vs Carolina Beach

This pick is the second of the vs series. I compared Belgian Popcorn (see yesterday's post) to today's Carolina Beach Music to Lowrider, Northern Soul and Texas Soul (all coming up) by making a playlist of each style and letting you decide. Beach Music is a regional style from the Carolinas (specifically South Carolina and Myrtle Beach), characterized by a mix of R&B, doo-wop, and rock and roll, with a lively, danceable tempo that people dance the Shag to. Listening to both yesterday and today, do you hear the difference? And yet track four on this pick could fit on any of the playlists in this series.

vs Carolina Beach

01 O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher

02 Al Green - Let's Stay Together

03 Stylistics - My Heart

04 Temptations - My Girl

05 O'Jay's - Used To Be My Girl

06 Cornelius Brother & Sister Rose - Too Late To Turn Back Now

07 The Embers - I Love Beach Music

08 Dion - The Wanderer

09 O.C. Smith - Brenda

10 Tams - What Kind Of Fool

11 Drifters - Under The Boardwalk

12 Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time

13 Mary Wells - My Guy

14 Bruce Channel - Hey Baby

15 Fantastic Shakers - Myrtle Beach Days

16 Chairmen Of The Board & General Johnson - Carolina Girls

17 Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - Sugar Shack

18 The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup

19 Band Of Oz - Shaggin'

20 The Showmen - It Will Stand

Origin: Carolinas, USA, 1950s–1960s.
Tempo: Mid to fast tempo, 4/4 "blues shuffle".
Dance Style: The Carolina Shag.
Musical Influences: R&B, soul, and early rock and roll.
Cultural Context: Developed along the beaches of Myrtle Beach and Carolina Beach. It played a role in breaking racial barriers in music and remains a regional dance favorite.