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Rick Simmons
The Stories Behind the Albums
Carolina beach music--those often-soulful songs about the beach, parties, that special love, dancing or just relaxing in the sun--has long been a mainstay of culture…
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In Defending South Carolina’s Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River, area native Rick Simmons relates the often overlooked stories of the upper South Carolina coast during the…
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Though today South Carolina’s Grand Strand is known primarily for tourism, Hidden History of the Grand Strand examines the area’s often-overlooked stories spanning more than five hundred years, from the…
Carolina Beach Music from the ‘60s to the '80s: TheNew Wave picks up where Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Yearsleft off, covering more of those classic beach music tunes as…
Through extensive research and exclusive interviews with many of the people who wrote and performed the music, this book presents for the first time a thorough library-quality reference work on…
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Examines forty songs featured on song charts of the 1960s and 1970s. Each listing includes discussion of the factors that contributed to the songs’ popularity. Author interviews with songwriters, musicians…
Just as the dances of Beach Music have their twists and turns, so too do the stories behind the hits made popular in shag haunts from Atlantic Beach to Ocean…
Rick Simmons,Amy Simmons
What if you could catalyze your own transformation? Authors Rick and Amy Simmons first uncovered liminal space–the idea that periods of uncertainty have the power to reshape our lives–while studying…
Dr Rick Simmons
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Carolina Beach Music from the ‘60s to the '80sThe New Wave picks up where Carolina Beach Music
The Classic Years left off, covering more of those classic beach music…
Alex Ogg
Def Jam was one of the most prolific record labels of the 80s, whose artists included the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, LL Cool J and Run DMC. This is Def…
