Beach Music

Beach Music
*Date*	Time	Performance	Price	Group Price 15 tickets
		Beach Music Series (4 Shows) Maurice Williams Legends of Doo Wop Swinging Medalions Ben E. King	$100.00
Friday 9/21/12	8:00 pm	Maurice Williams Sponsored by BB&T	$15.00	$10.00
	SC native Maurice Williams is established as one of the hottest songwriters in the business. He burst onto the music scene in 1957 by composing Little Darlin' that was an immediate hit and zoomed to the top of the charts. Other successful tunes followed - Stay, a Number One in 1960, I Remember and the acclaimed classic May I.
Thur 1/24/13	8:00 pm	Swingin' Medallions Sponsored by BB&T	$30.00	$25.00
	The Swingin' Medallions have been based out of Greenwood, SC. Their musical roots came from listening to the early rhythm and blues acts. The music most often associated with the band is beach music, frat rock, R&B, or shaggin' music. After a few years of touring colleges from the Carolinas to the Louisiana Bayou, John McElrath took the group to Arthur Smith's Studio in Charlotte, North Carolina to record Double Shot (of My Baby's Love). The song became a million seller in 1966, and has been a party classic for college students for decades. She Drives Me Out Of My Mind and Hey, Hey, Baby were top 40 hits in 1966 and 1967, but Double Shot remains the signature song of the Swingin' Medallions. Lewis Grizzard wrote in 1993 article that, "Even today, when I hear the Swingin' Medallions sing Double Shot, It makes me want to stand outside in the hot sun with a milkshake cup full of beer in one hand and a slightly-drenched nineteen-year-old coed in the other."
Sat 3/23/13	8:00 pm	Ben E. King Sponsored by BB&T and WKDK	$45.00	$35.00
	American "soul" singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alumnus Ben E. King possesses one of the most elegant baritone voices ever. His impression on the musical landscape is so indelible that an optimum barometer has been set for countless aspiring performers. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of Stand by Me, a U.S. Top 10 hit in both 1961 and 1986 and a #1 hit in the UK in 1987, and as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group The Drifters. From a youngster in Harlem to an embraceable solo artist, Ben E. King's contributions to the pop music spectrum are incalculable.
Sat 5/04/13	8:00 pm	The Legends of Doo Wop Sponsored by BB&T (Dinner option $40 extra)	$30.00 Limited seating call box office	$25.00
	No tribute band here but a combination of expert practitioners in the art of Doo Wop, appropriately named Legends of Doo Wop. The group features original members of the Passions, Imaginations, The Five Sharks and the Fascinators. It's a night of fun you do not want to miss!