Beach Music
Beach Music! It's been the secret treasure of the Southeast for 60+ years. Upon tracing it back to its roots, it's easy to see that Beach Music embraced pre-Rhythm and Blues and Rhythm and Blues 10 years before Rock and Roll emerged on the national stage. Dancing and Music are joined at the heart and soles in Beach Music. The Shag is its dance under many names, including Bop, Fast Dancing, Freestyling, Swing, and more. The Shag reveals its soul as the Dance of Romance.
Beach Music was 99.9% Rhythm and Blues and Soul during the its first 30 years. Nowadays, it's a broad, multicultural mix of Pop, Jump Blues, Soul, R&B, Local Carolina Soul, a little Hip Hop, and occasional Country crossovers. Shag, Romance, and Good Times are still at its center, while the dance and the music have spread to dance clubs across the U.S., in Australia, and Europe.
The Beach Music Weekly Top 40 countdown includes the 40 biggest cutting edge Beach and Shag tunes of today.
The Yearly Beach Music Top 40 countdowns are for those who want to learn more about the history of Beach music from 1945-2008. You'll be surprised at how many songs you already love are a part of Beach Music heritage, which means they're not considered "oldies" they are an important part of a living, breathing way of life where new experiences are often built on the foundation of the familiar as well as the new.
Beach Music Top 40 Countdown
March 24, 2012
# 40 (debut) Price You Gotta Pay - Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
# 38 Ain’t that the Way - Legacy
(twih 2006) Yes I’m Ready (shag Mix) - Barbara Mason
# 37 Into My Heart - Kingdaddy
# 36 Come Get to This/Steppin’ Out Tonight - L.J. Reynolds
(bubbling) A Much Better Place - Steve Owens
# 35 He Was a Friend of Mine - John Oates Band
(twih 2003) Spinnin’ Round and Round - Bill Deal & the Rhondels
# 34 Keep Your Stove Warm - Shrimp Shack Band
# 33 All that Matters to Me - Jim Quick and Coastline
# 30 Who’s Rockin’ You - Donnie Ray
# 29 If I Only Had Three Wishes - Russell Thompkins Jr.
(bubbling) I Feel the Earth Move - Eternal
# 28 Love Letters - Mary Wells
# 27 Too Far Gone - David Shelley & Bluestone
# 26 One Night - After 7
# 25 Do You Love Me Baby - Dion
# 24 Smooth Sailin’ - Holiday Band
(twih 2000) Down at the House of Blues - Johnny Rivers
# 23 Can’t Help Lovin’ On You - Lesa Hudson
# 20 Don’t Wait Too Long - Daryl Hall
(bubbling) Bein’ With You - Breeze Band
# 18 Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 w/Christine Aguilera
# 18 Love After War - Robin Thicke
# 17 I Can’t Think - Band of Oz
# 16 I Will Be There - Bee Gees
# 15 Juke Joint - Boppin’ Blues Band
# 14 I’m Just Sayin’ - Castaways / Karen Clayton
# 13 I’m Crazy ‘Bout that Woman in Red - Atlantic Groove
# 12 Make Me Yours - Susan Trexler
# 11 Keep Singin’ the Blues - Chick Willis
# 10 Come When I Call - John Mayer
# 9 Missing You - April Amick
# 8 Over and Over - Rick Strickland
# 7 Eyes for You - Daryl Hall
# 6 Gotta Have Love - Sugarcreek
# 5 My Heart - Night Cruise
# 4 I Live the Life I Love - Los Super 7 / Delbert McClinton
# 3 The Walk - Mayer Hawthorne
(twih 2005) Dixie Moon - Mark Roberts
# 2 Love Done Gone - Billy Currington
# 1 I’m In Heaven When I’m With You - Royal Hamilton
Beach Music
Top Tunes for the Year 2001
# 40 Just One Look - Shakin’ Stevens
(H.M.) I’m Outta Love - Anastasia
# 39 Hug My Radiator - Dion
# 38 It Must Be Love - Hardway Connection
(H.M.) No Chicken Wings - Jimmy Lewis
# 37 South By Southwest - Lee Roy Parnell & Delbert McClinton
# 36 My Babe - Home Cookin’
# 35 Jailhouse Rock / King Creole - Billy Swan
# 34 Buck Naked - Lil Ronnie & the Grand Dukes
(H.M.) I Just Don’t Look Good Naked Anymore - Fantastic Shakers
# 33 Bring Your Own Money With You - Fabulous Jellyrolls
# 32 Ellaree - Groove Doctors
# 31 What A Difference A Day Makes - J.D. Cash
# 30 Nine Eleven - Tractors
(H.M.) Don’t Play that Song - Tina Charles
# 29 Old Used to Be’s - Sammy O’Banion / Mardi Gras
# 28 Baby’s Got My Number - Band of Oz
# 27 Don’t Cry On My Shoulder - Sam Cooke
(H.M.) Me and Maxine - Sammy Kershaw
# 26 Eenie Meenie Miney Moe - Holiday
(H.M.) If Love Is Blind - A.T.C.
# 25 Ham Hocks - Big Joe & Dynaflows
# 24 Hootchie Dance - Barbara Carr
# 23 Hind Ends and Elbows - Roy Gaines
H.M. Steamboat - Flashbacks w/ Bill Pinkney
# 22 Shangri-La - J.D. Cash
(H.M.) Big Stella’s Peepshow - 2000 lbs of Blues
# 21 Black Cat Bone - Delta Riders
# 20 Pressure - Drizabone
(H.M.) Juke Joint Jumpin’ - Barbara Carr
# 19 Follow Me - Uncle Kracker
# 18 Bird Nest on the Ground - Dan Nolan & Carl Snyder
(H.M.) After the Lovin’ - Holiday
# 17 Hold Me In Your Arms - Rick Astley
# 16 24 Seven - Glenn Jones
(H.M.) Way You Love Me - Heart and Soul
# 15 Just My Imagination - Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis
# 14 Sex Bomb - Jones
# 13 My Way or the Highway - Kerry Michaels Band
# 12 Real Love - Drizabone
# 11 Live Close By, Visit Often - K.T. Oslin
# 10 Holding On - Heather Small
(H.M.) Wedding Day - Bee Gees
# 9 Livin’ It Down - Delbert McClinton
# 8 Love In Motion - Al Green
(H.M.) A Different Kind of Love Song - Cher
# 7 Summer Wind - Entertainers
# 6 A Lover’s Question - Donny Gerrard
# 5 Some Bridges Need Burnin’ - Keisa Brown
H.M. Mr. Blues Is Comin’ To Town - Fantastic Shakers
# 4 It Ain’t What You Do, It’s the Way You Do It - Chairmen of the Board
# 3 Mom’s Apple Pie - Vance Kelly
(H.M.) I Need A Nuddin’ - Ike Turner
# 2 Little Bitty Pretty One - Gary Bass
# 1 My Kind of Girl - Billy Scott
Beach Music
Roadhouse Blues, Boogie & Fish Fry
Trying to Live My Life Without You - Big James & Chicago Playboys
All Night Baby - Robins
Keep Singin’ the Blues - Chick Willis
7 Years - Ron Sorin & Blue Coast Band
I Cried - Cadets
Big Stella’s Peepshow - 2000 lbs of Blues
Big White Cadillac - Jill Sharpe
Dollar Bill - Fiestas
Don’t Forget Your Nightclothes - Bad Influence
Too Far Gone - David Shelley & Bluestone
Baby What You Want Me To Do - Etta James
Blues Before Sunrise - Anni Piper
I’ll Always Be In Love With You - Ray-O-Vacs
Bad Luck - Juke Joints
Two Can Play Your Game - Marquise Knox
Everything’s Gonna Be Alright - Little Walter
Catch that Teardrop - Terry Hanck
Good Good Rockin’ Goin’ On - Terry Hanck
Just One More Time, Keep A Drivin’, My Girl Josephine, Train Kept A Rollin’, You Give Me Nothing But the Blues - Terry Hanck
Make Up Another Lie - Lawyers, Guns and Money
Bluebird Bluebird - Brownie McGhee & Jook Hounds
Don’t Go No Further - Janiva Magness
Every Day Every Way - Hollywood Flames
Wrong Woman - Cologne Blues Club
Beware of the Dog - Hanne Boel
How’d You Learn to Shake it Like That - Sam Lay
Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Susan Tedeschi
Crossroads - Susan Tedeschi
Smack Dab in the Middle - Jacks
Pushover - Gina Sicilia
Train Kept A Rollin’ - Colin James / Roomful of Blues
Wild Turkey 101 Proof - Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne
Price You Gotta Pay - Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
Atlanta - Bubber Johnson
Don’t Touch What You Can’t Afford - Andrea Marr
Stompin’ and Shoutin’ - Reverend Raven & Chain Smokin’ Alter Boys
Please Don’t Go - Floyd Dixon
Rock Awhile - Joe Turner
When the Blues Comes Around - Jamie Wood & Roadhouse