On this day in Music History - October 12, 1963 "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs hit the top of the Billboard singles chart. It would go on to be the best selling record of the year with sales of over one million copies. In the UK, the song climbed to #45 on the Record Retailer chart. Gilmer's distinctive organ sound was played on a Hammond Solovox, Model J. "**Sugar Shack**," performed by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, is a classic rock and roll song released in 1963. It became

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