Sugar Shack

Sugar Shack

:"Sugar shack also refers to a small building in which maple syrup is processed. For discussion of this, see Sugar house.

"Sugar Shack" is a song written in 1962 by Keith McCormack and his aunt, Fay Voss. The song was recorded in 1963 by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. "Sugar Shack" hit #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 (where it spent five weeks from October 12 to November 9, 1963) and on the Cashbox charts (where it spent three weeks from October 19 to November 2, 1963 [cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny2/cashbox/1963.html|title=Cash Box Top Singles – 1963|accessdate=2008-06-20] ). On November 29, 1963 the song received RIAA certification for selling over a million copies, earning gold record status, and was the number one single of the year according to "Billboard". [cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1963|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1963|accessdate=2008-06-20] "Sugar Shack" also hit the UK at #45 on the "Record Retailer" chart.

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