Beach Music's Top 40 from 1954-- Part 4

This list was compiled by the walking Beach Music encyclopedia, John Hook, also known as 'Fessa John Hook.

This appears on Cashbox Magazine's Top 40 Countdowns and changes weekly.
http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/countdowns/beachmusicweekly.html

Continued from September 23rd.

#10 I USED TO CRY MERCY MERCY-- Lamplighters-- Thurston Harris came out of this group.
HM IT WENT DOWN EASY-- Melvin Smith
#9 BIG FOOT MAY-- Hal Paige and His Blues Boys
#8 I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT-- Spiders

HM PONY TAIL-- T-Bone Walker
#7 SHAKE THAT THING-- Wynonie Harris
#6 SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL-- Joe Turner-- The "Dirty version" of Bill Haley's hit.

HM MOVE ME BABY-- Jimmy Witherspoon & Lamplighters
#5 WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER-- Checkers
#4 WORK WITH ME ANNIE-- Hank Ballard & the Midnighetrs

THE ANNIE MEDLEY: Annie Had a Baby, Loud Mouth Annie, Annie Pulled a Humbug, Annie Met Henry, Annie's Aunt Fannie, Little Annie, I'm the Father of Annie's Baby, My Name Ain't Annie, Annie's Answer. (That Annie Sho' Got Around.)

#3 ONE SCOTCH, ONE BOURBON, ONE BEER-- Amos Milburn
#2 MONEY HONEY-- Drifters
HM TV IS THE THING THIS YEAR-- Dinah Washington
HM FAT DADDY-- Dinah Washington

HM TIRED OF YOUR SEXY WAYS-- Four Jacks

#1 SEXY WAYS-- Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

Some Familiar Names and Some Not So. What's With That Annie Gal, Anyway. --RoadDog


SENIOR PERKS: You tend to sing along with elevator music.