
and a few other Super Portals on the Web.
Note that Facebook ranks # 2 in the world on the
Alexa Top 20 chart on the left-hand page. Thus, any
Facebook page kept by a Beach-related organization is
going to rank on Alexa at # 2 in the world (and obviously
# 1 on the Beach Sites chart). That would be misleading
to the max.
There is a band, a good band, which opened a site on
Beach M
usic R
elated Websites Top 40 +
Music
Related
one of the super portals recently and their ranking comes
up in the top 100,000 of the world. However, outside
their hometown, no one knows this band. They don’t
*really* rank that high. It’s doubtful they have more
than 40 fans, friends, and family visiting their site. On
that basis, I’m forced to leave them off the chart until
there’s a more accurate measure of their effectiveness on
the web.
All in all, there are only about five or six Beach-related sites that fall in the super-portal category such that
we’ve had to leave them off the chart.
Notables on the Chart
A few record companies are on the chart:
# 7 Southernsoul.com is record-company related
# 19 Forevermoremusic.com is the home of Terri
Gore’s master recordings, Russell Thompkins Jr., many
by Jackie Gore, the Legendary Dukes and many many
compilations too
# 30 KHPmusic.com The home site of Keith Houston who has been voted top producer of Beach Music
CDs year after year at the Carolina Beach Music Awards
# 31 Surfsiderecords.com was the company owned
by the late General Johnson and late Mike Branch
# 44 is the site of Ripete.com which used to be near
the top. Sadly, Marion Carter has cut back his involvement in the Beach Music recording world -- an involvement that stretches back to 1980.
37% of the Top 49 ar
each B
and SSites
ites !!
aree B
Beach
Band
Eighteen of the Top 49 are Band sites. The Band of
Oz ranks highest at # 11 with Sea Cruz right behind
them at # 12.
Fantastic Shakers come in at # 14 and Jim Quick
(Coastline, King Tyrone, and “Solo” Jim) is just under
them at # 15, followed immediately at # 16 by the Holiday Band.
The Embers Band is at # 22 (with the ‘former’ Em-
bers’ Band, the Legends of Beach, coming in about 1.2
million positions lower at # 27).
As you can see
# 23 The Prophets
# 25 The Tams
# 26 Donny and Susan Trexler
# 27 Legends of Beach
# 28 Main Event Band
# 29 Fabulous Shades
# 33 J.D. Cash
# 34 Extraordinaires
# 38 Catalinas
# 39 Carolina Breakers
# 42 Summer Daze Band
# 48 Attractions Band
The two primary DJ associations come in near the
end of the chart. Probably because only DJs visit their
sites. # 40 The National Association of R&B DJs, and
# 46 The Association of Beach and Shag Club DJs.
Greg Haynes’ “Hey Baby Days” site is last at # 49. I
think if he was more active with his Blog he would have
more visitors. There for a few months his blogsite was a
fountain of esoteric Beach music information.
(Note: The first column in the charts is the number
of weeks which this chart represents--20 weeks. The second column shows where each of the sites ranked 20
weeks ago. You’ll see that I wasn’t tracking some of them
20 weeks ago, OR, they didn’t rank 20 weeks ago so
there’s no number in column two).
The Surf came back strong after being dark for several
weeks at the beginning of the year. Let’s hope their slip
from # 4 to # 6 is temporary.
WSGE was way down the tubes for much of the year,
but has leaped back up from # 18 to # 9.
Loafers Beach Club and the O.D. Pavilion have both
jumped up the chart to # 13 and # 17 respectively.
1340theboardwalk.net in Charleston, SC is moving - # 25 to # 21. John Dixon LIVE is surely the reason.
Is there a site missing?
Email me:
johnhook@mindspring.com
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The Beach Music Top 40
www.beachshag.com
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TRUST ME
2
Virginia Beach Allstars
BACK TO CAROLINA
3
Poor Souls
Try to Remember
MEMPHIS WOMEN & FRIED CHICKEN
2011
Saturday Night
Atlantic 521682
2010
26
25
Holiday Band
WHO’S ROCKIN’ YOU
Sweet Love
9
W.O.W. Records
2011
27
26
Ray, Donnie
SHE MAKES ME FEEL GOOD
Who’s Rockin’ You
10
Nora Mae Music
2009
8
28
27
Thompson, Big John
Boppin’ and Rockin’
I THINK I’LL DO SOME STEPPIN’ ON MY OWN
Bluestown Records
2009
29
28
Barber, Sandy
SO IN LOVE
Best Is Yet to Come
7
Light of the Sun
6
Lewis, Huey & the News
CANDY GIRL
Soulsville
7
9
7
Lakeside Drive Band
FRED’S DOLLAR STORE
Lakeside Drive Band
20
12
8
Super Chikan
PROMISES PROMISES
Chikadelic
18
Smoke
9
Lois, Lisa
I STILL DO
Lil House, Big Party
Sony 7586762
2011
KHP Music
1977
2011
29
31
30
Lulu
GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME
Independence
31
24
32
31
Hip Pocket
WAIT FOR ME
Ocean Drive-By
1999
EMI 8866032
2011
33
32
Roberts, Roy
DOWN IN MEXICO
Strange Love
6
KHP 1096
2010
34
33
Poor Souls
WALK, THE
Try to Remember
4
4
35
34
Hawthorne, Mayer
GOTTA HAVE LOVE
How Do You Do Universal Republic 2782587
2011
Boppin’ and Rockin’
2011
KHP Music
4
36
35
Sugarcreek
DON’T FIGHT IT
Here We Go Again
Ms Jody’s In the Streets Again
2010
Ecko 1121
24
36
Lewis, Huey & the News
OLD SCHOOL MUSIC
Soulsville
12
40
37
Wallstreet
DON’T BE ASHAMED
Old School Music
2
Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales
38
Cropper, Steve Band
THAT BEAT
Anchors and Anvils
Laughing Down Crying
10
14
11
Bayje
NO MATTER
pending
15
13
12
Radics, Jack
BACK TO THE BEACH
No Matter
16
15
13
Woods, Danny & Board of Directors
HOME U.S.A.
Domino, Fats
Back to the Beach
13
10
17
14
SMOKEHOUSE BROWN
King Tyrone & Graveyard Ramblers
19
16
15
BOP, THE
Ms Jody
33
8
16
JUST ONE DANCE
Emerald, Caro
Deleted Scenes fm Cutting Room Floor
32
10
17
JUST GOT STARTED LOVING YOU
Queen Emily
Just Got Started Loving You
SUGARFIED
Gaar, Burton
Fried Grits & Greens
I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN
Thompkins Jr, Russell
Over the Summer
Dancing On the Edge News
Ecko 1129
2011
30
Alive and Kickin’
21
2010
Grandmono Recs
2011
Malaco
2011
Sound Ventures
24
37
2011
Forevermore 5021
1
39
LaVere, Amy
EYES FOR YOU
2011
XL Recordings 44699
1
40
Hall, Daryl
YOU
Top Picks--Bubbling Under
14
Green Dot Music
2011
6
11
BACK IT UP
BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY
DANCE WITH YOU
FALLING RAIN
HOLD ON
I WANNA ROCK IT IN YOUR ROCKIN’ CHAIR
I’M NOT AFRAID
I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
I’M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU
IS IT TRUE?
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME
LAY ME DOWN
LIL HOUSE BIG PARTY
MAKE THAT CALL
MY HEART
NEXT TO YOU
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
KHP 1093
2011
KHP 1093
2011
24
ROLLING IN THE DEEP
Adele
Naked Music 21
2011
Scott, Jill w Anthony Hamilton
INDEPENDENCE
Fantastic Shakers
FIND A WAY
20
2010
North Tower
Lil House, Big Party
SHE SURE GOT AWAY WITH MY HEART
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19
Noesis
24
Born Free
27
22
22
Kid Rock
RESPECT YOURSELF
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Meet the Queens of Southern Soul
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YOU USED TO ROCK
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
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Record Co. & #
Deep Fried Southern Style Shanty’s Records
2010
4
13
12
15
BPM
(LP or CD)
Blue Six
I’LL KNOW HER WHEN I SEE HER
23
3
KHP
2011
Title
Artist
PS 110402
2010
Brown, T. Graham
ROCK BOTTOM BLUES
39
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Year
Record Co. & #
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Week
This
Week
BPM
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Week
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Artist
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Last
Week
No. of
weeks
To hear the Top 40 with Fessa John Hook
Emerald, Caro
Royal Scotsmen Band
Bridges, Eugene ‘Hideaway’
Payne, Jackie
Grier, Sonja
Ms. Jody
Craver, Paul
Lakeside Drive Band w/ Gene Pharr
Poor Souls
Beach Brothers
Johnson, Jackie
Jump 4 Joy
Soul Children
Bruton, Stephen
Night Cruise
Brown, Chris & Justin Bieber
Johnson, Jackie
Warner Brothers
1993
Capitol
2011
MusicMania
2011
Ocean Beach 01
2011
PS 110402
2011
GDD 1003
2010
W.O.W. Records
2011
2011
2007
Archer 331927
2011
2011
Chairmen of the Board
PLEASE DON’T GO
REACH OUT
ROCK ME BABY
SUMMERTIME
TEENAGE QUEEN
YO NO SE MANANA
YOU’VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME
Posner, Mike
Mosley, Stan
Miller, Steve Band
Fabulous Shades
Jump 4 Joy
Enrique, Luis
Bramlett, Bonnie & Bobby Whitlock
The Beach Music CD Top 10
16 2 1 BACK TO THE BEACH
Woods, Danny & Board of Directors
11 1 2 MEET THE QUEENS OF SOUTHERN SOUL
10 4 3 BOPPIN’ AND ROCKIN’
various
various
KHP Music
19 3 4 TRY TO REMEMBER
55 6 5 DOWN SOUTH
Poor Souls
Quick, Jim
PS 110402
iSuwannee Records
8 5 6 HERE WE GO AGAIN
30 7 7 OCEAN DRIVE-BY
Sugarcreek
Hip Pocket
GDD 1003
MusicMania
34 8 8 FESSA HOOK’S FISH FRY
47 10 9 DEEP FRIED SOUTHERN STYLE
various
various
Shanty’s Records
Shanty’s Records
8
Ray, Donnie
Ecko 1129
9 10 WHO’S ROCKIN’ YOU
KHP 1096
KHP
Beach M
usic Top 40 R
eviews
Music
Reviews
I don’t know how many DJs were already on this at
Ken Knox and the Chairmen of the Board are back
S.O.S. Fall Migration, but it was no surprise to hear
brother DJ Ed Timberlake playing this right after S.O.S.
on the charts. Long live the General, long live the Chairmen of the Board.
He seems to have a kind of radar that picks up on upcoming Daryl Hall releases long before anyone else’s in-
If there was any doubt whether Ken and the fellas
could pull the revitalized Chairmen of the Board back to
ternal tuning fork starts to vibrate.
Daryl’s Laughing Down Crying has several songs wiht
the front of the stage, this song should quell the doubts.
We look forward to their followups as well.
possibilities, but let’s start with “Eyes For You.”
I walked into a huge seafood restaurant entertainLike a phoenix, Danny Woods also rose from the
ment center on Lake Wylie across the border from Char- ashes of the Chairmen of the Board legend.
lotte this summer and there they were on the marquee - coming soon!
Danny’s had his challenges and his successes.
“Back to the Beach” is just one of the tunes here that
Lakeside Drive Band has had a super first year to- demonstrates what these folks are capable of bringing to
gether.
the stage.
“Candy Girl” is doing quite well on the charts and
We wish Danny and the Board of Directors the best
they already have a smooth steppin’ tune recorded with in the coming months. Godspeed, Danny.
Gene Pharr of the Continentals ready to take the “Candy
Girl’s” place.
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FINE CADILLAC
Armadillo 00032
2010
2011
That’s the Way You DO
3
Studebaker John’s Maxwell St Kings
ROOSTER BLUES
Delmark 810
2002
Treat Me Like A Lady
4
Denise, Catherine
WHISKEY HEAVEN
5
Wayne, Kenny Blues Boss
MEMPHIS WOMEN AND CHICKEN
Fessa Hook’s Fish Fry V 1Shanty’s Records
2010
6
Brown, T. Graham
LEAD FOOT MAMA
Deep Fried Southern Style Shanty’s Records
2011
7
Louise, Grana’
Getting’ Kinda Rough!
HEADIN’ DOWN TO MAXWELL STREET
Delmark 812
2010
That’s the Way You DO
Delmark 810
8
Studebaker John’s Maxwell St Kings
BOOGIE WOOGIE KING
Knocking At Your Front Door
9
Interstate 40 Rhythm Kings
SMOKEHOUSE BROWN
10
King Tyrone & Graveyard Ramblers
I’M MACK THE BLUES MAN
5
CDA Rcords
2011
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Week
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BPM
(LP or CD)
No.
of
weeks
Last
Week
Week
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No.
of
weeks
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Artist
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Artist
BPM
(LP or CD)
KOKO’S SONG
Sicilia, Gina
Year
Record Co. & #
2011
Vizztone 388011
Can’t Control Myself
9
29
22
EVIL GAL BLUES
Fankhauser, Philip & Checkerboard Blues Band & Margie Evans
Blues for the Lady
21
30
23
BYE BYE BABY
Bishop, Elvin w John Nemeth
Raisin’ Hell Revue
2011
Delta Groove 144
ON THE CLOCK
Ehrhardt, Sena Band
Leave the Light On
2011
Blind Pig 5141
DON’T BE ASHAMED
Cropper, Steve Band
Tribute to the 5 Royales
OFF THE HOOK
Cash Box Kings
Holler and Stomp
I DO
Cropper, Steve Band
Tribute to the 5 Royales
YOU GOT ME DIZZY
Miller, Steve Band
Bingo
9
3
3
3
3
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32
33
34
35
24
25
26
27
28
2011
2011
Blind Pig 5142
2011
2010
Last Buzz
2011
28
14
29
Boppin’ & Rockin’
KHP Music
2011
EVERYBODY’S LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING
Ball, Marcia
Roadside Attractions
21
17
30
Blues Mix Vol 3
Ecko 2006
2011
NEW DODGE CITY BLUES
Manzarek, Ray & Roy Rogers
Translucent Blues
11
Mack, Sonny
SCENT OF YOUR BENJAMINS
Edge of the World
UPSIDE YOUR HEAD
Garland, Terry & Lil’ Ronnie
Live at the Canal Club
12
Pittman, Shawn
HEY BABY
ROCK MY SOUL
Bishop, Elvin w Bobby Cochran
Raisin’ Hell Revue
2011
Delta Groove 144
13
Roberts, Roy
Strange Love
SUGAR (WHERE’D YOU GET YOUR SUGAR FROM)
Edge of the World
BEFORE THE NIGHT IS THROUGH
Sicilia, Gina
Can’t Control Myself
2011
Vizztone 388011
14
Pittman, Shawn
BETTIN’ ON MY BABY
Live at the Canal Club
EllerSoul 20101
2009
SLOW KISSES
Carroll, Sandy
Just As I AM
2011
Catfood 011
15
Garland, Terry & Lil’ Ronnie
WAITIN’ AND DRINKIN’
88 Steps to the Blues
LocoBop
2011
WHERE YOU BEEN?
Louise, Grana’
Getting’ Kinda Rough!
2011
Delmark 812
16
Di Anne Price & Her Boyfriends
ALL THAT WINE IS GONE
Fessa Hook’s Fish Fry V 1Shanty’s Records
2011
MOM AND DADDY’S PLACE
Bridges, Eugene ‘Hideaway’
Rock and A Hard Place
17
Daniels, Leon
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP
Roadside Attractions
WHOLE LOTTA LOVIN’
Bishop, Elvin w Finis Tasby
Raisin’ Hell Revue
18
Ball, Marcia
HOW LONG
Rock and A Hard Place
I’M TALKIN’ TO YOU
Dwight, Shane
A Hundred White Lies
19
Bridges, Eugene ‘Hideaway’
NO FUN
39
Live from Callahan’s
BONES
Shaw, Joanne Taylor
White Sugar
20
McCarty, Jim and Friends
I LIKE WHAT YOU GOT
40
HOOK, LINE AND SINKER
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Make Up Another Lie
Sugar Ray & The Bluetones
A GIRL JUST LIKE YOU
AIN’T MY TIME TO SING THE BLUES
Page, Bob Project
Weeks, Sabrina
21
Ocean Beach 01
2011
5
Deltra Groove 145
2011
5
26
16
21
Alligator 4942
2011
9
Armadillo 00032
2011
9
Cally’s
2011
1
Evening
BubblingUnder
28
Deltra Groove 145
2011
Severn 0052
21
22
23
25
28
37
38
39
40
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
HELL SENT ME YOU
HIP SHAKIN’ WOMAN
LaSalle, Denise
Blue Diamonds f. Grana Louise
HOUSE ON THE HILL
IT IS WHAT IT IS
Aces
Castro, Tommy
ROCKIN’ ME BABY
ROCK ME BABY
THIS MUST BE LOVE
TIRED OF BEING ALONE
BABY PLEASE COME BACK HOME
Brooks, Ronnie Baker
BACKSTROKE (2010)
Earl, Ronnie & Broadcasters
KEEP YOUR MOTOR RUNNING Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
LADY THAT DIGS THE BLUES
Jano’s, Big Al Blues Mafia
TOO SWEET FOR ME
TRIMMIN’ THE FAT
BEER BOTTLE BOOGIE
BLUES AIN’T FAR BEHIND
LITTLE BY LITTLE
LITTLE BY LITTLE
TWO SHOTS OF JACK
WHAT A LIFE
FACE THE FACTS
HALLELUJAH I LOVE HIM SO
2011
Armadillo 00032
2011
Delta Groove 144
2011
R-Tist 012
Ruf 1147
Alabama Blues Machine
Miller, Steve Band
Downchild Blues Band
Block, Rory
Benoit, Tab
Castro, Tommy
Oglesby, Erskine
Foster, David
King, Claudette
Kingsnakes
MONEY’S GETTING CHEAPER
Robillard, Duke & JBR
MOON DANCE
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
WHAT KIND OF MAN IS THIS
Corritore, Bob & Friends
WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKIN’ Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Sochat, Morry & Splendid 20s
Walker, Joe Louis
MY GUITAR
Kubek, Smokin’ Joe & Bnois King
NEW WAY WITH THE BLUES
Hall, Sandra
WHOLE LOTTA LADY
WHO’S BEEN LICKIN’ MY CHICKEN
OLD MAN MAGNET
PLAYFUL BABY
YOU DON’T LOVE ME
YOU UPSETS ME BABY
BOOGIE SOME
CADILLAC WOMAN
EATIN’ DIRT
EYES LIKE A CAT
2011
EllerSoul 20101
SLEEPING IN THE GROUND
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
STEADFAST, LOYAL AND TRUE
Miss Heat
KANSAS CITY
Dell, William/Wee Jams, Laura Rose &
KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE
Tucker, Teeny
Allman, Greg Band
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
2011
Blind Pig 5140
2011
AIN’T NOTHIN’ COOLER THAN THE BLUES Hitman Blues Band
ATLANTA BOOGIE
Brown, Tommy
Laura B & the Moonlighters
Lovely, Karen
2011
Alligator 4942
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Callahan, Deb
HEARTBREAK (IT’S HURTIN’ ME)
Tucker, Teeny
POWERFUL STUFF (LOVE CRAZY)
Tucker, Teeny
Robillard, Duke & JBR
Foster, David
YOU’VE GOT BAD INTENTIONS
Sharpville, Todd
Cadillac Kings
Downchild Blues Band
R&B Bombers
The Mannish Boys
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Dancing On the Edge News
Roadhouse Blues and Boogie Reviews
Although this CD by no means marks the end of
music-makin’ by these gals (Gaye Adegbalola in the cen-
Laura B looks a little young on YouTube. Let me
ter and Ann Rabson on the right already have new CDs correct that, she looks a LOT younger than the material
workin’). It was only 25 years ago, their first album, she sings...and she sings it well. She seems destined to
that we added “Middle Aged Boogie Blues” to the for- become a blues belter and shouter in the finest tradition
mat, despite it’s 6 minute length, and it became one of of Ruth Brown, Etta James, and scores of other jump
our most requested hits. “Too Much Butt” is another blues immortals.
tongue in cheek classic from their LAST CD.
More homegrown Blues and Boogie from Eden,
North Carolia. These fellas sound so seasoned I wouldn’t
be surprised at a double-CD release -- just because they
know so much stuff (of course, who can afford to release
a double CD when no one buys CDs anymore?)
Doug and the Calabash Blues Boys have impressed
us from day one, and the first of their CDs. Love to
catch these guys live sometime.
How many of you remember that Hank Williams Jr.
had a song the same as the name of this group -- Lawyers
Guns and Money? Something we’re going to have to
look into a little more.
This is fully home-grown in upstate North Carolina
and we expect to hear a lot more from these folks. There
are three exceptional, thumpin’, pile driver tunes on here
that are already playing the Roadhouse.
“Hook, Line and Sinker” has leapt to the Top 40.
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