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NEWS STORY
 UPDATE 10/01/07
"Hangover Bluz"
Hits #1 on Nolan Adams chart in Roanoka, VA !!!!!!!!!!!
"Never Ending"
Hits #17 on Pat Patterson's Chart in Greenwood, SC
and
Hits #33 on Butch Halpin's chart in Coats, NC !!
CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS FROM WILLIE "C"
www.youtube.com/williecs
CHECK OUT BUTCH HALPIN'S GIGS REVIEWS PAGE AT...
www.carolinasounds.com
CHECK OUT PHOTOS FROM CHARLESTON BEACH MUSIC AND SHAG FESTIVAL AT
www.949thesurf.com
CHECK OUT NEAL FURR'S FEATURE ARTICLE.....
Beach Music Is Dying?..And We Can't Get In The Door at
www.beachmusic45.com
CHECK OUT PICTURES FROM RHYTHM OM THR RIVER SHOWS AT
www.wolt-fm.com
Under Beach Bob Oldies page
CHECK OUT THE LATEST ISSUE OF MYRTLE BEACH ALTERNATIVES MAGAZINE...
www.MyrtleBeachAlternatives.com
AND
A NEW BEACH MUSIC INDUSTRY SITE FROM CAROLE-ANNE HALLYBURTON
www.DistinctivelyBeach.com
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CAMMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR 2006 "SONG OF THE YEAR"
"I Wanna Be At The Beach"
HITS #1 on The Surf Top 40 Chart !!!!
Thanks to everyone for your votes and request !!
** NEWS FLASH**
IT'S OFFICIAL!!
"I WANNA BE AT THE BEACH"
HITS THE SURF TOP 40 HALL OF FAME
AFTER 52 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ON THE CHARTS REACHING AS HIGH AS #1
"I Wanna Be At The Beach"
HITS #1 on Pat Patterson's Sunny Beach Party
on 103.5 FM Greenwood, SC
 "Hangover Bluz"
HITS #7 on Sunny 103.5 with Pat Patterson!
IT'S A HIT !!!!!!!!
Ask your favorite DJ to play it today!
JOIN THE CBMA TODAY TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES
www.cammy.org
tfs will now be at Ducks and Ducks Too for the Ripete/KHP label party
and The Avista Resort for the beachmusic45.com party See schedule for details
The Fabulous Shades will be doing their huge hit "I Wanna Be At The Beach", The new chart climbing hit "Shaggin' Man" and a brand new song called "Hangover Bluz" and maybe "Never Ending" by special request only!
Bet they will be wearing their "SHADES"
Check out Feature Article 3 at www.beachmusic45.com
Thanks to Bob Stroud at WCLN 1170 AM in Clinton, NC and WBLA 1440 AM in Elizabethtown, NC
for the great interview.
Thanks also to all the listeners up there who seem to like "Shaggin' Man"
You just can't beat this business! When the DJ's happen to be great fans and friends, This music will NEVER die!
Also, Big Thanks to Don Arnson for the interview a few months ago and for playing our stuff!
 www.cashboxmagazine.com Craig Fleming of beachmusic45.com
How many of you remember the national music publication Cashbox Magazine? I'm sure many of you do. For those of you who don't, Cashbox Magazine was a weekly national music publication that was published from July 1942 through November 1996; a span of 54 years! Over the span of those 54 years, Cashbox became a staple in the music industry and the good news; it’s back! The new owners of Cashbox have an aggressive plan to return this American classic to the status it enjoyed during its 54 year run. So, what does this have to do with Beach Music? Well, I'm glad you asked.
I am pleased to announce that Cashbox Magazine has agreed to publish the official Top 20 Beach Music Singles chart as provided to them by Beachmusic45.com. The Top 20 Beach Music Singles chart will be published on a monthly basis and will be provided to Cashbox Magazine each month after the Smokin' 45 is compiled. Cashbox has agreed to publish the Top 20 singles for now, but may at a later date publish the entire Smokin' 45. They have also agreed to publish CD reviews as provided by Beachmusic45 and Neal "Soul Dog" Furr.
Why is this important to Beach Music? I think the answers are obvious; but it allows Beach Music to reach people who may not be familiar with our genre of music, as well as placing our chart alongside the Top Popular Singles, Top Popular Albums, Top R&B Singles, Top R&B Albums, Top Country Singles, and Top Country Album charts; as well as all of the other charts Cashbox publishes. It also gets Beach Music in a national publication; which will be a benefit to all of us; and should go a long way toward helping Beach Music get that ever so coveted category at the Grammy Awards.
At the present time, Cashbox is only operating online; but has an aggressive plan to be publishing a print magazine on a Bi-Weekly basis by the end of this year. To visit their website, visit www.cashboxmagazine.com and select the Charts option and you will go to the charts page where you will see all of the charts that Cashbox publishes. The Beach Music Singles chart is located in the Monthly Charts section. If you want to go directly to the Top Beach Music Singles chart, visit www.cashboxmagazine.com/dispmthsing.aspx?id=120&time=16
When you get to the Beach Music Singles chart page, you can click on the artist name and it will bring up a bio and picture of the artist; again more exposure for the artists of our music. A couple of things to note about the chart: The months on chart, last month, and peak position are based upon the Cashbox chart; not the amount of time or peak on The Smokin' 45. Also, the discography section of the artists bio is just the discography of the albums associated with the songs that have appeared on Cashbox; not the entire artist discography.
As I mentioned earlier, Cashbox has also agreed to publish reviews of our music as provided by Neal "Soul Dog" Furr. The first two reviews submitted, as selected by the President and CEO of Cashbox, are reviews of Jim Quick and Coastlines new CD "Sneakin Out Back" and Rickey Godfrey's CD "Once In A Lifetime Love". To view these reviews, go to the reviews page of the website; at the top of the page you can select a genre to view; select "Beach Music" and you will be taken directly to the Rickey Godfrey review; scroll down a few reviews and you will see the Jim Quick and Coastline review.
Cashbox also rotates their magazine covers; and as you can see in the picture above, Mighty Mike Schermer graced the cover of Cashbox on March 12th of this year, along with Nelly Furtado; not bad company to share a cover with!
I have waited to make this announcement because there were a few bugs to be worked out with Cashbox, but as of today, most of those have been corrected and Beach Music is an integral part of the Cashbox family. I hope all of you are as excited about this as I am. This is a tremendous opportunity for our music, and a big step toward gaining our music the national attention it deserves!
Regards,
Craig Fleming
www.beachmusic45.com
Latest News !! 
Hack Bartley and Dana Jones dropped in on Beach Bob at WOLT FM on Good Friday and just seemed to have a ball! Bob and Cathy really took a huge chance letting those two guys in the door and on LIVE RADIO?......Dana told Hack " It's just so cool to have Folks like Bob Ross, "Spanky" Jim Miller and of course Sweet Cathy Cole working their tales off to entertain the folks in radioland with what Beach Bob calls" "The Best Music in the WORLD" Hack said " Man, I want to come back and do this some more!" Well if the radio station dosen't get too many bad calls?? Maybe you'll hear them again in the future.
"I Wanna Be At The Beach" NOW AVAILABLE AT: Sound Systems And More in Greenwood, SC "The Musicians Toy Store"
 UPDATE 4/14/07 BE ON THE LISTEN OUT FOR...... HANGOVER BLUZ COMING SOON!!!
3/3/07
It's looking like the current project from The Fabulous Shades to be called "MADE IN THE SHADE" featuring the NEW HIT SONG "Shaggin' Man" will not make the original projected release date of April 15, 07. Due to circumstances beyond our control, We will have to continue at a later date. For those of you who have ask about the ability to purchase your copy to get "Shaggin' Man" we promise to get the project out as soon as possible and thank you for your interest and patience. "Things happen for a reason", They always say.
STAY IN TOUCH FOR MORE ON THIS STORY IN THE COMING WEEKS.UPDATE 3/1/07
beachmusic45
Just in from Beachmusic45 contributing DJ's... "Shaggin' Man" is picking up some speed. Holding on with Bill Beason's SuperCFL chart in TN. at #11, Johnny B in Gastonia, NC at #39, Pivots Beach Club in Charleston at #20, Scott Smith in Denver at #11 and #5 on Pat Patterson's chart in Greenwood, SC. Also picking us up are Jim "Foxx" Reddish in Monroe, NC at #29 and George Dunn in Stoneville, NC debuting at #20. Sunny and Tom at The Sunny Beach Show have us on the lookouts list. Thanks to all these great folks for playing "Shaggin' Man"!!
"I Wanna Be At The Beach" still hanging in there also for 50 weeks on The Surf in N. Myrtle Beach at #25, Wille "C" in Nashville still showing us, Currently at #30, Billy Cook in Florence has it at #35, Larry South has "IWBATB" at #8, Pivots Beach Club shows us at #9 and Pat Patterson shows us at #3, Pat also has "Never Ending" at #8 Thanks to all these folks for playing "I Wanna Be At The Beach" and "Never Ending"
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Bill Ballard, Songwriter and Pilot 2/7/07
If you're heading up I-77 from Charlotte toward Lake Norman, Take a few turns and backroads to find a lake front home of a true song loving songwriter. Tucked back up in the trees is a beautiful setting with the boat dock loaded and ready to go, a couple of interesting birds and lazy dog laying at the front door. The perfect place for a man to think and let it all sink in. Just exactly where you would expect to find a deep thinking, fun loving guy.
It reminds me of the time I met Mickey Spalaine at his home in Murrells Inlet, SC back in the early 70's. The perfect place he said for a writer to be.
Bill Ballard is the man who wrote "Shaggin' Man" for The Fabulous Shades as well many other songs. Just to name a few, "Ocean Drive Sunday" which has been steady on the Beach music charts for over a year now, Highway #9 Blues recorded and being aired on the west coast now, A new song that The Fabulous Shades hope to release soon called "I'm Yours Tonight", "On The Beach Tonight", "Greatest Of Heros" which has been put in the hands of some credible Country music folks and many others yet to come. Bill has a passion for good lyrics and putting a story line in each song. His inspiration comes in part from his friend Neil Diamond which he has know for many years in his job as a pilot for Neil and other artist such as, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Ronnie Tutt (Elvis' drummer for many years), Sarah Jessica Parker, Bobby Allison just to name a few and is currently the pilot also for Rousch Racing out of Lake Norman, NC. Bill has a ton of interesting stories and photos to match of these adventures and is always writing day and night rather in his studio or in the air somewhere. He is consistanly getting advice from Neil and his band and studio musicians on his work and strives to put more hit songs out there for the public to hear. He has fallen head over hills for the whole Beach Music business and loves the great attention he has received to this point. We are very pleased to have the pleasure to know and work with him. Bill was introduced to us by Harriett Grady Thomas at the one20inc., Judy's House Of Oldies release party at Fat Harold's just after we had done our debuts of "I Wanna Be At The Beach" and "Never Ending". Harriett said "I want you to meet this man, He loved your songs and would like for you to hear some of his songs" Since then we have recorded one and are currently working three more. It has been awesome working with Bill and we look forward to seeing him become one of the premier songwriters in the business in the years to come. Keep your ear to the ground and you might just hear ole' Bill rolling down highway #9 in his '55 Chevy!
Rhythm On The River Concert Series 2007
Don't forget Thursday nights don't have to be boring in Greenville, South Carolina. Just come to the Dow Amphitheatre behind the Peace Center for what has turn into a very popular place to be. The Fabulous Shades will be returning for a concert at this awesome venue. The bands for these concerts again are some of the best in the business. Be sure to check out the schedule at: www.rhythmontheriver.com
UPDATE 1/29/07 MORE GOOD NEWS FOR TFS ON THE CHARTS!
Compiled from Beachmusic45 Contributing DJ's Jan/Feb 07 Charts
It's always cool to see that people are still discovering our songs. Most recently "I Wanna Be At The Beach" has hit a few more charts out there, "Shaggin' Man" has also made another splash, Starting out with a #5 with Frank Price in Rock Hill, SC moving up 14 spots, Bill Beason at Super CFL has us up 1 spot to #13, Pat Patterson in Greenwood, SC shows us up 6 spots to #10, Scott Smith in Denver, NC has us in for the first time at #15, Jim "Foxx" Reddish in Monroe, NC has us in for the first time at #29 and "Shaggin' Man" is hanging in there in Gastonia, NC with Johnny B's chart at #39! Again thanks to all the great folks out there liking our stuff!
Also for "I Wanna Be At The Beach" still new hits in Hillsville, VA with Larry South at #21, Brett Bishop in Sumter, SC has us at #16 and it's still hanging in there at #15 with Billy Cook in Florence, SC, Willie "C" in Nashville, TN at #21, Up to #6 in Charleston, SC with Pivot's Beach Club, Hanging on at # 31 at The Surf in N. Myrtle Beach and still hot with Pat Patterson in Greenwood, SC at #2.
"Never Ending" is starting to get more attention again moving up 6 spots in Greenwood on Pat Patterson's chart and debuting in Kannapolis, NC on Robert Carter's chart at #29. Also still at #6 on the top picks list with "Fessa" John Hook's Endless Summer Network.
And "Boardwalk Memories" Compilation CD hanging in at #6 on "Fessa" Hook's Top 20 CD's Chart.
Thanks to all of you for giving us a spin! We can't do it without you!!
"Shaggin' Man" has charted at #5 on Bill McIver's O.D. Road Show out of Greensboro, NC, Also #17 on Bill Beason's Super CFL out of Newport, TN after only 2 weeks and as of December 9, 2006 hit The Surf's Top 40 Countdown debuting at #34!!
Thanks everyone!
"Shaggin' Man" UPDATE 12/30/06
Shaggin' Man still on a roll. Just in from beachmusic45. Pivots Beach Club has got Shaggin' Man at #2 while Bill Beason's Super CFL has move Shaggin' Man up 2 spots to #14, Pat Patterson chart has it at #16, Sunny and Tom of The Sunny Beach Show has us at #19 as does Frank Price in Rock Hill, SC. And in Gastonia, Johnny B has us debuting on his chart at #38.
One More thing, Thanks to Pat Patterson for Never Ending at #14!! COOL!
"I Wanna Be At The Beach" still hanging in there!
The title cut of the same name has been on The Surf Top 40 charts for 49 weeks now! For all the folks who are helping to keep it there...THANK YOU!
Also, Several more DJ's have recently added "IWBATB" to there charts. Thanks to Pat Patterson, Billy Cook, Willie "C", Larry South, Pivots Beach Club, Ed Morrison, Ray Scott, Ted Bell, Billy Smith, Sunny and Tom, Freddy, Trish and Waylon, Harvey and Celene...................... WHEW !
THE FABULOUS SHADES 2006 CAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS FROM THE CBMA
The Fabulous Shades are very proud to have been nominated for Favorite New Artist for 2006 and for 2006 Song of the Year with "I Wanna Be At The Beach" It has been an incredible ride for the past few years with tfs. Just to be nominated for such pretigeous awards in the Carolina Beach Music industry has made 2006 a banner year for The Fabulous Shades.
"AIRPLAY AND DJ's"
We are also proud of the sucess we have received from the charts world. "I Wanna Be At The Beach" has gotten a lot of attention reaching as high as #1 on some independent DJ's charts. Also reaching as high as #1 on Pat Patterson's Sunny Beach Party on Sunny 103.5 FM in and on 94.9 FM The Surf in N. Myrtle Beach, SC and spent 52 consecutive weeks which got it inducted to The Surf Top 40 Hall Of Fame in 2007. The same song also spent a total of 9 weeks reaching as high as #31 on "Fessa" John Hooks' Rhythm and Beach Top 40 Countdown show. Also receiving airplay for The Fabulous Shades are "Just My Imagination", "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool Ya" charting on Willie "C's" Beach RnB Top 50 as high as #14, "Summertimes Calling Me", "Oh What A Night", "Ain't No Big Thing" charting as high as #14 on Pat Patterson's Sunny Beach Party on Sunny 103.5 in Greenwood, SC, "Part Time Party Time Man", "Myrtle Beach Days" charting as high as #23 on Bill McIver's O.D. Road Show, "Sweet Home Chicago" as high as #9 on Mike Lewis' chart in Chapel Hill, NC and SPRN Radio's #3 most requested song, "Never Ending" charting as high as #14 on Pat Patterson's Sunny Beach Party on Sunny 103.5 in Greenwood, SC and is currently #6 on the Top Picks list on "Fessa" John Hook's Endless Summer Network. Also, Dark Eyed Cajun Woman" hit the #1 most requested song on SPRN Radio for several days and most recently our new release of another original written for us by Bill Ballard called "Shaggin' Man" which has charted already at #5 on Bill McIver's O.D. Road Show out of Greensboro, #17 Also reached #1 on Bill Beason's Super CFL in Newport, TN and as of December 9th has debuted at #34 on The Surf's Top 40 Countdown after only 4 weeks of airplay!
"2nd Annual Fresh Water Coast Festival"
Dates are set for The Fresh Water Coast Festival for June 23, 2007. Don't miss this great event at The Plum Branch Yacht Club! Last year was great as we signed up over 500 new members to the Carolina Beach Music Association. We are hoping for even better numbers for 2007.
It should be another great show with Hack Bartley and Shuffle featuring Jake Bartley, Brasstyme featuring Rhonda McDaniel, The Rickey Godfrey Band and The Fabulous Shades. Not to mention many others that will be dropping by like last year. "Ceasar", Calabash Flash and Babs, "Fessa" John Hook, John McElrath of The Swinging Medallions, Clay Brown and others. We did party 'til the lights went out! GO TO THE WEB SITE FOR MORE INFO. www.freshwatercoastfestival.com
"SHAGGING ON AUGUSTA" IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
Look for The Fabulous Shades to be appearing with The Rickey Godfrey Band May 19, 2007 for The "Shagging on Augusta" Concert.
The event will take place at Lewis Plaza on Augusta Road in Greenville, SC (See our calendar of events for details)
"CHARLESTON BEACH MUSIC AND SHAG FESTIVAL"
Be on the lookout for The Fabulous Shades as well as many others tba later at the 2nd annual "World's Largest Charleston Beach Music and Shag Festival" in August 2007. This will be another great event put on by Harriett Thomas and the other fine folks at J. B. Pivots Beach Club in Charleston!
for more info: www.pivotsbeachclub.com
IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON "Made In The Shade" PROJECT
The Fabulous Shades are hanging out at Mountain Rock Music Studios quite a bit lately where we look forward to the release of "Made In The Shade" featuring the pre-release of "Shaggin' Man" already receiving great attention and airplay on all the major Beach, Boogie, Rhythym and Blues stations across the region. Larry Pope is again our engineer for this project and who's going to argue with that sucess! The first project out of his studio for The Fabulous Shades was "I Wanna Be At The Beach" and with 10 out of 10 songs off the project receiving airplay and 6 of the 10 songs charting! Well all we can say is thanks, Larry!! With that being said, I think it is obvious that we just look forward to another stellar project coming soon! Look for it on Mike Farver's one20inc. label to be coming out sometime in the spring of 2007.
LARRY POPE WITH MOUNTAINROCK MUSIC STUDIOS RECEIVES GUITAR FROM TFS
In the summer of 2005, The Fabulous Shades presented Larry Pope, Owner/Engineer of MountainRock Studio with an autograghed electric guitar to display in his studio for his dedication and extra hard work on The "I Wanna Be At The Beach" 10 song project. Everyone who worked on the project signed the instrument for Larry. The Shades were playing at Andrews in Anderson, SC and invited Larry to be their special guest to present him with the guitar. There was a nice crowd there to cheer Larry on for his efforts and the sucess of the project. The project was released April 29, 2004 at the one20inc. Release Party at Fat Harold's in N. Myrtle Beach and has received rave reviews from across the board from some of the most prestigious DJ's in the business. 10 out of 10 songs have received airplay and 6 of the songs have charted. The title cut reaching as high #1 on some independent DJ charts. Larry Pope is one of the most special and nicest people in this business and deserves for everyone in Beach Music to know. Look for more tfs material coming from MountainRock Studio in the coming months.
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