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BEACH MUSIC RULES 10-pAk!pT:1 by Gary Tate: -
Beach Music is all about happy times, with its origins tracing
back to the Golden Age Of Rhythm n' Blues and Jump
Blues. Beach Music automatically brings together people of all
ages and backgrounds. The following 10-pack provides a
glimpse into those enduring sounds, that kept the shag on dance floors. |
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1· The Clovers (MP3-Nip Sip)
The
Clovers are to Beach Music what
Louis Armstrong is to
Jazz.
Shame on
any R&B, or
Rock n' Roll aficionado without The Best Of The
Clovers. |
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2· The Tymes (MP3-So In Love) Fast forward 10 years later, and the group that would herald
the softer Beach Music sound of the sixties. You
can actually hear the distant surf. |
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3· Billy Ward & The Dominoes
(MP3-60 Minute Man) A self-congratulatory piece of ribald R&B
that
struck
a chord. Ask for Beach Music, 9 times out of 10, this will be the first song they
mention. |
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4·
Amos Milburn (MP3-Bad Bad Whiskey)
Another legendary performer whose catalogue
fits
perfectly into the Beach Music spirit. An anthem
for revelers, carousers, |
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5· The Tams (MP3-What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am)
Yet here's another Beach
Music
all-time classic.
Great for shag dancing to, but also for holding
your partner tight at slow dance time. |
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6·
Ruth Brown (MP3-Teardrops
From My Eyes)
The Atlantic provided the
backdrop to Beach
Music, in the form of
Ray
Charles,
Clovers,
Joe Turner and
Ruth Brown! |
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7· Shades Of Blue (MP3-Oh How Happy)
A romantic masterpiece with
beach atmospherics
on par
with
So In Love. The musical
fountain of youth revealed! |
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8· The Showmen (MP3-It Will Stand)
An earthquake performance and a Beach
Music anthem.
From the precursor group to the legendary Chairmen Of The Board,
General Johnson left
his mark. |
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9· Clyde McPhatter & The
Drifters (MP3-Money Honey)
Penned by the Jesse Stone,
it’s also blessed
with
the performance by Clyde McPhatter. Up n' down the
Coast, it’s the most! |
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X· The Embers (MP3-
I Love Beach Music)
A wonderful tribute to Beach
Music in its glorious permutations. May Beach
Music and the shag go on forever! |
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