The Beach Music
CD Top 20, 15,
10
Beach Music's only weekly Beach Music CD Top 20 chart
began in 1996 as an extension of the documentation begun
by "Dr." Chris Beachley and 'Fessa John Hook in 1979
with It Will Stand Magazine and later with It Will Stand
News, Carolina Class Magazine, Dancing
On The Edge, the Rhythm 'n Beach Newspaper,
and the Rhythm 'n Beach Newsletter.
The weekly charts are developed via reports solicited from
the Association of Carolina Shag Clubs (including the Bop clubs of the Mid
Atlantic and South), the Association of Beach and Shag Club DJs, the Association
of Rhythm 'n Blues DJs, record distributors, retailers, the top, independent
Rhythm 'n Beach radio DJs throughout the Southeast, and a wide spectrum of
listeners and fans all over the U.S.
A casual look at each chart demonstrates that Beach Music is wide in diversity representing
the culture and communities it expresses. This is no surprise
when one realizes that "Beach" music culture preceded
Rock 'n Roll by more than a decade. It preceded Rhythm 'n
Blues by a decade. The why's and wherefores--including 'why' this
has never been part of the national consciousness--has been the foundation of
Fessa Hook's commitment to Beach Music for 25 years.
In light of the increasing popularity of downloads
and the dramatic reduction in CD sales we have gone to a CD Top 15 in
the fall of 2008 and anticipate a future Download chart to reflect what
used to be CD sales.
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