Still Time to Listen to Some Mighty Interesting Songs from 1957

Fessa John Hook still has the Beach Music Class reunion for 1956 on at his www.beachshag.com site. I'm listening to Hour Three right now, with #s 20-11. Just to whet your interest: #20. CAT SCRATCHIN'-- Louis Jordan & Tympani Five // #19. THIRTY SECOND LOVER-- Five Royales // H.M. A PICTURE OF YOU-- Solomon Burke // #17. THAT'S WHAT I GOTTA DO-- Buddy and Ella Johnson // #16. SLOW WALK-- Bill Doggett //// #15. WHY DON'S CHA STOP IT-- Ella Johnson with Buddy // H.M. ABOUT THAT GAL NAMED LOU-- Cadillacs // #14. SEPTEMBER SONG-- Earl Bostic //// H.M. WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER-- Joe Jones // H.M. I GET WEAK-- Drivers // #13. OVER AND OVER AGAIN-- Moonglows // #12. FARTHER UP THE ROAD-- Bobby "Blue" Bland //// H.M. LET'S YOU AND I GO STEADY, YOUR CHEATIN' HEART, ZIPPITY ZIPPITY ZOOM-- Pearls /// #11. IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE-- Annie Laurie & the Howard Biggs Orchestra. //// Some Mighty Good Stuff, Much That I Had Never Heard. --RoadDog

Now For Some Real Oldies for You of Like Taste: 1957

Fessa John Hook is running the Top 40 Beach Music songs for the year 1957 on his site, www.beachshag.com. He plays all the songs listed like #40 JUICE, JUICE, JUICE-- Amos Milburn // #39. TRA LA LA-- Lavern Baker // H.M. (Honorable Mention) LITTLE WHITE LIES-- Frankie Lymon // MISS ANN-- Little Richard // BOOM BOOM OUT GO THE LIGHTS-- Little Walter //and #37. C.C. RIDER-- Chuck Willis. //// Other artists played: J.B. Lenoir, Jimmy Reed, Sam Cooke, Lillian Offitt, Jimmy Dorsey, Redd Foxx, Clyde McPhatter, Billy Ward & the Dominoes, Bill Doggett and many others. //// He'll be changing it sometime next week so don't wait too long. For Those of You Who Like to Go Deeper Into Your Music, This Countdown Is For YOU!!! --RoadDog

Some Top Beach Music Songs from 1957

Taken from the Fessa John Hook's Yearly Beach Music Top 40 Songs.

His weekly Top 40 Beach Music survey, yearly Top 40 and Blues Fish Fry shows can be heard on the Cashbox site.  I listen to it several times a week, especially when he goes back to the 50s, 60s and 70s for the yearly.  Well worth a listen.

These were songs #40 to #31 in 1957.  The Fessa calls this the 2nd Wave of Beach music after Hurricane Hazel had ended the first in 1954.  R$B songs were just starting to cross over to the national charts with the help of the new Rock and Roll.

40.  JUICE, JUICE, JUICE-- Amos Milburn
39.  TRA-LA-LA--  Lavern Baker
38.  MISS ANN--  Little Richard
37.  C.C. RIDER--  Chuck Willis
36.  WHAT MADE MAGGIE RUN?--  Dell Vikings

35.  LUCKY LIPS--  Ruth Brown
34.  YOU'VE GOT ME DIZZY--  Jimmy Reed
33.  MISS YOU--  Lillian Offitt
32.  SO RARE--  Jimmy Dorsey
31.  JUST TO HOLD MY HAND--  Clyde McPhatter

He's Doing the year 2004 this week. 

Good Music, Maynard.  --RoadDog


WHAT SHE SAYS, WHAT SHE MEANS:  It's your decision = The correct decision should be obvious by now.