Beach Music

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

August 28, 2010

# 38 (debut) There Has Got To Be A Way Lulu

(twih 1997) She Poured it On Coastline Band

# 37 (debut) I’ll Go Crazy Calabash Blues & Boogie Band

# 35 Touching in the Dark Rhonda McDaniel

# 34 Back In A Cadillac Killer Kane & the Blue FOs

(twih 1993) Just You and Me Delbert McClinton

# 33 Don’cha Pussycat Dolls

(bubbling) Lover Lover Mark Roberts and Breeze

# 32 Nothing’s Impossible Solomon Burke

# 31 Who Do You Love Vicki Skinner Band

# 30 Baby Don’t Change Your Mind Susan Trexler

# 29 James Hunter Medley James Hunter

# 28 Don’t Call Me Baby Kreesha Turner

# 26 Your Sweet Love Holiday Band

# 25 James Hunter Medley James Hunter

(twih 1993) View Co Co Camey Doucet

(twih 2004) Hole In My Heart Burton Gaar

# 24 Lay It On the Line Divine Brown

(twih 2002) Hey Mr. DJ Van Morrison

# 22 Just Your Fool Cyndi Lauper

# 21 I’ve Got to Use My Imagination Joan Osborne

# 20 Everything About You Solomon Burke

(twih 1995) Morse Code of Love Capris

# 18 All I Do Kirk Whalum and Wendy Moten

# 17 Jesus Loves Me Ike Turner

# 16 Bright Peter White

# 15 If He Should Ever Leave You Tom Jones

# 14 My Good Friend James Royal Drifters

# 13 Your Love Is Amazing Craig Woolard Band

# 12 I’m Not Giving Up Dawn Clark

# 11 Sign Your Name Michael Bolton & Neyo

# 10 B Boy Baby Mutya Buena f. Amy Winehouse

# 9 I’ll Always Love You William Dell & Wee Jams

# 8 Why Don’t We Just Dance Josh Turner

# 7 Absolutely, Positively Anastacia

# 6 Someone’s Gonna Fall In Love Summerdaze

# 5 Dance to the Radio Band of Oz w/ Scott Fine

# 4 You Set My Heart on Fire Helena Paparizou

# 3 So Natural to Love Toby Lightman

# 2 Need You Now Lady Antebellum

# 1 Supernatural Terri Gore

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# 40 Banana Split for My Baby Louis Prima

# 39 Triple Shot of Rhythm and Blues J.D. Cash & Bob Kuban Brass

H.M. Stretch Pants Jimmy Carl Black & Mannish Boys

# 38 Let’s Make Love Entertainers

H.M. Lonely Teardrops Howard Huntsberry

# 37 In Her Own Way Prince Phillip Mitchell

# 36 One Heartbeat Smokey Robinson

# 35 Cherry Bomb John Cougar Mellencamp

H.M. All Of Me Toni Tennille

# 34 Summer Love Chairmen of the Board

# 33 Love Power Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne

# 32 I Wanna Dance With Somebody…. Whitney Houston

# 31 Two Loves Have I Joe Turner

# 30 Brilliant Conversationalist T. Graham Brown

# 29 Stone Love Kool and the Gang

H.M. Lonesome For A Dime Buster Benton

# 28 Kiss Him Goodbye Nylons

# 27 Don’t Walk Away Chairmen of the Board

H.M. St. Louis Blues Big Joe Turner

# 26 Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You Spinners

# 25 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley

# 24 Lovesick Blues Etta James

# 23 One More Step to Take Band of Oz

# 23 Too Hot to Handle Band of Oz

# 22 Bad Bad Business Andy Griffith & the Dixie Seven

# 21 Hot Red Sweater Jay Booker

# 20 Between Hello and Goodbye Breeze

H.M. Take Me to the River Tina Turner

# 19 Get Down, Get Down (On the Floor) Joe Simon

# 18 (I’ve Had) the Time of My Life Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

H.M. I Hear You Knocking Dave Edmunds

# 17 Somebody’s Eyes Viola Wills

# 16 Words (Are Impossible) Walter Jackson

# 15 Just to See Her Smokey Robinson

# 14 Missing You Johnny Adams

H.M. Selfish One Diana Ross

# 13 Four O’Clock In the Morning Roy Clark & Gatemouth Brown

# 12 Jam Tonight Freddie Jackson

# 11 A Man Sized Job Denise LaSalle

# 10 Little Darlin’ New Tokens

H.M. Baby There’s Something Magnificent Men

# 9 I Knew Your Were Waiting For Me Aretha Franklin & George Michael

# 8 Love, Guess Who Martha and the Vandellas

H.M. Look At What You’re Doing Snooky Pryor

# 7 Memories (long version) Menage

# 6 Anybody Seen Her Billy Vera & the Beaters

# 5 Jimmy Lee Aretha Franklin

# 4 A Couple More Years Lou Rawls

# 3 Well-A-Wiggy Weather Girls

# 2 How Do You Stop James Brown

# 1 Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On Gloria Hardiman w/Prof. Blues Review

Beach Music

Roadhouse Blues Boogie & Fish Fry

You Got Me Dizzy Steve Miller Band

You Don’t Love Me Downchild Blues Band

Don’t Want No Woman Bobby Blue Bland

Blue Over You Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater

Plastic Flowers Don McMinn

Down In the Alley Clovers

Legs (Let the Little Girl Dance) James Harman

Come On Over to My Bar B Q Laurie Morvan Band

Let the Door Bell Ring Champion Jack Dupree

Confessin’ the Blues Big Joe and the Dynaflows

(Barbecue Intro): A Little Meat On the Side (Katie Webster), Fat Meat (Big Jim Wynn), Sweet Meat (Dana Gillespie), Alligator Meat (Joe Swift), Meat Balls (Dana Gillespie), Eatin’ With the Boogie (Slim Gaillard), Southern Menu (Sticks McGhee), Ham Hocks (Big Joe & Dynaflows)

Big Leg Woman AWEK

I Want to Shout About It Big Mama’s Door

Red, Hot and Blue B. B. King and Lee Atwater

Got To Find My Baby Chuck Berry

Hard Hearted Woman Eddie Burns

Detroit Eddie Burns

Gonna Find Someone New Pontiax featuring Mitch Kashmar

Rock Me Baby Steve Miller Band
Mess Around On You Ray Edge

Rained All Night Tad Robinson

Your Love Is Amazing Tad Robinson

Flip Flop and Fly Joe Turner

Outskirts of Memphis Shakura S’aida

Baby What You Want Me To Do Omar Dykes/Jimmie Vaughn/Kim Wilson

My Baby’s Catwalkin’ James Armstrong

Heartbreak with A Hammer John Nemeth

Fine Fine Baby Mabel Scott

I’ll Go Crazy Calabash Blues and Boogie Band

Have A Good Time Boogie House

I Didn’t Want to Do It Spiders

Be My Shotgun Bad News Blues Band

Don’t Get Mad Elmore James Jr.

My Last Meal Jimmy Rogers

One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Francine Reed

All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris

I Know It’s Hard But It’s Fair Five Royales

I Don’t Care Who Knows Catherine Russell

I’m Tore Up Billy Gayles