I've posted my favorites....and it's OLD R & B. If you have the time or interest, GOOGLE Billy Ward & the Dominos singing 60 MINUTE MAN. That's the music I grew up on this music and we do a synchronized dance to it called "the Shag." LOL And it's a
dance (started & remains in the Carolina's predominately, called beach music). It has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with the California Beach Boys --
night and day difference. Ours started at black clubs in Myrtle Beach back in the 40's and caught on with the white folk who sneaked it and started the craze that continues to this day. If you go to the Carolina beaches, you'll see "Shag nightspots" everywhere. And knowing the meaning of the British term, we've taken way more than our share of teasing, believe me.
I would rather watch couples who have been dancing together a long time & do this dance well shagging than almost any other pastime. For a few recent decades, it was considered an old fart's dance (my era,) but now has it caught on greatly with the teenagers and there are contests galore all summer for ALL AGES at our eastern coast beaches. Gawd, the memories it brings back and I could listen to it all day. If you were not going to sit all night at a dance back in the 60's, you had to learn how to "shag."
For some reason, standard do-wap 50's music just isn't my thing, tho I have seen a lot of the 50's concerts in the last few yrs...never mind they're in their 70's & 80's now. Those that enjoyed it then still do.
Also, I LOVE Harry Connick, Jr! He's a bit like Sinatra, but promotes far more personality & pizzazz. I saw Sinatra in his very Sr. years on their last tour, and he almost put me to sleep. Thank goodness LIZA totally saved the show w/her enthusiasm & dancing. What a talent she is/was! Her Broadway tunes give me goose bumps, especially "New York, New York."