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Name A Few(All) Of The 60S Dances ?


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its a mystery where they all came from and soon went giving birth to another dynamic tune on the way ..

hey theres

THE MONKEY

THE DOG

The HullyGully

The Madison

The Popeye Waddle

The Matador

The Twist

The Jerk

The Swim

who thought up these dances associated with a song of the name ?

and where did the steps originate ?

over to you ....

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its a mystery where they all came from and soon went giving birth to another dynamic tune on the way ..

hey theres

THE MONKEY

THE DOG

The HullyGully

The Madison

The Popeye Waddle

The Matador

The Twist

The Jerk

The Swim

who thought up these dances associated with a song of the name ?

and where did the steps originate ?

over to you ....

The Mashed Potato - Gene Chandler There Was a Time from memory. But I could have heard it all wrong and made it all up! Long, long time ago!

Peter

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Morecambe was also famous for the Shag in the early 70s, it was extremely popular at the Central Pier........well underneath it mostly :thumbsup:

Taff

the pier always looked better from the underside ! lol
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its a mystery where they all came from and soon went giving birth to another dynamic tune on the way ..  

......  hey theres      The Swim    

who thought up these dances associated with a song of the name ?

and where did the steps originate ?

If you want to know how to do the swim .....

....... it ain't too hard to imagine what the moves were ..... but here goes anyway .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBEwqQU5s_0 

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I often throw down the challenge to the dance floor when I am deejaying that if anyone can show me how to do THE LARUE I will buy them drinks all night - never had any takers yet though !!!

Don't look too hard just stand still;)

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The Fly

The New Boston Monkey

The Froog

The Uncle Willie

The Philly Freeze

The Funky Broadway

The Bird

The Beatnik Walk

The Beatle Walk

The Funky Chicken

The Dog

Walkin' The Dog

The Freddie

The Weegee Walk

Loop De Loop

Bear Mash Stomp

The Limbo - "How Low Can You Go?"

The Strand-  What is "The Stran"?

The Bump

The Hokey Pokey ('30s -'60s)

The Freak

The Sissy

The Cissy Strut

The Push And Kick

The Slide

The Wobble

The Slauson

The Slauson Shuffle

The Disco Duck

The Hippy Hippy Shake

The Sham

Shim-Sham Shuffle

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The Mouse

The Bug

The Waddle

The Afro-Twist

The Elephant Walk

The Cinnamon Cinder (from the nightclub of that name)

The Bounce

The Ubangi Stomp

the Jump

The Flick

the Hook and Sling

The Fish

The Broken Hip

The Clam (Elvis' failure)

The Donkey Walk

The Continental Walk

The Gorilla

The Karate monkey

The Martian Hop

The Mess Around

The Wrangler Stretch (for a jeans commercial)

The Flea

The Del Viking

The Boomerang

Snake Walk

The Crawl

The Olympic Shuffle

 

 

I have records with almost all these so-called "dances"

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slow fizz

monkey jerk, the cool off seems to be one of the later ones

but the one robb k mentioned has had me baffled for years, the uncle willie, or the willie bop, who was uncle willie in the states ? loads of records relating to willie,

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I don't know how "The Uncle Willie" started, or who it was named after.  But, if I remember correctly, it started in Chicago (where I was living at the time).  We had a release by The Daylighters ("Mama, Teach Me How To Do the Uncle Willie"), and by Lttle Natalie, Henry (Ford) and The Gifts("It's Uncle Willie").   Seems like they were using the name "Willy" in songs back in Blues songs in the '30s and '40s (it was slang for the male "member".  We had "Willie and the Hand Jive" from The Johnny Otis Show in 1955.

 

Maybe Bob A. know the origin from one of his interviewees?

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ok we have a pretty good list now , but what about the movements that went with the name of the dance ? and how did they disseminate those moves to the club dancers in the days of very little communications ...

and who was the originator ? prolly lost to time by now.

you could write an encyclopedia on this topic. :yes:  :sleep3:

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