Carolina Beach / Shag

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    Kip Anderson
     
    Say It One Time For The Broken Hearted
    Kip Anderson, a South Carolina native, is one of Soul Music’s greatest performers from the golden era.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    Sugarbees
     
    Sugarbees & Friends
    The Sugarbees are the legendary house band from South Carolina's Bradleyhouse Studios. the Carolina Beach Music's equivalent to Muscle Shoals Studio's importance to the soul music of the '60's.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    William Dell & The Wee Jams
     
    Anthology
    The group was founded in 1964 by current member Barry Haughin and performed initially as “The In Crowd” in and around their hometown Pittsburgh, Pa. with vocalist William Dell joining in 1966.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    Guitar Player
     
    BASIC GUITAR BLUES
    Old Fashioned 1960 instrumental beach music blues including hot, cool, fast, slow and acoustic plus the unique Disney World Blues that will rock your adrenalin like nothing else...
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    Frankie McNeill and The Counts
     
    Old Dog, New Tricks
    The perfect mix for shaggers and beach music lovers alike.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    JD Cash
     
    Wish You Were Here
    JD Cash, for many years, has been recognized for his timeless style and delivery often compared to Sinatra, Presley and Darin.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    Clifford Curry
     
    Anthology 1967 - 2007
    Clifford Curry caught his big break in 1967 as a solo act when both “She Shot A Hole In My Soul” and the b-side “We’re Gonna Hate Ourselves In The Morning” broke big in the Carolinas and spread up and down the eastern seaboard.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    Various Artists
     
    Rare Southern Soul, Vol. 5 - 15 Beach Music Gems
    Along with the birth of the “Gospel-soul” style of singing in the late 50’s and early 60’s came the birth of countless Southeastern “garage” bands----both segregated and integrated---- who contributed some of the finest recordings ever put to wax.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    Various Artists
     
    Rare Southern Soul, Vol. 6 - 15 Beach Music Gems
    Along with the birth of the “Gospel-soul” style of singing in the late 50’s and early 60’s came the birth of countless Southeastern “garage” bands----both segregated and integrated---- who contributed some of the finest recordings ever put to wax.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
     
    Various Artists
     
    Rare Southern Soul, Vol. 7 - 15 Beach Music Gems
    Along with the birth of the “Gospel-soul” style of singing in the late 50’s and early 60’s came the birth of countless Southeastern “garage” bands----both segregated and integrated---- who contributed some of the finest recordings ever put to wax.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     

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    Various Artists
    Good Vibrations - 30 Carolina Beach Music Classics
    Carolina Beach Music is a style of music originated by authentic 60's sweet soul artists and augmented by white southeastern USA acts that emulated the sound in their recordings and live performances.
    SHAMA LAMA DING DONG- FABULOUS SHAG VERSION OF THE FAMOUS ANIMAL HOUSE PARTY ANTHEM FROM THE BAND OF OZ, ONE OF THE PREMIER BEACH BANDS ON THE CIRCUIT. MYRTLE BEACH DAYS/ FANTASTIC SHAKERS AN ABSOLUTE STAPLE IN BEACH CIRCLES, CUT IN THE LATE 70'S AND INCLUDED IN RIPETE'S VERY FIRST COMPILATION "BEACH BEAT CLASSICS" FROM 1979. SUMMERTIME'S CALLING ME/ THE CATALINAS ONE OF SEVERAL SONGS FROM THE MID 70'S THAT LED THE RENAISSANCE OF CAROLINA BEACH MUSIC IN THE LATE 70'S AND EARLY 80'S DOUBLE SHOT OF MY BABY'S LOVE ONE OF THE MOST COVERED BEACH TUNES OF ALL TIME, AND ACCORDING TO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN THE GREATEST FRATERNITY ROCK SONG OF ALL TIME. SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS RULE. THE CHEATER BOB KUBAN & IN-MEN ALTHOUGH BOB KUBAN IS NOT A SOUTHERN NATIVE (MISSOURI), HE SURE NAILED THE SOUND DEAD ON THE HEAD. A MAJOR WORLD WIDE HIT. MAY I/ MAURICE WILLIAMS & ZODIACS FIRST RELEASED ON VEE JAY IN 1964, BEFORE HITTING BIG WITH ITS RE-RELEASE ON DEE SU RECORDS OUT OF NEW ORLEANS IN 1966. BIG HIT COVER VERSION BY BILL DEAL & RHONDELS. I GOT THE FEVER/ THE PROPHETS FEATURING BILLY SCOTT MONSTER BEACH HIT FROM 1968, AND THE SONG THE REALLY MOVED THE GROUP INTO TRUE STARDOM. SONG WRITTEN BY AGUSTA , GA NATIVE, ROY SMITH. SHE SHOT A HOLE IN MY SOUL A SIDE OF THE TWO HEADED BEACH MONSTER THAT CARRIED WE'RE GONNA HATE OURSELVES IN THE MORNING. BOTH SONGS BROKE OUT AT MYRTLE BEACH EASTER 1967. I'VE BEEN HURT ONE OF THREE BIG INTERNATIONAL HITS BY BILL DEAL & RHONDELS THAT WERE COVERS OF PREVIOUS BEACH HITS. A 1969 RELEASE BY THE VIRGINIA BEACH GROUP. KIDNAPPER FROM DEEP IN THE HEART OF LOUISIANA, JEWELL & RUBIES DELIVER A TALE OF SUSPENSE UTILIZING EVERY ONE FROM PERRY MASON TO BOSTON BLACKIE TO TRACK DOWN HIS LOST LOVE. MAJOR 60'S BEACH GEM. FAR AWAY PLACES THE SONG THAT "MADE" THE EMBERS WHEN IT SCORED MAJOR CLUB AND RADIO PLAY IN 1969. THE SONG IS A COVER OF THE OLD PERRY COMO CLASSIC. HOLY COW MORE NEW ORLEANS MAGIC FROM LEE DORSEY, AND A TUNE PRODUCED BY ALLEN TOUSSAINT AND N C NATIVE MARSHALL SEHORN. COVERS OF THE SONG BY DELBERT MC CLINTON & SUGARBEES. GET ON UP THE ESQUIRES HAIL FROM CHICAGO IL, AND THEY DELIVER A SMOOTH AS SILK SOUL OFFERING FROM 1967 THAT BECAME A MAJOR BEACH TUNE AND A HUGE INTERNATONAL HIT. OCEAN BOULEVARD GREAT ORIGINAL TUNE AND MAJOR HIT IN THE BEACH MARKET UPON ITS RELEASE IN EARLY 80'S BY BAND OF OZ. THE TAMS MEDLEY LONG BEFORE MEDLEYS BECAME THE RAGE BILL LOWERY TROTTED OUT HIS ATLANTA TAMS TO RUN THROUGH A STRING OF THEIR SIGNIFICANT SONGS, WEAVING THEM ALL TOGETHER IN A PLEASING FORMAT. A 1970 RELEASE. I LOVE BEACH MUSIC WRITTEN IN 1979, THIS IS CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF BEACH MUSIC. JACKIE GORE EXCELS ON LEAD VOCALS. RAINY DAY BELLS YES IT IS THE REAL GLOBETROTTERS WITH NONE OTHER THAN MEADOWLARK LEMON ON LEAD. WRITTEN BY 60'S POPSTER, NEIL SEDAKA, AND PULLED FROM THE DON KRISHNER STABLE OF TUNES. 39-21-46 GENERAL JOHNSON WROTE SOME EXTREMELY MEMORABLE SONGS IN HIS CAREER, NONE MORE SO THAT THIS LITTLE DITTY FIRST RELEASED ON MINIT IN 1964 AND RE-RELEASED AGAIN IN 1966. THE THIRD MOST COVERED BEACH TUNE OF ALL TIME. SHAKIN'THE SHACK MODERN DAY DANCE FLOOR MONSTER FROM NORTH CAROLINA'S FANTASTIC SHAKERS. LEAD SINGER BO SCHRONCE TURNS IN A STERLING VOCAL PERFORMANCE OF A GREAT FREDDY TRIPP PRODUCTION. BAREFOOTIN' ROBERT PARKER'S ONLY HIT, BUT ENDURING CLASSIC AND YET MORE GREAT MUSIC TO EMANATE FROM THE CRESCENT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. 1966 BACKFIELD IN MOTION HUMOROUS RENDERING FROM MEL AND TIM THAT CLICKED IN A MAJOR WAY IN BEACH CIRCLES AND STRUCK A CHORD WITH AUDIENCES AROUND MANY PARTS OF THE GLOBE. YOU HAVEN'T THE RIGHT GREAT 1967 CLASSIC FROM THE CATALINAS WITH TOMMY BLACK ON LEAD VOCALS. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY TOMMY PLYLER, AND THE GROUP GETS MAJOR KUDOS FOR PULLING OFF AN UNCANNY PRODUCTION REMINISCENT OF THE FOUR SEASONS. CALIFORNIA THIS JANET HELM WRITTEN CLASSIC WAS INITIALLY ENTITILED "C A R O L I N A". IN 1970, THE GROUP OPTED FOR A CHANGE OF STATES FOR THE NAME, AND THE SONG BECAME AN INSTANT CLASSIC UPON ITS RELEASE BY THE GEORGIA PROPHETS. BILLY SCOTT ONCE AGAIN SHINE. COLOR HIM FATHER THE WINSTONS, A RICHARD SPENCER LED GROUP SCORED A MAJOR HIT WITH THIS 1969 RELEASE. THE GROUP'S NEXT RELEASE, LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE, FOUND FAVOR IN BEACH CIRCLES AS WELL. HEY HEY BABY IT'S THE FAMILIAR BRUCE CHANNEL TUNE WITH AN ALTERED TITLE AND DONE IN ROCKIN' RAVE UP VERSION BY THE KINGS OF PARTY ANIMAL ROCK, THE SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS. A 1969 RELEASE. WE'RE GONNA HATE OURSELVES IN THE MORNING ARTHUR ALEXANDER WROTE AND DID THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS TUNE, BUT CLIFFORD CURRY MADE IT FAMOUS. CURRY IS KNOXVILLE TN NATIVE. IF I DIDN'T HAVE A DIME BOB COLLINS & FABULOUS 5 FEATURING DONNY TREXLER TAKE THE GENE PITNEY TUNE INTO A WHOLE NEW TERRITORY. A JOKER THREE RECORDS MID 60'S RELEASE. RON MOODY & CENTAURS COVERED THE TUNE FOR HIS VIRGINIA AUDIENCE WHAT KIND OF FOOL(DO YOU THINK I AM) ONE OF THREE MAJOR HITS FOR BILL DEAL & RHONDELS IN 1969, AND COVER OF THE TAMS MAJOR HIT FROM 1964. GONNA MOVE ACROSS THE RIVER BILLY PINKNEY CUT THIS TRACK WITH HIS ORIGINAL DRIFTERS GROUP IN 1989, LAYING DOWN THE LEAD VOCAL TRACK IN ONE POWERFUL TAKE. PINKNEY PASSED AWAY DURING THE SUMMER OF 2007, THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL DRIFTERS GROUP FROM 1953. OVER THE RAINBOW- WHAT COULD MAKE MORE SENSE THAN FOR THE BAND OF OZ TO COVER THE SONG FROM WHENCE CAME THEIR GROUP NAME. BIG JOHN THOMPSON DELIVERS THE WELL KNOWN ICON OF A SONG IN A POWERFUL BARITONE DELIVERY THAT IS CLASSIC IN ITS OWN RIGHT. A 1988 RELEASE.
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
    Jennifer Licko
    Not That Girl
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
    Calabash Flash
    Flash Flood
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
    Frankie McNeill and The Counts
    Old Dog, New Tricks
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     
    Rusty Smith
    Oceanfront
    Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
     

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      1.
      I Used To Cry Mercy Mercy
      William Dell & The Wee Jams
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      2.
      I'll Always Love You
      William Dell & The Wee Jams
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      3.
      Drive It Home
      William Dell & The Wee Jams
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      4.
      After All Said and Done
      O.C. Smith
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      5.
      Belvedere
      Andy Swindell
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      6.
      The Girl Ain't Home
      Andy Swindell
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      7.
      She's My Baby
      Andy Swindell
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      8.
      Living in the Baby Boom - Play Cut
      Andy Swindell
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      9.
      I Know Better
      Rob Roy Parnell
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag
       
       
      10.
      Come On Lil' Baby
      Rob Roy Parnell
      Blues: Carolina Beach / Shag