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Dancing On The Edge News
Volume 1, Issue 32
May 8, 2013
Explorations in Beach and Shag Culture
Billy Scott: October 5, 1942 -- November 17, 2012
Down at the Beach Club: Billy & Barbara Scott & Billy Walker
Billy Scott remembered -- Part 2
Georgia Prophets
1968
Billy Scott
Barbara Scott
Freddie Williamson
Walter Stanley
Jimmy Campbell
Tommy Witcher
Billy Walker, vocalist,
joined in summer and
left New Year’s day,
joined Soul Seekers &
later Golden Era.
December 17, 1968 The kids in Fairmont, up Highway 9, snapped up the
Beach Club’s exclusive group for their holiday dance.
Emory Gordy Jr., an Atlanta engineer who was Elvis’s bass player for
years. He later married Patty Loveless and went to work for Bill Lowery’s
powerhouse publishing company
(Lowery’s company was instrumental in a great many Beach music
records).
and in a 1989 release by Sammy
O’Banion. Roy’s version is the second most collectable Delphi record
as a ‘Northern Soul’ record in England (Northern Soul is a subculture
closely resembling Beach Music culture in attitude and musical inclinations).
continued from V1 N 30....
Tommy was hooked into a strong
circle of influence.
The Prophets second record,
“Don’t You Think It’s Time” on
Other important players at the
time included an engineer in the Ma-
Roy Smith was recording neck and
neck with the Prophets. His song
Delphi 009 was recorded in 1967
and did so well on local radio sta-
con studio named Bobby Smith and
on Delphi 008 was “Very Strong On
You,” later released by Cortez Grier
tions that Jubilee again picked it up
Recorded & Released 1968. Tommy
Witcher took “I Got the Fever” to Cecil
Corbett at the Beach Club as soon as it
was released. On the strength of that one
song Cecil signed them to an exclusive
contract. This is a very rare Promo.
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More of the very rare Promo issues of “I Got the Fever.” We’ve pictured all four
we know about except for the Pink release. (Note they each say Promotional - Not for
Sale on the left side of the label).
Sammy O’Banion remembers Billy Scott
for a one-time distribution deal.
Later that year, Sammy O’Banion
recorded his first record on Delphi
0012 with the Features--”Mistaken
Identity” b/w “Something Gotta Be
Wrong.” Maybe I should say it was
recorded by the Features ++ .
Sammy assembled Billy and Barbara
Scott and Billy Walker who later
joined the Prophets for a few months
in 1968, Bob Cline bass, Roy Smith
on piano and who also wrote sides A
& B, Freddie Williamson, Jimmy
Campbell, Tommy Leonard, and
John Wilson on guitars, Sammy on
vocals, and Emory Gordy Jr. as producer.
Both sessions were done in one day
at Master Sound Studios following
recording sessions with Billy Jo Royal
and the Tams.
The Features’ record was released
in the spring of ‘68 after which
Sammy was back in the studio to
record Delphi 015, “Laugh it Off,”
b/w “Cause It Hurts.”
Sammy went on to describe the
Prophets’ evolution, “When they got
tied up with the big boys they got
real strings on their records.”
According to Sammy, “Being a
The Corbett family owned a cannery in Tabor City featuring Lady Tabor Yams both before and during his entry into the Beach
Music business. His wife, Betty Ann Seagers of the prominent Seagers farming family in the South
Carolina midlands, was roomates with Shag Hall of Famer Dottie Driver at Converse College, maybe that influenced his
journey. He ran the Beach Clubs, two at a time--a block and a half apart--for three years, and started Beach Club Booking in the
fall of 1968, and Kaleidoscope productions. Cecil’s business strategy was to buy two weekends and a week from a national
recording act/group at a flat rate and then resell them. Thus, the Beach Club could get their bands cheaply. For example, Cecil
might pay $5000 for Kenny Rogers and put him at Furman, Chapel Hill, Winthrop and Clemson, each for $1250 a night. Then
he’d book Kenny and the First Edition at the Beach Club on the weekends, three nights in a row for $0. Or he might fly a band
into Charlotte, play night Larry Presley’s Cellar, then play a college, followed by two nights at the Beach Club, then another
college and back to Charlotte. Cecil allowed smaller regional bands to accompany national recording acts.
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Sammy O’Banion remembers Billy Scott
July 5, 1968
August 10, 1968
The Georgia Prophets
combo played for the
Burlington YMCA dance
at the Community YMCA
Tuesday, July 30, 1968
from 8 to midnight. Admittance to teen-age
membership card holders
only.
December 25, 1968
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July 26, 1969
Sammy O’Banion remembers Billy Scott
part of ‘I Got the Fever’ and all that
even as a friend, and later as a trusted
colleague, was like living in a fairy
tale. The Prophets were as hot as a
four-balled tiger.”
There were other groups stirring
up excitement at the time including
King David and the Slaves out of
Jessup, GA and the Jesters from Athens.
The Embers, a four piece band
from Raleigh, were making some
The man who made the grooves stay
plex. When they recorded, Emory
Gordy Jr. played the bass as well as
solid was Witcher.”
“When Tommy Witcher hired
arranged the strings.”
“When they started recording in
Billy and Barbara, he would only pay
them as 1 1/2 people. That was the
Atlanta it was Emory who stood in
as engineer/slash producer/slash
biggest mistake Tommy ever made.”
Billy came from a military back-
bassist (Tommy was the producer,
but he basically got out of Emory’s
ground and knew it wasn’t right,
Barbara didn’t really realize, but it
way).”
“The most phenomenal thing
stuck in Billy’s craw, along with the
others in the group, and none of
about that group was the passion and
high-energy coming off that stage,
them liked it.
you could feel it physically.”
“Add to all that, “Barbara was hot
noise and the Catalinas were big from
the moment they added Tom Black
as lead singer, with a musically versatile horn section that made them
Georgia Prophets per-
sound even bigger - one of their powerful musical strategies was to switch
form for the Hartsville, SC
instruments with one another for five
songs in a row.
According to Sammy O’Banion,
the Prophets were the only band
without horns who could generate as
much or more excitement than the
horn bands.
“Jimmy Campbell could play octaves and harmonics on guitar. If you
closed your eyes you’d swear they had
horns on that stage. That was how
real sounding they could make the
music with two guitars, bass and
drums,” Sammy went on.
“Jimmy Campbell’s rhythm guitar playing, to this day, 49 years later,
is still the damnedest thing I ever
heard.
“That’s where their musical magic
was. Witcher was a solid bass player,
May Day Dance, May 3,
1969 at the Lakeview
Club.
The Prophets rehearsed on Martin Lane in the Hill section of Augusta. Forsyth street was where Billy
and Barbara lived, and the group rehearsed there in the beginning,
Jimmy Campbell’s daddy sang on
cruise ships as he was growing up,
which must have influenced his musical inclinations. It also contributed
to their beautiful home in Augusta.
In the good years the Prophets rehearsed at Jimmy’s daddy’s house.
As time passed, though, some
quirky personality traits surfaced,
hot hot and Billy was a smooth
dancer, great performer, and great
singer. When he and Barbara came
out on stage together it was absolutely sensuous.”
“It’s sad but true, Billy Scott
should have been a national star, he
was that good. He was one of those
guys who just fell through the cracks.
It should have happened, it just
didn’t.”
“He had the talent, body, looks,
charisma. Every accolade he’s ever
received he deserved.”
Thinking back over his career,
Sammy added, “Until I was 35 I used
to listen to two records before I went
on stage. I’d listen and imagine how
Jackie Wilson performed ‘Since You
Showed Me How to Be Happy’ and
how Billy Scott performed ‘I Got the
Fever.’ By the time I finished I felt
like I’d taken drugs, gotten pumped,
like a hit of speed.”
“Tommy had a big inferiority com-
the drummer just played his ass off.
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1969
1969, Wilmington College. “Barbara was hot, hot, hot! When Billy
and Barbara hit the stage together they were not just hot, they were
sensual. There wasn’t anyone else like them.” --Sammy O’Banion
Georgia Prophets
1969
Billy Scott
Barbara Scott
Freddie Williamson
Tommy Witcher
................
Billy and Barbara left to join
Georgia’s Best for six weeks,.
Billy Walker joined them there
for a short while before moving
on to Golden Era. Charles
Stafford played guitar with them
briefly between tours with
Sumter’s Footnotes and Billy
The Georgia Prophets’ “For the First
Time” at # 22 on the WKYB Top 30.
The original WKYB began in Paducah,
Kentucky in 1946, but was sold in 1956
and at some point the ‘call letters’
moved to Hemingway, SC to 1000 AM, a
seriously Beach-oriented station, that
could often be heard on the beach at
Pawley’s Island.
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Stewart.
Tommy tried to replace Billy
and Barbara with Bobby and
Vondra -- nobody cared.
Roy Smith joined on keyboards
and vocals, wrote many of their
early hits.
David Benson (former Blues
Boy with Roy, joined on drums).
Jimmy Campbell and Walter
Stanley both left sometime in
1969. David Fletcher replaced
Jimmy and Mike Leonard joined
on Bass. (David and Mike were
also with Georgia’s Best from 196971, their stay with the Prophets was
brief ).
On page 7 are three 1969 itineraries for the Cellar in Charlotte, NC and one from June 1969 for Charlotte’s Park
Center.
June 28, 1969
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As Cecil Corbett’s Beach Club
Booking brochure demonstrates,
Both the Georgia Prophets and
Georgia’s Best were exclusive
with Beach Club Talent.
August 7, 1970, the
Georgia Prophets played
for the debutante’s ball at
the Benvenue Country
Club in Rocky Mount,
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Billy Scott remembered -- Part 2
One booking agent strategy in
those days was to pay off the social
Tommy challenged them.
Mike Leonard, a sort of retired
chairmen of the colleges, keep them
floating in money, kegs if beer and
promoter, was running Georgia’s Best
and he took them in where they
other amenities. If that didn’t work
they’d go to other social chairmen.
joined Billy Walker onstage again.
And they changed their name to
Cecil’s guy with the University of
Georgia, Charlie Minor, stayed there
Billy, Barbara, and Billy and Georgia’s
Best.
so long that Sammy finally asked
him how long he was going to go to
Sammy understudied Billy
Walker, especially practicing Jackie
From 1968 to approximately
1974, the group was often in transi-
college. The social chairman replied,
“I can’t afford to leave! I’m making
Wilson and Jerry Butler.
Walker did so much drugs that
tion.
Billy Walker was already a house-
too much money.”
Unfortunately, the first time the
Tommy couldn’t handle it.
Roy Smith had joined a little ear-
hold word in Augusta singing with
the Tempests when they all retired,
Georgia Prophets played the Beach
Club with Billy Walker, Walker de-
lier.
For a time it was Billy, Barbara,
quit performing,
Tommy Witcher invited Billy to
veloped a severe case of stage fright
and couldn’t sing a note. A ‘sugar
Billy Walker and Roy Smith.
But they still didn’t have the same
join the Prophets in June 1968. He’d
already taken “I Got the Fever” to
pill’ from an understanding Dr.
straightened him out the next day
magic as with Jimmy Campbell who
left February 1969.
Cecil Corbett at Myrtle Beach’s Beach
Club. On the strength of the record
and he blew them away at the Beach
Club that night.
In August 1969 Tommy replaced
Walter Stanley, on e of the original
Cecil signed them to an exclusive
contract.
By New Year’s Eve 1968, Billy
Walker decided it was time to take
Prophets, with a drummer from King
David and the Salves and Georgia’s
Tommy and Cecil quit each other
a hundred times. They had a seri-
over Witcher’s spot as leader. He
called for a vote onstage in Sumter,
Best, David Benson.
ous love-hate relationship.
Somewhere in the midst of all
SC after the gig. Billy left to join
Augusta’s Soul Seekers.
their break-ups and make-ups,
Tommy made Cecil hire Sammy
They changed their name to Billy
Walker and Georgia’s Best.
Meanwhile Tommy Witcher replaced Billy and Barbara with an-
O’Banion and the Features.
Sammy remembered, “Tommy
O’Banion stated that although they
paralleled the Georgia Prophets, but
other duo, Vondra and Bobby.
Bobby had allegedly been with the
said, ‘if you don’t hire them we’ll go
with Hugh Rogers (a booking agent
Georgia’s Best didn’t have as much
energy, stage presence or charisma.
Intruders..
In October 1969, Tommy finally
in Atlanta) or Ted Hall of Hit Attractions in Charlotte.’”
They were popular but still relegated
to the back burner.
went to Billy and Barbara Scott,
apologized and offered them full pay.
Sammy said that Cecil hated Ted.
Not a personal animosity, they were
In July, 1969 Billy and Barbara
confronted Tommy Witcher,for full
simply major arch rivals fighting for
the Southeastern territory.
pay, promising that if he didn’t make
things right, they were leaving.
“They were fantastic, super energy, with just a four piece band and
no horns.”
“Billy and Barbara were originally
billed as brother and sister. That
lasted two or three years, but people
figured it out, after all their fights,
they didn’t fight like brother and sister, but like lovers.”
Could it G
et Any Weir
der?
Get
eirder?
continued on page 12
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I was looking for a picture which clearly represented the soul
of this 35 year old group. When I saw this on their website, I
knew I’d been given a glimpse into the Secret Mysteries of the
Fantastic Shakers.
Later this year the
rest of the mysteries will be revealed
send to one of us in an email. Or just call us and tell us what
in a series of 35th anniversary concerts and a book about Bo Schronce
Shakers’ memorabilia you have (we
may want photos of some of the old
and the Fantastic Shakers’ journey
from the beginning to today.
T-shirts and so forth). Our cell numbers are at the end of this story.
There’ll also be memorabilia, a
slide show of their history, and all
If one of your photos is chosen for
the book, you’ll be one of the recipi-
their music will be chronicled from
start to finish with a complete dis-
ents at the first book signing or we’ll
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cography with covers, liner notes,
pictures, and the stories behind
you one way or another.
Do it right now!!! We’re going to
them all.
Plus, there’ll be new music to ac-
the printer within a couple of months
-- or sooner.
company their already huge archive
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We expect a publishing date for
the book sometime this summer.
Meanwhile, you can be part of its
production.
We’re looking for casual photos
taken by Fantastic Shakers fans
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which *belong* in this book. If your
photo is chosen, you’ll receive a free
copy of the book.
Here’s how to Play the Game!!
Contact Julian B. Fowler at
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and/or
Sponsorships, which include free
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Follow their upcoming activities
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We’re going to ask you to scan the
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***
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Party Time on High Rock Lake
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Georgia Prophets
1970
Billy Scott
Barbara Scott
Janet Helm
Moi Harris
Alan Cook
Tommy Rogers
Tommy Hodges
Freddie Williamson
Tommy Witcher
Janet was the author of “California”
(also a member of the Three Prophets).
Tommy Hodges joined to replace Roy on keyboards.
Drummer Moi Harris moved
over from his position as the original drummer with King David and
the Slaves to the Georgia Prophets
(and the Three Propehts eventually)
replacing David Benson.
Roy Smith left the Prophets
Tommy Rogers weighed into
the group on keyboards.
this year. Janet Helm joined,
replacing him not only on vo-
Alan Cooke who had been with
Georgia’s Best since 1969 moved
cals, she was also a wordsmith.
to the Prophets this year on guitar.
Capricorn 8006 was “California” b/w “Music With Soul.”
Janet Helm brought “California”
with her when she joined the
group -- one of their biggest hits.
Georgia Prophets
1971
Tommy Witcher
Bruce Dees
Warren Gowers
Andy Jordan
Tony Pittman
Tommy Witcher left the
Capricorn 8009 was a recut
version of “Don’t You Think It’s
group, with the name, he owned
it, and formed another Georgia
Time” -- not the same version
found on Delphi or Jubilee --
Prophets group with whom he
recorded an 8-track tape and an
backed with “Nobody Loves Me
Like You Do.”
album. Bruce Dees was one of
the main players in the Custom
8 company.
July 3, 1971, Augusta, Ga Chronicle
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Three Prophets
1971
Billy Scott
Barbara Scott
Janet Helm
John Goudy *
Jerome Goudy *
Willie Moss
* Barbara Scott’s brothers
Gastonia Gazette, Friday September 10, 1971. The
North Carolina Debutante Ball was held at Memorial
Auditorium in Raleigh where the debs and their escorts danced to Les Elgart and his Orchestra at the
Hotel Sir Walter.
Saturday morning, Brooklyn Bridge and the Embers
played for the debs at the Carolina Country Club and
the Saturday night formal dance featured the Georgia
Prophets and the Peace Core.
-------------------Bert Taylor
Hugh Hodge
Judy Dozier
(Bert, Hugh and Judy came
from Caution in Rock Hill.
Judy was with them for 2
weeks before leaving to join
Billy Idol’s troupe)
Left high and dry by Tommy,
Billy re-forms as the Three
Prophets. They went into the
studio right away to record “I
Think I Really Love You” b/w
“Gospel Ship” on Together
records, a subsidiary of Roy
Calloway’s Emblem Records in
Columbia, SC.
December 3, 1971, The Statesville Record & Landmark
No time to rest on their laurels, the Three Prophets recorded
and released “I Think I Really Love
You” b/w “Gospel Ship” in 1971.
to be continued
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Stev
ens & SSummer
ummer
time
tevee Ow
Owens
ummertime
We heard Summertime over the July 4th holiday,
four hours down the road from a four-hour gig they did
earlier in the day! That’s eight hours on stage, with a
four-hour ‘break’ driving the band and equipment to
the Spanish Galleon in North Myrtle Beach, where it
took in excess of another 1-2 hours to set up and get the
sound checks finished in time for the next show.
And they knocked it out of the park!
If you’ve missed them so far, catch them July 14th at
Boom Boom’s in North Myrtle Beach, the O.D. Beach
Club there on July 27th, or TJ’s Night Life in Raleigh
on August 2nd.
1.
2.
You
o Young, B
ut You
o Tr ue
ou’’re SSo
But
ou’’re SSo
Recapture the Magic
3.
4.
5.
Greatest Love Ever Known
Working On A Big Chill
When the Moment Comes
6.
7.
I’d Give Up Everything for You
Second Chance
8.
9.
I Dig Everything About You
Do You Love Me Like That
10.
11.
Dance With My Father
A Much Better Place
12.
Getaway Car
Steve Owens and Summertime includes Roy
Davis, Bryan Castro, Dave Owens, Steve Owens,
John Downing, Ben Shaw, Robin Woodard, and Joey
Tucker -- and there are rumors of some exciting new
additions!
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In the Grooves and On the Charts
Inside the CD, Danny wrote,
“When I was a kid listening to my
Although Deanna’s current CD,
Pianoland, offers a bullseye for her
From the Beach and Shag perspective, Donnie Ray is one of Ecko
transistor radio late at night going
to sleep in my top bunk, I would hear
current favored instrument, she often gets up in concert to blow a mean
Records’ hottest properties right now.
“I’m Goin’ Back” is the hot tune
great soul, blues and country music
that shaped what I would become as
tenor sax.
If you love piano boogie and love
from this collection, while “Bring
Back My Blues,” “I’m Looking For A
a performer and songwriter. I would
picture in my mind a gentleman in-
songs, this may have your name on
it.
Woman,” “Haven’t I Been Good To
You,” and “She Was at the Hideaway”
troducing me to the ‘Grand Ole
Opry’ crowd, in a voice that boomed
“I Love the Life I Live” is currently
on the Roadhouse Top 40. ***
are also kind to the ears.***
and got louder with each word as he
shouted ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight all the way from Mount Dennis, Ontario we have the great, the
one and only...’, I would go to bed
each night with that vision in my
mind. I developed ‘definiteness of
purpose.’
***
Like Deanna Bogart, Doug is
from Detroit. But whereas she grew
to prominence on the Maryland
Ivan is generally seen onstage
with Lil Ronnie & the Grand Dukes
from Richmond. Glad he felt the
need to record these 15 tunes for instrumental jump lovers! ***
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Every time we turn around Gary
Lowder has a new CD, duet, and/or Blues circuit, Doug has successfully
fronted the Jewel Tones at home.
single. And he just seems to be getThis is Pure-T Roadhouse music
ting better.
with 7 of the 11 cuts equal to the
Also one of the lead singers for the
Carolina Breakers, he has another CD task of climbing the Roadhouse Top
40.
out we’ll show here in the future.
We favor Doug’s version of Willie
“Coastin’” is in the Top 10 on the
Mabon’s “Poison Ivy” and Buddy
Beach Music Top 40, meanwhile he
and Marsha Morgan and Band are Johnson’s “A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac
and Some Money.” ***
doing very well with “Private Number”. ***
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In the Grooves and On the Charts
Janiva Magness can sing the *dark
side* of the blues. She’s had quite
the life--both parents committed
suicide when she was a teen, moved
homeless to the street, pregnant, gave
away her baby. And that was just to
get started. This CD looks at those
and other challenges for which she
onger for IItt . ***
says she’s now Str
tronger
This is Bostonian Jesse Dee’s second CD, his first with the legendary
Alligator record label from Chicago.
All the more legendary because they
are one of the last, still prospering,
blues labels.
Jesse has been described as a retrosoul singer songwriter who likes unusual sounding songs. See yerself.
***
This is Lisa Cee’s second recording, her first for Rip Cat records.
Her first was Beast of Honey, a 5
This is one hell of a jumpin’ collection of jump blues, Magic Slim’s
song EP worth tracking down if
you’re looking to expand your blues
15th album since 1978. However
that’s certainly not where his career
collection with a new voice paying
her dues.
began. He was playing bass for
Magic Sam in 1955 Chicago (he had
I found a couple of shag-compatible tunes on the new CD, and was
to have a false ID to play in the bars
and clubs--legally too young).
Shocked to see she’d recorded
Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit”
After Magic Sam he moved to
back to Mississippi before returning
-- that’s Retro! ***
to Chicago to stay in 1965. ***
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Some more from Chicago from
one of the ‘chiefs’ on the Alligator
label. Lil Ed has been doin’ it since
1987.
Lil Ed could be found with the
Imperials backing Dave Weld before
he formed his own band.
This is Lil Ed’s 8th album, as
good as hoped, as good as ever.***
Like Lil Ed, this marks Ms. Jody’s
eighth LP/CD.
I particularly like “Still Strokin’”
from this set, it emphasizes her much
more soulful side, rather than the
bawdy side we often hear.
Raymond Moore and John Ward
did a particularly good job on “Still
Strokin’”--a self-introspective song
taking a look at the evolution of the
smooth soul industry. ***
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10. Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five
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45. La Bomba - Le$ Brown & Orche$tra
18. My Heart Belong$ To Only You - Bobby Vinton
19. My True Carrie Love - Nat King Cole
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47. Hey Bobba Needle - Chubby Checker
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21. $tardu$t - April $teven$ & N. Tempo
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33. Under$tand Your Man - Johnny Ca$h
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38. Girl From $pani$h Town - M. Robbin$
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missed one at No. 49.
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Rev
ubba D. Liv
erance & Cor
nhole P
ev.. B
Bubba
Liverance
Cornhole
Prrophets
“ Why You Wanna G
o and D
o That
w taking its Rightful P
lace
Go
Do
That”” no
now
Place
on the Dance Floors and Charts
Bubba D. Liv
erance as a member of The K
eys, befor
ed “R
ev
er
end
Liverance
Keys,
beforee he acquir
acquired
“Rev
ever
erend
end”” status.
When a man breaks the heart of the woman who holds
him in her heart--witholding the adoration she deserves,
the friendship she desires, and the unrestricted love which
should adorn her day and night--he’s left with few choices.
He can stand on stage and sorrowfully sing an old
Mississippi Blues, which she’ll find pathetic.
compassion, where heartbreak knocks strong men
to their knees and only soulsingers and souldancers
can rise from the ashes with their heads held high
and ask sincerely for one more chance. That’s where
you’ll find the Reverend Bubba D. Liverance
***
Or he can admit his errors, suck up his pride, cover it
in humility, and offer his heart to her to a good Shag beat.
That’s the way Reverend Bubba D. Liverance does it,
singing for all of
us from that
secret
place
inside
where
honesty
and
remorse struggle
to
strike
a
balance.
It’s that place
at the core of
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SHARE MY LOVE
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2012
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Kelly, R.
BOBCAT WOMAN
Write Me Back
114
RCA
2013
Deal With It
117
City Hall
2012
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Year
Record Co. & #
2012
6
23
22
Uncle Kracker
HE’Z MY BABY
Midnight Special
41
18
23
Haywood, Heather
Back in the Day
MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (FOREVER) 127
Welk Music
2013
33
3
3
4 Jacks
STILL STROKIN’
6
4
Ms. Jody
GOOD LOVING
Blues Mix 9
106
Ecko 2013
2011
6
25
24
Gore, Jackie & Original Members
HEY EUGENE
Nothin’ But A Party
26
KHP 1107
2013
5
Hatman Prodns/KHP 1110
2012
6
26
25
Sea Cruz - Allie, Butch, Dino
STRANGE TIMES
Back in the Day
4
Hamilton, Roy
I’M GOIN’ BACK
Good Loving
47
KHP 1112
2012
6
Sisbro 92012
2013
8
27
26
Hamilton, Roy
PONTOON
Good Loving
10
Ray, Donnie
MINUTE BY MINUTE
Carolina Shag III
13
26
5
7
Hunter, James Six
BEFORE THE NIGHT IS THROUGH
Minute By Minute
109
17
28
27
Little Big Town
I’M HUNGOVER
Tornado
112
8
10
24
28
Hudson, Lisa & Rick Strickland
TING A LING
Lucky
7
Sicilia, Gina
COASTIN’
Can’t Control Myself
34
9
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1999
4
30
29
Neville, Aaron
HIT AND RUN
My True Story
8
Lowder, Gary
FOR YOUR LOVE
Coastin’
28
Blue Note
2013
12
10
Gore, Terri and Jackie
OVERNIGHT
Forevermore Rec’s
2012
3
32
30
Lowder, Gary
I’VE DONE ALL I CAN DO (remix)
Soul Therapy
22
KHP
2013
11
Atlantic/Sou.Ground
2011
3
33
31
Potts-Wright, Sheba
I’M GONNA BE YOUR FRIEND
Blues Mix 10
11
Brown, Zac Band
LIL HOUSE BIG PARTY
Uncaged
14
Ecko 2014
2013
12
10
29
32
Strickland, Rick
YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW
Lucky
13
Soul Children
DON’T RUSH
Lil House Big Party
10
31
9
13
2012
KHP 1108
8
31
33
Burton, Jonathan
Back in the Day
WHY HAVE THE BLUES WHEN YOU CAN BOOGIE AT THE BEACH
13
14
14
BOULEVARD BOYS
Big John and Roger
2013
3
36
34
Sugar Bees w Mary Vella
CALL ME
11
16
15
BACK IN THE DAY
Lee, Andre
2013
KHP 1112
11
34
35
KB & the Shifters
Carolina Shag IV
NO ONE COULD EVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU
11
17
16
LET THE MONKEY RIDE
Hunter, James Six
2013
Concord/Fantasy
13
35
36
Royal Drifters
DON’T STOP NOW
21
17
DRIVER, THE
King Tyrone & Graveyard Ramblers
2
37
37
Chicken Bone Alley
2013
KHP 1109
Entertainers
LOVE CONTRACT
Nothin’ But A Party
4
15
18
CAN’T BUY MY LOVE
Lil Ronnie & Grand Dukes
98
Gotta Strange Feeling
2012
Eller Soul 121201
2
38
38
Musiq Soulchild
WHY YOU WANNA GO & DO THAT
Musiqinthemagiq
22
19
19
YOU’RE SO YOUNG BUT YOU’RE SO TRUE
Owens, Steve & Summertime
Steve Owens & Summertime
2012
KHP 1103
2
39
39
Rev Bubba D. Liverance & CHP
MOST OF ALL
Recession Sessions
18
Living Room Sessions, The
2012
Coast to Coast the Music Lives OnKHP 1105
2
40
Thomas, B.J. & Keb Mo’
CHERRY GROOVE
18
20
20
It Don’t Get Better Than This
Concord/Fantasy
2011
Vizztone
KHP 1093
2012
Clarkson, Kelly & Vince Gill
19 Recordings
PRIVATE NUMBER
108
Morgan, Marsha Band w Gary Lowder Keep On Getting’ It On
Back in the Day
Minute By Minute
WHAT’S UP WITH THAT
Clark, Tim Band
Top Picks--Bubbling Under
A REALGOOD FEELING
ALL I WANNA DO IS DANCE
BABY IT’S YOU
BEST OF YOU, THE
CANDYMAN +16.0
CAN I GET IT
FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (remix)
GO HOME
HALO OF BLUE
HARD HEADED
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE I’M LEAVING
I’M A BELIEVER
I’M BACK (new mix)
KEY LARGO
MISS JODY’S THANG
MONA DON’T YA WANNA
PARTY ON MAIN STREET
22
Lowder, Gary
Too Much Sylvia
Lowder, Gary
Strickland, Rick
Ardoin, Chris
Rawls, Johnny
Big Time Party Band w Clifford Curry
Klass Band
Strickland, Rick
Hip Pocket
Givens, Lonnie
Gore, Terri
Scott, Billy
Souled Out Boogie Band f Buddy Skipper
Miss Jody
Fox, Rickie
Holiday Band
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Bigtime Party Band
PLAY BY THE RULES
SAVANNAH SLEEPS
SEX ON THE BEACH
SHE AIN’T WORTH A DIME
STOP ME BEFORE I LOVE AGAIN
SUIT AND TIE
YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS
Hatman Prodns/KHP 1112
2012
Hatman Prodns/KHP 1110
2012
Capitol
2013
Shearin Park Rec’s
2013
Shearin Park Rec’s
2013
KHP 1112
2013
Bradley House
2013
Sisbro 2013-1
2013
Forevermore Rec’s
2012
KHP 1107
2011
Atlantic
2012
2013
Carolina Shag III
Wrinkled
2012
Sisbro 92012
Lauritsen, J. T.
Hooker, James
Hooker, James
4 Jacks
Castaways
Timberlake, Justin
Mojo Blues Band
The Beach Music CD Top 10
4
1 1 CHICKEN BONE ALLEY
King Tyrone & Graveyard Ramblers KHP 1109
4 2 2 BACK IN THE DAY CAFÉ
25 5 3 GOOD LOVIN’
various
Hamilton, Roy
KHP 1112
Hatman Prodns
4
3
Lowder, Gary
various
KHP 1114
Sisbro 2013-1
9 3 6 DEAL WITH IT
52 7 7 RECESSION SESSIONS, THE
4 Jacks
Reverend Bubba D. Liverance
City Hall
1
8 MINUTE BY MINUTE
43 6 9 NOTHIN’ BUT A PARTY
Hunter, James Six
various
Concord/Fantasy
KHP 1107
53 4 10 STEVE OWENS & SUMMERTIME
Owens, Steve & Summertime
KHP 1103
8 4 SOUL THERAPY
9 5 CAROLINA SHAG IV
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BETTER CLASS OF BUMS
Blues Enough
2
Hitman Blues Band
BOBCAT WOMAN
Deal With It
3
4 Jacks
LOOK-A HERE BABY
Eller Soul 121201
2012
Delta Bound
4
Mississippi Heat
SHE AIN’T WORTH A DIME
Delmark
2013
4
26
24
Deal With It
Eller Soul 121201
2013
WILD ABOUT YOU BABY
Harman, James
5
4 Jacks
BABY’S GOT A NEW FRIEND
4
28
25
Six Pack of Cool
WAY YOU LOVE ME, THE
Valori, Linda
Days Like This
6
Big Papa & the TCB
MONEY’S GETTING’ CHEAPER
Blues with a Mood
I CAN DO ALL THAT
Tucker, Teeny
Voodoo to Do You
7
Morganfield, Big Bill
FROM THE START
On My Mind, In My Heart
KIND LIES AND WHISKEY
Southern Hospitality
Easy Livin’
2013
Blind Pig 5152
8
Dee, Jesse w/ Rachael Price
SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR
OH ME, OH MY
Sicilia, Gina
It Ain’t Real
2013
Vizztone/Swingnation
9
Allison, Bernard
BLUES ENOUGH
HARD SOMETIMES
Cotton, James & Delbert McClinton
Cotton Mouth Man
BAR MAID
Larkin, Milt
Down Home Saturday Night
YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS
Mojo Blues Band
Carolina Shag IV
Nerus 4490
2013
Inland Blue Recs 1018
2013
Black Shuck 002
2012
21
LITTLE GEM
Vickers, Brad & His Vestapolitans
2013
Great Day in the Morning ManHatTone 1080
10
24
22
LIVE AND LEARN
Earhardt, Sena
All In
2013
Blind Pig 5151
JUST YOUR FOOL
Gillespie, Lamont & 100 Proof Blues
(same)
2012
Mt St Catherine
11
11
10
4
2013
Blues Enough
10
The Blues Broads
11
Blues Broads, The
TOO LATE
Black Toppin’
12
Cash Box Kings
I WON’T FORGET ABOUT YOU
On My Mind, In My Heart
13
Dee, Jesse
OLSEN RANCH SHUFFLE tk 2
Blue & Instrumental
14
Appelrouth, Ivan
CRY TO ME
EllerSoul 1101
2013
All In
15
Earhardt, Sena
DRY SPELL
Blind Pig 5151
2013
Memphis
16
Scaggs, Boz
OLD SCHOOL LOVER
Old School Lover
17
Elmore Jr. & Broomdusters
SHAG SHUFFLE
Blues ’65
18
Grand, Otis
JUKEIN’
Just for Today
19
Earl, Ronnie & Broadcasters
GOTTA GET OVER
Old Sock
20
Clapton, Eric
I WOULDN’T-A DONE THAT
Nerus 4490
2012
Delta Groove
2013
Grand, Otis
Juke Joints
Earl, Ronnie & Broadcasters
Sharpe, Jill
23
26
27
2
2
2
27
33
36
37
28
29
30
31
2013
2013
20
29
33
TOWN CRIER
Thomas, Robert T‘ op’
Town Crier
HARD WORKIN’ WOMAN
Richey, Kelly
Sweet Spirit
GIFTED IN THE WAYS OF LOVE
Biales, Lisa
Just Like Honey
WRONG SIDE OF THE BLUES
Koch, Sterling
Let it Slide
SAINT ON SUNDAY
Cotton, James & Darrel Nulisch
Cotton Mouth Man
2013
Alligator 4954
WASN’T MY TIME TO GO
Cotton, James & Keb Mo
Cotton Mouth Man
2013
Alligator 4954
20
20
6
2
2
30
31
32
34
35
34
35
36
37
38
38
39
CAN I GET IT
Rawls, Johnny
6
40
40
YOU LIED
Poxon, Andy
Stony Plain 1364
2013
Wildroots Recs 2013
2013
Sweet Lucy 1141
2012
2013
2013
Eller Soul 031301
Tomorrow
I DON’T CARE BLUES
Dr. Wu & Friends
I’LL BE ON MY WAY Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band
SEE SEE BABY
SEND FOR ME
I’LL BE ON YOUR SIDE Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band
I’M READY
Miller, Bill Band
SNAKE RHYTHM ROCK
STAPLED TO THE CHICKEN’S BACK
Omar & the Howlers
Robillard, Duke Band
IN YOUR BACKYARD
JUBILEE
STROLLIN’ WITH LOWELL AND B.B.
SUGAR DITCH
Robillard, Duke Band
Omar & the Howlers
BUILT FOR COMFORT
DON’T COME HOME
Omar & the Howlers
Poxon, Andy
MEAN OLD MAN
MISS YOU
Grand, Otis
Brooks, Danny Band
Robillard, Duke Band
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band
Sugar Blue
TEARS LIKE RAIN
TEMPERATURE 110
Solon Fishbone f Alice Azam
National Debonaires
Omar & the Howlers
Rhodes, Bill & Party Kings
THERE IT IS
TOO BAD
Magness, Janiva
Poxon, Andy
Hanck, Terry
Cash Box Kings
DON’T START ME TALKING
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES
Bottoms Up Blues Gang
MY BABY WANTS TO BOOGIE
Brown, Mel & Snooky Pryor
NEVER MAKE YOUR MOVE TOO SOON
Martens, Jessy
TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN’
TRYING REALLY HARD
FLAT BLACK AUTOMOBILE
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
NO MORE DOGGIN’
OVER YONDER WALL
TRYING TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU
WATERMELON TEA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUES
Boppin’ Blues Band
2013
Sisbro
88 ANSWERS
Charles, Ezra
2
LAURENE
MATCHBOX
Juke Joints
Elmore Jr. & Broomdusters
1976
Copasetic
32
Surfdog Recs
2013
Juke Joints
Omar & the Howlers
GOING TO CHICAGO
GREENVILLE SMOKIN’
2013
Alligator 4954
39
Stony Plain 1363
2013
BLUES HAD A BABY
BOOGIE MAN
Sayers, Hadden
Salgado, Curtis
2013
RM 1014
2
2013
BubblingUnder
21
23
Alligator 4952
2011
2013
Independently Blue
25
Blind Pig 5150
2012
2012
Robillard, Duke Band
BIG TRAIN, THE
BIG WHITE CADILLAC
22
Alligator 4952
Hitman Blues Band
LIVIN’ THE BLUES
BABY PLEASE DON’T TEASE
BAD LUCK
6
PLAY BY THE RULES
RUNNIN’ FROM THE BLUES
RUSH HOUR
Smith, Holland K.
Bluesmasters f. Mickey Thomas
Lauritsen, J.T.
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Earl, Ronnie & Broadcasters
WHAT’S WRONG
YOU MADE ME LAUGH
YOUR KINDA LOVE
Big James
Retro Deluxe
Elmore Jr. & Broomdusters
Omar & the Howlers
Davies, Mary Bridget
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