Vintage 1960s Music Sugar Shack

 

 Sugar Shack

 Sugar Shack is a song written in 1962 by Kenith McCormack. gave songwriting credit to his aunt, Faye Voss, after asking what were "those tight pants that girls wear," to which she replied "leotards." The song was recorded in 1963 by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs.

          Sugar Shack hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 (where it spent five weeks from October 12 to November 9, 1963) and Cashbox  singles charts (where it spent three weeks from October 19 to November 2, 1963). It ended up being Billboard's number 1 song of 1963. (Surfin' U.S.A.  was originally listed as the number 1 song of the year, but later lists place SugarShack at number one). Its run on the Billboard R&B chart was cut short because Billboard ceased publishing an R&B chart from November 30,1963 to January 23, 1965. Sugar Shack has the distinction of being the last single to make it to No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart because 

Billboard did not publish an R&B chart for fourteen months. In Canada, the song was No. 1, also for five weeks, from October 14 to November 11. On November 29, 1963, the song received RIAA certification for selling over a million copies, earning gold record status. In the UK, Sugar Shack also reached No. 45 on the Record Retailer chart. Gilmer and The Fireballs were the last American band to chart before Beatlemania hit.

          The song is featured in the films Mermaids, Dogfight, Forrest Gump, Congo, Stealing Sinatra, and the television show Supernatural.

 

Added Note:

According to group founders Tomsco and Lark, the group took their name fromJerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire" "

 

Enjoy!

           

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