Whats playing on your system today?

Stereolab / (another from the anti-sun collection)

Boxer12, beach music is a regional variation of Motown type music from the southern U.S. coast, primarily the Myrtle Beach area. It originated in the 50's and 60's. The shag, which originated in Ocean Drive just north or Myrtle Beach is the dance associated with beach music.

Bands like The Drifters, The Temptations, The Embers, The Tams, The Four Tops, The Chairman of the Board, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs.

Quite a few of these bands had Motown careers (The Temptations obviously) in addition to music they wrote and arranged as 'beach music' and some crossed over.

Stax and Atlantic Records were major labels for beach music.

Some famous beach tunes:

Carolina Girls – General Johnson

With this Ring – Platters

I Love Beach Music – Embers

My Girl – Temptations

Sixty Minute Man – Billy Ward

Under the Boardwalk – Drifters

Miss Grace – Tymes

 Summertime is Calling Me – Catalinas

 Myrtle Beach Days – Fantastic Shakers

 What You Do To Me – Embers

 39-21-46 – Showmen

You’re More Than a Number in My Little Red Book – Drifters

Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy – Tams

She Used to be my Girl – O’Jays

Build Me Up Buttercup – Foundations

Girl Watcher – O’Kaysions

Some Kind of Wonderful – The Band of Oz

Not beach music......

The Other Side ... Godsmack.


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n80, Interesting that it goes back to the 50's. Also interesting that my wife and I have spent a lot of time in that very area (vacationing) over the last 20+ years & never heard the term (LOL). Thank You

The Good, The Bad, & The Queen 

It is a very regional and now 'oldies' sort of thing. Mostly just an interesting side note to Motown.

And now for something completely different:

Currently listening to Rush - Signals. Also not beach music. A good but not great album in my opinion. It is also the last Rush album I ever bought. I have not liked a single song they did since that album. Glad they were successful with subsequent albums and glad they have a fan base who likes those albums and I'm still very fond of Rush...just Signals and earlier.