25-11-2009, 11:42
YouTube - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - Sugar Shack
from wikipedia
"Sugar Shack" is a song written in 1962 by Keith McCormack and his aunt, Fay Voss. The song was recorded in 1963 by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. "Sugar Shack" hit #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 (where it spent five weeks from October 12 to November 9, 1963) and on the Cashbox charts (where it spent three weeks from October 19 to November 2, 1963. "Sugar Shack", also has the distinction of being the last single to make it to number one on the Billboard R&B chart, because Billboard magazine published no R&B chart for fourteen months between the period of late November, 1963 to late January, 1965. On November 29, 1963 the song received RIAA certification for selling over a million copies, earning gold record status, and was the number one single of the year according to Billboard. "Sugar Shack" also hit the UK at #45 on the Record Retailer chart.
from wikipedia
"Sugar Shack" is a song written in 1962 by Keith McCormack and his aunt, Fay Voss. The song was recorded in 1963 by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. "Sugar Shack" hit #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 (where it spent five weeks from October 12 to November 9, 1963) and on the Cashbox charts (where it spent three weeks from October 19 to November 2, 1963. "Sugar Shack", also has the distinction of being the last single to make it to number one on the Billboard R&B chart, because Billboard magazine published no R&B chart for fourteen months between the period of late November, 1963 to late January, 1965. On November 29, 1963 the song received RIAA certification for selling over a million copies, earning gold record status, and was the number one single of the year according to Billboard. "Sugar Shack" also hit the UK at #45 on the Record Retailer chart.