What a great time we had this past weekend in N. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the 2022 Carolina Beach Music Awards Weekend. So many friends, smiling facing and awesome music all weekend long. We'd like to congratulate all of the winners announced over the weekend and we've included the list for you in it's entirety below. The list was provided by the Carolina Beach Music Academy (CBMA) website.

2022 Carolina Beach Music Awards Recipients
(as listed by the CBMA)

Female Vocalist
Karen Clayton
 

Male Vocalist
Chuck French
 

Rising Star
The Pink Slips
 

Song of the Year
“Tequila On Ice”
Wayne Free

Group Album of the Year
“Coolin’ Out”
Band of Oz

Solo Album of the Year
“YBF”
Terri Gore

Entertainer of The Year
Craig Woolard

Smoothie of the Year
“That You Hear in A Song”
Too Much Sylvia

Compilation Album of the Year
“Another Day on Ocean Drive”
KHP Music

Radio DJ (Larry Crockett Award)
“Eric Bowman”
WDZD 99.1 FM
 

Syndicated Radio Show
“On the Beach”
Charlie Brown

Club (Bill Griffin Award)
OD Pavilion
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Live Music Venue (Cecil Corbett Award)
Deckerz
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Event of the Year
Ocean Drive Beach Music Festival
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Group of the Year
The Embers ft. Craig Woolard

National Dance Song
"Old Love Song”
Zack Brown Band

Radio Station
WDZD 99.1 FM
Monroe, NC

Club/Mobile DJ
“Johnny Barkley”

Producer
Rick Lee
“That You Hear In A Song”
Too Much Sylvia

Engineer
Keith Houston
“Coolin Out CD”
Band of OZ

Collaboration or Duo
“Summertime Memories”
Craig Woolard & Tim Cashion

Song Writer(s)
Rick Lee
“That You Hear In A Song”
Too Much Sylvia

Michael Branch Award
Andy Lucy & Jonathan Sharpe
Flip Flop Live

Instrumentalist
Camron Dudley
Drums
CAT5 Band

Live Production Award
Julio Eubanks
Embers ft. Craig Woolard

Internet Radio Show Award
“Carolina Beach Party”
Johnny B

Internet Radio DJ
Johnny B
Riptideradio.com

Internet Radio Station
Riptideradio.com
Scott, Henriksen & Dennis

Shag Club Event
OD Shag Club Golf Tournament
OD Shag Club
N. Myrtle Beach, SC

Radio Show of The Year (Larry Crockett Award)
Surf Countdown
Jay Kinlaw & Bo Gilbert

Concert Series of The Year
“Music on Main”
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Video of The Year
“That You Hear In A Song”
Too Much Sylvia

Starting at 3:00PM today you can listen to the results as they happen right here thanks to our friends Mike Brooks and Big Allan D. from WLUS 98.3FM during their weekly show "Carolina Ocean Drive". Click here to listen and click on the 98.3 player.

The 2022 Carolina Beach Music Industry Awards show will be held, Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 3:00PM at the Spanish Galleon in N. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. If you're unable to attend in person you'll be able to listen live online thanks to Riptide Radio. You can listen on their website and we'll also have it streaming here on Flip Flop Live at this link and via the player below. Good luck to all of the nominees!

We hope that you'll be able to attend the Carolina Beach Music Awards in person but if you're unable to make it you can catch the results LIVE on Sunday. Mike Brooks and Big Allan D. will be broadcasting backstage at the Alabama Theatre during their weekly show "Carolina Ocean Drive" on WLUS 98.3FM beginning at 3:00PM. Allan D. says "this is the 20th year in a row from back stage at the Alabama Theater as they are announced".You will be able to listen on their website, on the tune-in and IHeartRadio apps and we'll also have it streaming on the Flip Flop Live website and app. Good luck to all of the nominees!

Cammy weekend is here!  Thousands are headed to N. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the annual Carolina Beach Music Awards Weekend and we cannot wait to see everyone. The Carolina Beach Music Academy updates their weekend schedule on November 7, 2022 and we updated and released our 2022 Cammy Guide that includes the official CBMA events as well as a few others. You can view and/or download the guide on the Flip Flop Live mobile app and here on our website.

We hope to see you this weekend!

Cammy weekend is quickly approaching and we're ready to head down to N. Myrtle Beach for the biggest Beach Music party of the year. Starting Thursday, November 10, 2022 you can get your Daily Cammy Report direct from N. Myrtle every evening through Sunday, November 13, 2022. You can catch the update at 5:00PM by listening on the Flip Flop Live mobile app, on the Flip Flop Live Radio website, on your Amazon Echo devices and on the LIVE365 radio platform. We look forward to seeing everyone and if you will be travelling in the coming days, we wish you safe travels. Whoo...CAMMY WEEKEND 2022

On Saturday, October 15, 2022 the newest single from The Six Piece Suits and Deb Browning debuted on The Wave Countdown with Eric Bowman on The Fun One 99.1FM. The title of the new single is "It Don't Get Better Than This" and you can request it from your favorite DJ and we've also included it below.

In a Facebook post on October 4, 2022 the Pink Slips Band posted a teaser about new music coming from the band. The new song was officially released on Saturday, October 8, 2022 and debuted on the Beach Boogie and Blues radio network during "On the Boardwalk with Justin Rouse". The new single was written by band member, David Howard Faircloth (keyboard and vocals) and features lead vocalist Townsend Link on vocals. The song was recorded and produced by Keith Houston at KHP Music. Below you will find the new single and be sure to call your local radio DJ and request it. Great job guys, and we look forward to watching the song make its way on the Beach Music charts.

On September 29, 2022, Charlie Brown (Ed Weiss') wife Sue made a post on Charlie's Facebook page that read: "This is Sue, Charlie's wife. He is currently not doing well. His health has been on the decline for a little over a year. Keep listening to "On the Beach with Charlie Brown" and keep him in your prayers.Suz". Many friends, fans, listeners and fellow industry members commented on the post sending prayers and best wishes to the legendary figure in Beach Music. The following updates were posted the following week also on his social media page.

- Friday, October 7, 2022  -"This is Suz again for Charlie.He came home from rehab last Sunday and was put into Hospice Home Care on Monday. The prognosis is not good. He has declined in only a week. He has difficulty speaking now, so unfortunately he is unable to take your calls. I would like to thank each of you for your prayers, emails, texts and phone calls."

- Saturday, October 9, 2022 - "Suz here...Charlie did not wake up this morning. He is resting peacefully and is on oxygen and comfort medications. Thank you all for your comments and prayers. I will continue to update you with any changes."  Several hours later a final post was shared that read: "Charlie Brown passed away tonight at 8:50 pm. Thank you to all his friends and fans for your support over the years and for your prayers this week. Carolina Beach Music lost a kind, gentle man who loved playing the music for you, and I lost the love of my life. We would have celebrated 51 years of marriage in November. I am thankful he did not suffer long and died peacefully at home with me by his side. - Suz"

Charlie was a great friend to Flip Flop Live and to so many. The telephone calls, emails and having the pleasure of talking with him at various events will certainly be missed. The industry was hit hard by losing such a wonderful ambassador, supporter and DJ. Charlie helped so many djs in our industry and supported anyone striving to keep our music alive. "On the Beach With Charlie Brown" was heard on many stations and you can currently listen to the show archives on the WHUP website. We extend our prayers to the entire Weiss family during this time and once arrangements have been made, we will update this page with that information.

Chris Beachley (producer of On the Beach) made a comment on Facebook that reads: "It is hard to think that 20 years of On The Beach has been produced with 1,000 shows. I would not have wanted to do it with anyone else. If you want to know what a life in the middle of the beginning of Rock & Roll, you need to read the book about Charlie Brown. I know I have learned a lot.He was playing Beach Music before they called it that. His legend preceded him and will live after. In one of our last conversations, he spoke of how he wanted "On the Beach with Charlie Brown" to live on............. it will now be a "best of" show for all to enjoy. Chris Beachley - Producer of On The Beach

Original Facebook posts:

An article was published by Teddy Rosenbluth in The News & Observer on October 9, 2022. Part of the articles reads: "Weiss, better known by his on-air name “Charlie Brown” (a 1959 hit by the R&B group The Coasters) was 80. His radio show, “On The Beach,” was syndicated on about 40 stations across the Southeast, making him one of the most well-known voices in Beach music radio. Beach music, R&B music largely recorded by Black artists, started gaining traction among young, white North Carolinians in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Because the music industry was still heavily segregated at that point, teenage Carolinians could only hear the music on jukeboxes in beach towns like Atlantic Beach and Myrtle Beach."  READ THE ENTIRE ARTCLE

A Life "On the Beach" The Charlie Brown Story
What a special keepsake and tribute to such a wonderful person and his story. If you have any questions regarding the book, please email: thecharliebrownstory@gmail.com
 

More information on Charlie:

Thanks to Wikipedia - Charlie Brown (DJ) - Wikipedia

Ed Weiss, known on-air as Charlie Brown, is a retired disc jockey and host of the syndicated beach music program On the Beach with Charlie Brown, heard on nearly 40 stations, mostly in The Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia. As a teenager, Eddie Weiss worked as a DJ on various stations playing songs for teens.

In 1961, Weiss while working at a radio station in Norfolk, he was told "Eddie Weiss" would no longer be his name. Instead, he would be "Charlie Brown", after the song by The Coasters. After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1963, Brown worked at a station in Charlotte, where he interviewed Stevie Wonder; Diana Ross brought the singer into the room.[1]

Brown became one of the "KIX Men of Music".[1] From 1964 to 1970, Brown was evening host on top 40 WKIX in Raleigh, North Carolina.[2][3] After leaving his on-air job, Brown worked in sales and later served as WKIX general manager. He also helped to produce the first beach music records with Atlantic Records. Later, as a partner in Beach Beat Records, he was one of the first to sell beach music records advertised on TV.[4]

In 1996, Brown was the first DJ named to the Carolina Beach Music Hall of Fame.[1][4]

On the Beach is a three-hour show heard on about 40 stations as of 2015, with about 50 songs from a playlist totalling 650. Artists include Chairmen of the Board, The Embers and The Temptations.[1] In 2010, On the Beach won the Syndicated Radio Show award at the Carolina Beach Music Awards for the fourth year.[5] Brown also won for best AM radio DJ in the years 2004 through 2008 and On the Beach has been named favorite syndicated show every year since 2010.[6]

Tom Taylor says, "His reputation is such that he could be in the middle of the Arctic and still be an important player in beach."[1]

Brown worked at WPCM in Burlington, North Carolina and retired in 2014, except for On the Beach.[1] and his weekly show Tuesday afternoons on WHUP-LP/104.7 at Hillsborough, North Carolina.