The Top 50 Shag Songs of 2015
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The Association of Beach and Shag Club DeeJays Presents: The Top 50 Shag Songs of 2015 Dedicated to the memory of Charlie Byrd (Carawan) and The Charlie Byrd Beach Blast 1 The Top 50 Shag Songs of 2015 Temptations (released in 1986) at #8, “How Do You e had a total of 53 members of the AB- Stop” (1987) by James Brown at #16, “Come Get W SCDJs, listed on the last page of this To This” (1973) by Marvin Gaye at #19, “I Used To document, who helped create the ABSCDJ’s annu- Cry Mercy Mercy” (1954) by The Lamplighters at al Top 50 Shag Songs of 2015 by sending in their #27, and “Give Me You” (1956) by Billy Ward and personal Top 50. These 53 lists were used to com- The Dominoes at #44. pile the Top 50 Shag Songs of 2015 that you see on the facing page. he 2015 Top 50 Shag Song list included a T total of 36 songs that were repeats from the he voting for the Top 50 Shag Songs of 2014 list. Four songs made the list for the first time T 2015 was dominated by one song, “Marvin and landed in the top 20 for 2015, including Gaye” by Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor. It was “Marvin Gaye” by Charlie Puth and Meghan Trai- listed as the number one song on 43% of the lists nor at #1, “Call My Wife” by Linsey Alexander at submitted by the 53 ABSCDJ members sending in #4, “Dance Tonight” by the Blackwater Rhythm and their Top 50 lists, and among the top three songs Blues Band at #7, and “#1 Luv” by Winzell Kelly at on 60% of the lists. Rod Stewart’s “Sexual Reli- #13. gion”, last year’s number 1 song, finished as the number 1 song on 6% of the 53 lists and in the top three songs on 38% of the lists this year and over- e hope you see some of your favorites all finished in 2nd place behind “Marvin Gaye.” W listed. We also hope that you will support the ABSCDJ members listed on the back page and thank them for taking the time to help put together here were a total of 879 different songs The Top 50 Shag Songs of 2015. T submitted by the 53 ABSCDJ members who took the time to think through the past year t’s never too early to start planning for next year and send in their personal Top 50 Shag Song lists so put the first weekend in March, 2017 on your to be included in this year’s ABSCDJ Top 50 Shag I calendar for DJ Throwdown 26. And, of course, Songs of 2015. After applying points to each song, we hope to see you at DJ Throwdown 25, the big- based on where these ABSCDJ members placed gest one ever with a $9500.00 grand prize in the re- them in their lists, the 50 songs shown on the fac- verse raffle from March 3-5 at Ducks and Ducks ing page accumulated the most points and made Café. The Band of Oz, Jim Quick and Coastline and our annual Top 50 list. The Fantastic Shakers on Thursday night with more than 80 DJs playing for you in both clubs for the rest of the weekend. Don’t miss it! or 2015 two artists/groups made the list F with more than one song. These were Ms. We miss you Charlie, Jody with “Still Strokin’” at #25 and “The Rock” at #38 and the Band of Oz with “I Can’t Think” at David Sessoms #17 and “Extra Careful” at #49. Numerous artists/ ABSCDJ Historian & Webmaster groups had multiple songs submitted among the 53 DJ participants this year, but these were the only two that had multiple recordings to make the Top 50 for 2015. everal old favorites continued to make the S Top 50 including “Lady Soul” by The 2 The Top 50 Shag Songs of 2015 1. Marvin Gaye Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor 2. Sexual Religion Rod Stewart 3. Swing It Lomax 4. Call My Wife Linsey Alexander 5. Patience Noel Gourdin 6. Back In The Day Café Andre Lee 7. Dance Tonight The Blackwater Rhythm and Blues Band 8. Lady Soul The Temptations 9. I’m In Heaven When I’m With You Roy Hamilton 10. Bright Peter White 11. Share My Love R. Kelly 12. A Love To Call Mine Johnnie Taylor 13. #1 Love Winzell Kelly 14. In This Mess Snooky Pryor 15. Before The Night Is Through Gina Sicilia 16. How Do You Stop James Brown 17. I Can’t Think The Band of Oz 18. Let’s Walk Austin deLone 19. Come Get To This Marvin Gaye 20. Love Contract Musiq Soulchild 21. Come Get To This/Steppin’ Out Tonight L.J. Reynolds 22. Sweetness Of Your Love L.U.S.T. 23. The Walk Mayer Hawthorne 24. Goodbye Train Grayson Hugh 25. Still Strokin’ Ms. Jody 26. Who’s Rockin’ You Donnie Ray 27. I Used To Cry Mercy Mercy The Lamplighters 28. Why Don’t We Just Dance Josh Turner 29. Full Of Fire Boz Scaggs 30. Don’t Rush Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill 31. Stepped Right Outta My Dream Too Much Sylvia 32. Black Coffee and Cigarettes Mighty Mo Rodgers 33. 8-3-1 Lisa Stansfield 34. Satisfy My Woman The Entertainers 35. Breakin’ News Benny Turner 36. Getaway Car Hall and Oates 37. I’ll Know (When The Right One Comes Along) Sonja Grier 38. The Rock Ms. Jody 39. Hold On To The Blues Lonnie Givens 40. Movin’ and Groovin’ Phil Wilson 41. Down and Dirty Love Lil’ Red and The Tams 42. Love Never Felt So Good Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake 43. Blurred Lines Robin Thicke, Pharrell Willliams and T.I. 44. Give Me You Billy Ward and The Dominoes 45. Uptown Funk Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars 46. Bobcat Woman The Four Jacks 47. I Want It All Back Gary Lowder and Smokin’ Hot 48. Cold Beer and Hot Women Clifford Curry 49. Extra Careful The Band of Oz 50. Bad Mamma Jammer Nathaniel Kimble 3 Thanks to the following members of the Association of Beach and Shag Club DeeJays who took part in putting this list together: Ray Amyette Rodney Still DJ THROWDOWN 25 Eddie Anderson Harvey Taylor Make Plans to attend DJ Throwdown 25 Pope Armstrong Janie Thompson from March 3rd through March 5th, Eddie Baker Curtis Treece 2016 at “Ducks” and “Ducks Café” in Gary U.S. Barnes Joe Tutt North Myrtle Beach. If you can’t make it Wayne Bennett Bobby Vaughn this year, put it on your calendar for the Tootie Brown Chigger Woods first weekend in March, 2017. DJ Throwdown 25 will be a party you won’t Dennis Brumble want to miss. Robert Carter Steve Coley Billy Cook “Smokey” Craven Furman Dominick Kitty Earles Jerry English Robbie Farrell John Fletcher Jeff Foster Neal Furr Darrell Gaither Dennis Gehley Tony Gonzalez Jessie Griffin Jerry Hardy Gary Harman David Harris Greg Howell Mike Hudson Craig Jennings Gary Jones Tiz Laney Jimmy Lucree Steve Lusk Donnie Meadows Steve Miller Norman Mills Bill Moore Raymond Rigsbee Jim Rose Gerry Scott David Sessoms Jim Skinner Eddie Smith Paul Spaulding Dan Spivey Don Staley 4 .