Pour Some Sugar on It: #4 "Sugar Shack" Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (1963)
By John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109846)
Los Angeles, California
January 2, 2017 9:00am CST
This song or forever embedded in mind because I have heard it as far back as I can remember.
“There’s a crazy little shack beyond the track”
The song is a romantic story about a guy buying a lot of coffee at the Sugar Shack where he has his eye on a cute little waitress. “Sugar Shack” is a sweet pop tune that was a huge hit not only reaching #1 on Billboard but the overall #1 song of 1963. On the same titled album, “Sugar Shack” was written by Keith McCormack and Jimmy Torres and recorded by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs at Norman Petty’s famous studios in Clovis, New Mexico.
Jimmy and his band reprise their big hit from 1963 in the late sixties.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
2 Jan 17
You just took me back to high school.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Jan 17
Glad to have reversed the aging process.
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@FourWalls (68121)
• United States
2 Jan 17
@JohnRoberts -- sell it in an infomercial! You'll make millions!! 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
2 Jan 17
@JohnRoberts Can you now remove the wrinkles?
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
2 Jan 17
This was released before my time, but I remember it well
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Jan 17
This song was a staple on oldies but goodies stations forever.
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@quantum2020 (12041)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
2 Jan 17
It seems that the cute girl was worth drinking lots of sugary cups of coffee. I would have done it if I had met a cute girl at a coffee shop too
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@quantum2020 (12041)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
2 Jan 17
@rz3300 That is true. I remember being so shy to talk to a girl that I liked and who worked at a restaurant that I attended
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
2 Jan 17
sounds like a prequel to the B-52's Love Shack - similar theme of having to get back to an old love nest
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@FourWalls (68121)
• United States
2 Jan 17
I'm thinking my brother had that 45, because I do remember hearing it from his room upstairs when i was little. But, at 1963, the only thing this takes me back to is cloth diapers. Fun, classic oldie!!!
Fun, classic oldie!!!1 person likes this
@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Jan 17
I remember that song, and because I don't want it stuck in my head, I'll pass. It is a cute song.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
3 Jan 17
Oh that's funny, I always thought that this was a 50s tune
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
2 Jan 17
The video was sticking, but it seems quite a catchy tune. Nice beat.Never heard it before.
