Sugar Shack
- Sugar shack also refers to a small building in which maple syrup is processed. For discussion of this, see Sugar house.
"Sugar Shack" is a song written in 1962 by Keith McCormack and Jimmy Torres. Torres gave his song rights to his aunt, Fay Voss, as a birthday present. The song was recorded in 1963 by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico.[1] The unusual and distinctive organ part was played on a Hammond Solovox.[2]
"Sugar Shack" hit number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 (where it spent five weeks from October 12 to November 9, 1963)[1] and Cashbox singles charts (where it spent three weeks from October 19 to November 2, 1963[3]). Its run on the Billboard 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 number one on the Billboard R&B chart because Billboard did not publish an R&B chart for fourteen months.[4] 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.[5] "Sugar Shack" also hit the UK at #45 on the Record Retailer chart.
References [edit]
- ^ a b Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. New York: Billboard Books. p. 138. ISBN 0823076776. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Strange sounds: offbeat instruments and sonic experiments in pop, by Mark Brend. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ "Cash Box Top Singles – 1963". Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 803.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1963". Retrieved 2008-06-20.
| Preceded by "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single October 12, 1963 |
Succeeded by "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo and April Stevens |
| Preceded by "It's All Right" by The Impressions |
Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single November 23, 1963 |
Succeeded by "My Girl" by The Temptations |
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