I just heard the expression "beach music" for the first time while reading a novel and had to learn what it meant. At first I thought it was a term used for "surf music" but I had never heard it called that. Apparently it's mostly just rhythm and blues - my kind of music! This is a great tune and very reminiscent of The Drifters sound. Of course "Stay" by Maurice Willams and the Zodiacs is one of my all time favorite r and r tunes. Now I know what "Beach Music" is! Thanks for posting.
@fairlyfastfreddie1 "Beach Music" is a term coined by those shag dance enthusiasts primarily in the Carolinas to refer to the music they danced to, listened to, or otherwise enjoyed on the various jukeboxes in the bars and bistros along the Carolina coastline. For the most part it is rhythm and blues, but it does not embrace the entire genre nor is it solely confined to music of that genre.
When I first married my wife, I used to listen to this record over and over and over again. She didn't understand that you have to accept a man for who he is. She untied me and we have been together for over 40 years and never looked back. Thanks for the memories and that record.
@arizonaghost1 Agree it is a great song and Joe South version is very nice also. But the Tams version makes it one of the very best songs from the 60's Carolina beach scene. Steve
I just heard the expression "beach music" for the first time while reading a novel and had to learn what it meant. At first I thought it was a term used for "surf music" but I had never heard it called that. Apparently it's mostly just rhythm and blues - my kind of music! This is a great tune and very reminiscent of The Drifters sound. Of course "Stay" by Maurice Willams and the Zodiacs is one of my all time favorite r and r tunes. Now I know what "Beach Music" is! Thanks for posting.
fairlyfastfreddie1 2 months ago
@fairlyfastfreddie1 "Beach Music" is a term coined by those shag dance enthusiasts primarily in the Carolinas to refer to the music they danced to, listened to, or otherwise enjoyed on the various jukeboxes in the bars and bistros along the Carolina coastline. For the most part it is rhythm and blues, but it does not embrace the entire genre nor is it solely confined to music of that genre.
Nocaro 2 months ago
Grew up going to see the Tams in N.C. S.C. and also Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs were big then. Music that stands the test of time
sym0987 3 months ago
When I first married my wife, I used to listen to this record over and over and over again. She didn't understand that you have to accept a man for who he is. She untied me and we have been together for over 40 years and never looked back. Thanks for the memories and that record.
007johnnyo 4 months ago
One of Joe south's own....Tams harmony is fantastic....roque
rokoping 8 months ago
Tams,Jams!
KyplayaZ4lyfe 1 year ago
A great song written by Joe South in 1962
arizonaghost1 1 year ago
@arizonaghost1 Agree it is a great song and Joe South version is very nice also. But the Tams version makes it one of the very best songs from the 60's Carolina beach scene. Steve
pinnacle271 1 year ago
@pinnacle271 Have a listen to the Manfred Mann version..very nice too.
alanvking 3 months ago in playlist Browsing
@alanvking Yes it is. Thanks.
pinnacle271 3 months ago
Nice job...love these guys...even though Joe is no longer here and Charles has Alzheimers they still rock the stage...The Tams will never die!
DebiNga 1 year ago
Nice job! One of the great songs.
Nice pictures
VitaminseaFL 1 year ago