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FREE subscription to the weekly Dancing On the Edge News in the gray box to the left. Brand New! Beach Top 40 charts 1945 to 2011.  $9.95.  Click the blue link to order the Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia, Yearly Top 40 Charts 1945 to 2011.

IMPORTANT:  If you are interested in a specific issue of Dancing On the Edge News below send me an e-mail, after you subscribe, and I'll send the copy you're after.   E-mail me at johnhook@mindspring.com

  • v1 n1 Oct 5-"Mr. Smoothie" Dave Landon   

  • v1 n2 Oct 12-New River Blues Festival         

  • v1 n3 Oct 19-Beach Music Radio Hall of Fame

  • v1 n4 Oct 26-River City Bar and Grill             

  • v1 n5 Nov 2-Mt. Shag Club, Arden, NC

  • v1 n6 Nov 9-Ana Popovic-Unconditional, Hilltop Bar and Bistro, Vintage Grooves-The Enchanters, Rainbow Lake, Exclusive Holiday Offer, Were You There?, Charts

  • v1 n7 Nov 23-Boppers Shag Club Halloween Party, Vintage Grooves: Roy Brown, Annie Laurie, Paul Gayten, Were You There, Charts, Beach Websites Top 40+                                                                 

  • v1 n8 Nov 30-Carolina Beach Music Awards, Another "Beach Music" Beach, Beach Music Websites Top 40 +,  'double issue.'                                                            

  • v1 n9 Dec 14-Shaggin' In Anderson, Clay McClinton                                                       

  • v1 n10 Dec 21-the Spartanburg Six, From the Charts, Tams Update, Beach Websites Top 40 +, Top 40 & Roadhouse                        

  • v1 n11 Jan 4, '12-Boulevard Grill, Year End Top 40 and Roadhouse charts, DJ Top 10s 

  •  v1 n12 Jan 18, '12-1949-50, Johnny Otis, Etta James, Jimmy Castor, DJ Throwdown, Beach - Shag Websites Top 40+, Beach Top 40, Roadhouse Blues & Boogie Top 40

  • v1 n13 Jan 25, '12-1949-50 Pt 2, Miss Peaches, more charts...

  • v1 n14 Feb 8, '12-1949-50 Pt 3, Prebyterian College Clinton SC, National Shag Championships upcoming issue, more charts...

  • v1 n15 Feb 15, '12-National Shag Championship Preliminaries, Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin' Daddies

  • v1 n16 Feb 12, '12-National Shag Championship Preliminaries Pt 2 -- Juniors and Collegiates, Society of Brunswick Shaggers Reup Party Oak Island NC, Meteor Records for Shaggers and Boppers, DJ Top 10s, Charts

  • v1 n17 Mar 21, '12-National Shag Championship Preliminaries Pt 3, Fat Harolds' Entertainment Extravaganza, The Gtownsound Rhythm & Blues Revival and DVD Release Celebration, Gastonia, April 20th

  • v1 n18 April 4, '12-National Shag Dance Championship Finals, Roy Hamilton # 1 on the Beach Top 40, The Gtownsound Rhythm & Blues Revival and DVD Release Celebration, Gastonia, April 20th, Breakin' Into the Charts, Anni Piper-Roadhouse Diva

  • v1 n19 April 18, '12-National Shag Dance Championship Finals-Junior Division, Danville, Virginia 1967:  The Tams, Soulmasters, and Generals; Beach Music Top 40+ Websites, Beach Music Top 40 Chart, Roadhouse Top 40, DJ Top 10s

  • v1 n20 April 25, '12-National Shag Dance Championship Finals-Non-Pro Division, 21st Annual DJ Throwdown, new charts

COMING!!!   --DJ Throwdown Launch night, Hall of Fame Induction, Vinyl Party and more

                      

 

Dancing On the Edge News debuted Oct 5, 2011 with stories on Beach Music impresario Dave Landon and the Inaugural Beach Music Radio Hall of Fame inductions.  The News is weekly, (whereas the Dancing On the Edge Journal is published less often with more stories, rare pics and history).  Download your copy of the initial issue with Dave Landon - click here.    For your continuing, FREE subscription, subscribe in the box at the top of the left-hand column to receive the News weekly.

 

The Beach Music & Shag All-Time Top 200--1945-2010.  (Order yours on the left , near the top of this page...)

Click on samples below to see full-size images of the front cover, page 27, and page 45.

 

Subscribe to the weekly Dancing On the Edge Journal here (not the same as the DOTEJ News above...this is the extended version, more stories, more rare pictures, more history, more Outspoken!)

 

The Dancing On The Edge Journal Volume 1, No 1 (No's 1 - 10 = 200+ pages !)  Request your Free, Complimentary copy of Volume 1 No. 1 from johnhook@mindspring.com

 

See more issues of Dancing On the Edge Journal -- click here

 

 

The Secrets of the Shag, Pt 1 - 1 of 2 -- The 4 Attitudes to Shaggin' in 5 minutes or less

 

The Secrets of the Shag, Pt 1 - 2 of 2 -- The 4 Attitudes to Shaggin' in 5 minutes or less

 

 

Rare Beach & Shag mags

The Carolina Class directory click here. (see Vol. 2, # 22, never published or released!)

click here to get the complete collection

It Will Stand, the first Beach Music mag available soon via PDF! 

Vol 2 #9, March 1988

  • Beach Fever--Chairmen of the Board
  • A Flush of (Shag) Clubs
  • The Upper Deck
  • The Castaways Reunion
  • Tiki Classes
  • The First Annual Foothills Winter Boogie
  • Charts and Record Reviews

 

Vol 2 # 10, April 1988

  • Studebakers at Myrtle Beach
  • Beach Fever (the Chairmen of the Board) Pt 2
  • Beach Music Awards III
  • Sand (Fleas) In My Shoes
  • O'Haras
  • Record Reviews and Charts

(Fessa' Hook & James Brown cover)

Vol 2 # 13, July 1988

  • The Embers
  • Looka' Here Safronia--the Shad and Brenda Story
  • News from the Atlanta Peach Beat
  • Mallards of Columbia SC
  • Beach Music News
  • Shag Instructors Guide
  • Shelby Shag Club
  • reviews and charts

 

Vol 2 # 14, August 1988

  • The Catalinas
  • Shag Hawaii '88
  • Shorelines with Ric Shore
  • Cloud Shaggin at Beech Mountain
  • Flamingo Joes in Atlanta
  • Harry Turner Presents the Originals
  • Charlotte Shag Club's July 4th
  • Salisbury Shag Club
  • DJ reports
  • reviews and charts

 

 

 

The National Beach Music Top 40 Singles and The Roadhouse Blues and Boogie Top 40 --click the Logo below

 

 

The 2012 Beach, Book & Boogie Tour

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Ø     May 5, 2012  Moore Area Shag Society party, Southern Pines, NC

Ø     May 19, 2012  Private Wedding and Reception, Hopsewee Plantation, Georgetown, SC

Ø     September 28, 2012  Society of Brunswick Shaggers Project Uplink Party, Oak Island, NC

Ø     November 1, 2012  North Myrtle Beach Cruise In (tentative, details to follow)

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Ø     BOOK SIGNINGS, INTERACTIVE AND FUN HISTORY PRESENTATIONS INCLUDING THE REVOLUTIONARY "FIVE-MINUTES-OR-LESS SHAG" CLASS. Contact Fessa Hook.  E-mail and phone at the bottom of the page.

Dancing On the Edge--The Series:  An 8-volume series covering the complete history of the Shag, freestyle dancing, and their visible and invisible roots.  Volume 1: How Music Freed the South is slated for 2012.

 

 

 

 

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RESPONSES SO FAR TO VOL. 1, NO. 1 of DOTEJ

     John,  I was up until TWO THIRTY this morning reading the Dancing on the Edge Journal. LOL   I could NOT put it down, I started reading on-line but just had to have it in print, so I printed it all off. IT IS AMAZING John, Mr Hannah's story was just awesome, along with everything else!!!!.   I am just curious as to why they both have their wedding bands on their RIGHT hands???.   [My kind of reader, make me see details I missed! Or is it my imagination???? LOL  Anyway, this is going to be a real treat reading all this info. I hope somewhere down the line, I can find the article on Daddy-Oh the DJ on WAAA radio in Winston Salem in the 50's.   --Lynne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Hook!  Wow!  I just scrolled throughout this journal....and you say it's WEEKLY???????????......By the way, I LOVE that song, Carina (sp).  Do you know if the guy singing it has a CD out?  --Molly, Pawleys Island

     Thanks much for the enjoyable reading. Such a great history.  Been coming to Myrtle for 32 years and never get tired of it! It's ageless!!          --Dennis

   John, (I) Stayed up until 1:30 AM reading the first issue. Can't wait for the next one.   --Carolyn, Murrell's Inlet

    

Volume 1, No. 1, the 39-page first edition:

*  The Jim Hannah story -- one of the first two pioneers to put Black music on a jukebox in a white venue and his subsequent influence on Beach and Shag culture.

*  Addition to the Beach Music Guide 1945-2006, the 2007 year-end Top 40.

*  Vintage Grooves:  The Terry Timmons story

*  New Grooves:  Reverend Bubba D. Liverance & the Cornhole Prophets

*  Beach Music Top 40 and Roadhouse Blues and Boogie Top 40 charts and Record Reviews.

*   Shaggin' with the Stars and the National Shag Championship Preliminaries at 2001.

*  Sand In My Shoes:  letters from you.

*  From the Hardboards and Bandstands: Memories from Beach Music fans from everywhere.

*  May 1951 R&B Chart

* In Search Of:   for the upcoming Embers' documentary and Book.

*   Off the Charts:  WLOU Louisville, KY R&B chart.

*  From the Vaults:  The Spontanes Solid Soul album.

*  Nabs and News:  Beach Music and Shag news.

*  Scrapbook:  vintage R&B photography.

 

Hi John,  I really enjoyed reading the first issue of the Journal, and I noticed with much delight that "Just Another Day in the Breeze" was #10 on your chart for the year 2007. I don't believe I was aware of that until I saw it on the chart last night.  --Tommie, Columbia

     John,  Amazing work!!!!....I am highly impressed.  --Pat

     John,  I am enjoying my DOTE newsletter good job as usual. Now I have a ? What is the origin of our fellow DJs and the wearing of hats as they play their gigs?  Can't all be bad hair.   --John, Richmond

 

 

 

 

John, Like a fine wine you become more and more creative each day, This Is GREAT!!!!!  --Mike, Salisbury

Wow! Again John you keep schooling me on the history of Carolina Beach Music. I personally am proud to be a part of it. Many thanks to you!     --Odell

 
   
 

   

    

   
   

The Beach Music & Shag Blog entry 6/26/07 http://blog.beachshag.com  

 

 

     

 

 

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To provide the largest network of Beach Music and Shag aficianados in the world with the history, past and present, of the music you love.  In addition, we provide access to beach music and shag dancing history, including presentations from Shagging in the Carolinas, the Beach Music Guide, even How to Shag (in one minute, rapidly becoming one of our most popular, and effective, presentations).

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     Welcome to the Gateway for Beach Music and Shag history past and present.  Beach Music's 60 + year heritage is known by many names, from A to Z, by people and fans throughout the U.S. and many parts of the world. The All-Time Top 40 is topped by four particularly notable songs:  "Brenda" by O.C. Smith, "Lady Soul" by Temptations, "Ms. Grace" by the Tymes and of course "Sixty Minute Man" by the Dominoes.  

     Some associate Northern and Modern Soul with Beach Music from the 60s to today.  To many it is a form of Swing Music, Rhythm and Blues, Soul music, Motown oldies, Southern Soul , Carolina Beach Music , and dances including the Bop , the Basic , the Beach Bop , Shagging, the PC Bop , Fas Dancin , Shag , Soul Dancing , Shaggin or simply Diggin’ in the Sand.

     Beach Music's popularity has evolved in Myrtle Beach , Charlotte , Raleigh , Athens , Augusta , Columbia , Florence , Sumter , Charleston , Savannah , Wilmington , New Bern , Chapel Hill , Goldsboro , Atlanta , Knoxville , Johnson City , Lynchburg , Roanoke , Nashville , Jacksonville Florida , Panama City , Danville , Richmond , Virginia Beach , Kitty Hawk , Nag’s Head , Morehead City , Jacksonville North Carolina , Spartanburg and Greenville South Carolina , Rock Hill , Cheraw , Anderson , Lake Murray and hundreds of points in between.

     The Beaches which cradled Beach Music and Shag , Beachdiggers , Shaggers , and Boppers include all those from the sands and pavilions of legends like Ocean Drive , Wrightsville Beach , Carolina Beach , Folly Island , Tybee Beach , Atlantic Beach , Myrtle Beach , Topsail Beach , Minnesott Beach , Oriental Beach , Virginia Beach , Norfolk , Portsmouth , Mosquito Beach , Seabreeze , Shell Island , Bop City , Ocean City and more.

     The Shag has been the inspiration for the South Carolina State Dance 1984, and has spawned innumerable dance contests like the National Shag Dance Championships , the Grand Nationals with Charlie Womble and Jackie McGee every May in Atlanta, Georgia , S.O.S. Spring Safari and Fall Migration and Fun Monday , the Jr Shaggers and Junior Shag Contests , Shag Instructors , teachers , lessons , videos , books and brochures , the Association of Beach and Shag Club DJs, deejays, over 100 social Shag Clubs and their close cousins the Bop Clubs , Swing Clubs , Swing Societies , Lindy Clubs and Jitterbug Clubs throughout the U.S. and the world.

 

     Beach Music has inspired the Cammys (the Carolina Beach Music Awards ) , the Beach Music Awards of the 80s , the Headliners Awards , It Will Stand Magazine , Dancing On The Edge Magazine , the Beach Music Association International , Beach Nights Magazine , Carolina Class Magazine , The Breeze Network , the legendary Beach 106 or WRDX , 94.9 The Surf or Beach & Boogie the Surf , 949thesurf.com , WODR FM, the Saturday Night Beach Show with Fessa ( the former ‘ Doctor ‘ ) Hook on WBT , Fred Fox's "Million-Dollar Oldies Weekend" on WEWO and now on WLNC , Laurinburg, Tommy Walker's "Midnight Train" on WKDX , Hamlet (and later on KIX/Raleigh), Rockin' Ray Caulder on WEWO , the late Mike Shadeed of WJNC Jacksonville, N.C., Ted Ours on WFLB , Fayetteville, and Russ Spooner / WGNI , Wilmington.

     Others were Bunky Odom on WLNC , or Tommy Stanley's R & B Hour on WEWO , later on WDKD  , Kingstree, WDAR , Darlington, WGNI , and now on WTXY Whiteville and co-host of the Sunny Beach syndicated radio Show.  And how about Dick Reus, who 'broke' "Girl Watcher" on WLEE , Richmond and sadly passed away while still workin' the phones on Hometown Beach ' Boogie , WTXY .  Plus, the original Buddy Edwards Beach Party, on WENC and later on WGQR .  (and a guy by the name of Jim Quick started the Coastline Band in the studios of WLNC , while he worked a weekend shift there.)  John Fox, Billy Melton, Jerry Peele, Charlie Brown, Jim Henderson, Bill Weathers, Fred Owen, Sunny Beach..... (and more to be added).

     Beach Music in one form or another has inspired Beach Music Bands galore for decades ( Embers , Fantastic Shakers , Catalinas , Tams , Coastline Band , Chairmen , Bill Deal & the Rhondels , Delbert McCLinton , Holiday Band , Heart and Soul , O’Kaysions , Band of Oz , Georgia Prophets , Billy Scott , North Tower , and more) (learn more in the Hey Baby Days of Beach Music books by Greg Haynes ) and many other Beach Music Radio legends like Sandy Beach , Steve Hardy , Charlie Byrd , Big John Ruth , Charlie Brown , the Rhythm ‘n Beach Network , the Beach Music Top 40 Countdown , Rhythm ‘n Beach Classics , the Fish Fry , The Roadhouse , Luke Vail , Larry Crockett , Randy Rowland , Dan E. Lockemy , Billy Smith , Freakin’ Deacon , Curtiss Carpenter , April McIntyre , the KIX Good Guys , Kebo Davis , and again dozens more.

     Beach Music 45s , cassettes , 8 tracks , LPs , albums , CDs , even a few movies and VHS's. 

     This is the Gateway.

 

 


 

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