Brief Shagging History Timeline

• Early 1930's --The first signs of the Shag were seen on the Carolina Coast to big band and swing music.
• 1936 -- The early version of the Shag, The Jitterbug, was created.
• Summer 1938 -- The "Originator of the Shag" Billy Jeffers moved to Myrtle Beach.
• Spring of 1943 -- Two other Shagging originals, Chicken Hicks and George Lineberry moved to Myrtle Beach. The seeds of Beach music were sown.
• 1949-- During the height of WWI, the term Rhythm and Blues was coined. R&B was the music that Beach Music was born from.
• Late 1949-- Hicks asked to leave Myrtle Beach. He moved to Carolina Beach, NC.
• Late 1940's- Hicks talked a jukebox operator into transferring some of the "black music" onto the white jukeboxes. Carolina Beach heard and liked the new sound. The government imposed "blackouts" on the coast line during the war. A major portion of the dancing crowd moved inland to White Lake, NC.
• 1950's -- The Big Pavilion at Myrtle Beach was constructed.
• 1951 -- The hottest R&B record "Sixty Minute Man" was recorded. Became the National Shag Anthem.
• Oct. 1954 -- Hurricane Hazel devastated the Carolina Coast. Many of the dancing pavilions were destroyed. The Shagging culture saw a decline.
• 1960's -- A rebirth of the culture with places like the Pad opening for a new generation of shaggers.
• 1984 -- The Society of Shaggers was created.