Seventeen years in the making, the
Beach Music Guides Vol's 1 & 2 (500 pages each) are
the first encyclopedic compilation of Beach music hits
and near-hits from the entire spectrum of Beach Music
history from 1945-2006. There are 26,000 songs and
5,000 artists listed. The artists are
alphabetical, and split, A-L in Vol. 1 and M-Z in Vol.
2. There is an index in which the titles of
all 26,000 songs are listed alphabetically, A-L in Vol.
1 and M-Z in Vol. 2.
In addition, Volume 1 contains
* An extensive history answering
the question, "What is Beach Music."
* The Myths and Near-Myths of Beach
Music History (dividing Beach History into Six Waves.
* An essay on the differences and
similarities between Radio songs, Club songs and Chart
development
* A short History of S.C.'s premier
Beach Music record label, Ripete Records
* The legend of the Saturday Night
Fish Fry
* The simultaneous Origin of Beach
Music in two different places in North Carolina in 1945
(with pictures, story, music lists and interviews)
* The 1945-1975 Beach Music Top 40
Charts (15 years in the making, with the help of dozens
of Beach Music radio and entertainment veterans)
* 35 pages of All Time Beach Music
Top 40 charts by fans throughout the Southeast
* The Association of Beach and Shag
Club DJs yearly Top 50 charts
* The Association of Beach and Shag
Club DJs yearly Throwdowns at Ducks in North Myrtle
Beach
* Master Artist Discography A-L
with hundreds of bios on even the most obscure artists
* Master Title Index A-L
* Every song ever recorded by any
Beach or Top 40 related group in the Southeast and deep
South (even those songs that weren't considered to be
Beach Music)
In addition, Volume 2 contains
* The evolution of Beach Music
lyrics, a 36-page look at the era in which Beach Music
became aware of itself (as a comparison, when did Rock
and Roll begin to 'sing' about itself? From the
very beginning. Not Beach Music....it was nearly
30 years before Beach Music demonstrated any
self-awareness in its lyrics).
* The 1976-2006 Beach Music Top 40
Charts (15 years in the making, with the help of dozens
of Beach Music radio and entertainment veterans)
* 83 pages of All Time Beach Music
Top 40 charts by fans throughout the Southeast
* Master Artist Discography M-Z
with hundreds of bios on even the most obscure artists
* Master Title Index M-Z
* Every song ever recorded by any
Beach or Top 40 related group in the Southeast and deep
South (even those songs that weren't considered to be
Beach Music)
* The National Association of
Rhythm and Blues DJs Yearly Charts
* The CAMMY's, Beach Music Top 40,
and Carolina beach Music Awards winners lists 1995-2006
* Fat Harold's Beach Music DJ Hall
of Fame
* Christmas Beach Music All-Time
Top 40
An invaluable addition to any library
with room for the history of the state music of South
Carolina (and North Carolina when they finally get
around to voting on it).
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