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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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    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

  • Saxafone
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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 Taff

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    The shing a ling The dip (we all know the whispers did the dip,but have a listen to little john doing a song called the dip on b-side of heartbreaking time.not the same but quailty tune).

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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

the beatle - george hughley

twine so fine - little dooley

sookie - mel williams

do the walk - george wydell

The Lurch

Turkey Trot

The Chicken

The Freddie

The Block

the alligator :g:

The Shag (from Carolina)

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

Edited by Saxafone

Harlem Shuffle was the first exclusively "soul" related dance I can remember doing. Seems to have been like line dancing when I recollect it now.

From the song by Bob and Earl of course

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The shing a ling

The dip (we all know the whispers did the dip,but have a listen to little john doing a song called the dip on b-side of heartbreaking time.not the same but quailty tune).

the snake

the boogaloo

the temptation walk

the shimmy

the slde

what do you mean "i made some up"? never lol

the monster mash (oh dear)

dont knock the munsters ! they are the bogs dolicks ! lol

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

the shake

the hitchike

The Baggytrouser

The Handbagger

The WhenI'mpissedIdancelikemedad

The Baggytrouser

The Handbagger

The WhenI'mpissedIdancelikemedad

i forgot about that one !!! thats killed the toppic ! pml !!! yo da man
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but who were the numpties that thought them up ? like football fans make up idiotic chants i guess ,same breed .we need to establish who were the numpties of ancient time for posterity ....

but who were the numpties that thought them up ? like football fans make up idiotic chants i guess ,same breed .we need to establish who were the numpties of ancient time for posterity ....

Some of those "numpties" made a fair few quid

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 !!!

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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 

 i was reading a web site once about english dances and it said there was one in the 60s called the spaz you can only imagine, and totally un p.c!

This one isn't bad as a song - bit later on though - the 'dance craze' craze must have been old hat by then

 

Cheers

 

Richard

 

The Popcorn

 

The Popeye

 

A few years ago on SoulSource some kind person would have volunteered to write up this list alphabetically at the end of the thread so we could all see what had been said  :)

 

Cheers

 

Richard

strange no one mentioned the horse,the videos

where posted here a few weeks ago,great moves.

ricky

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;)

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

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"

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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This double CD features quite a few 'old school' dance craze recuds ............

.......... 'LETS SOUL DANCE' ........... S0UL006

 

Disc One 
1. Shake A Tail Feather  The Five Du-Tones 
2. Shake Sherrie  The Contours 
3. Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.  James Brown 
4. Do Wa Didd i Frank Ballard 
5. Carl's Dance Party  Carl Lattimore 
6. Teach Me How To Shimmy  The Isley Brothers 
7. Stupidity  The Van Dykes 
8. The Greasy Chicken  Andre Williams 
9. Foot Stomping Pt 1  The Flares 
10. Now Let's Popeye Pt 2  Eddie Bo 
11. The Chicken Scratch  J.C. Davis 
12. A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues  Arthur Alexander 
13. Booty Green  Bobby Marchan 
14. The Wah-Watusi  Dee Dee Sharp 
15. The Slop  The Olympics 
16. The Roach  George Hudson 
17. Do The Camel Walk  Magic Sam 
18. The Climb  The Coasters 
19. Slow Twistin'  Chubby Checker 
20. Hitch Hike  Marvin Gaye 

21. The Bird  The Dutones

22. The Bossa Nova Watusi Twist  Freddie King 

23. (Do The) Mashed Potatoes Pt 1  Nat Kendrick 
24. The Snake  Maximilian 
25. The Chicken Back Pt 2  The Gay Jays 
26. Do The Hully Gully  King Coleman 
27. Pass The Bug  Gene the Hat 
28. The Hunch  Bobby Peterson 
29. The Hully Gully Twist  Bill Doggett 
30. Let's Pony Again  The Vibrations 
31. The Stomp  The Olympics 
32. The Crawl  Willie Mitchell

Disc Two
1. Shout and Shimmy  James Brown 
2. Mashed Potato Time  Dee Dee Sharp 
3. Bacon Fat  Andre Williams 
4. The Flea  The Five Du-Tones 
5. The Twist  Hank Ballard 
6. Twist It Up  Herbert Hunter 
7. Pony Time  Don Covay 
8. Sloppy Twist  Thomas Cannaday 
9. Dish Rag Pt 1  Nat Kendrick 
10. Waddle Waddle  The Bracelets 
11. (Baby) Hully Gully  The Olympics 
12. Camel Walk  Benny Gordon 
13. Let's Shimmy  King Coleman 
14. The Continental Walk  The Rollers 
15. Hush Puppy  Gene the Hat 
16. Dance The Boomerang  The Canjoes 
17. The Fly  Chubby Checker 
18. The Horse  Wilbert Harrison 
19. The Popeye  Lonnie Brooks 
20. The Splib Pt 1  J.C. Davis 
21. The Squat  Big Jay McNeely 
22. Shake Shout & Soul  Lil Ray 
23. Do The Bug  George Hudson 
24. Twistin' With The King  King Curtis 
25. The (Bossa Nova) Bird  The Dells 
26. The Watusi  The Vibrations 
27. The Drag  The Isley Brothers 
28. Let's Do The Slop  Little Joe Cook 
29. The Madison Pts 1 & 2  Al Brown's Tunetoppers 
30. Cha-Cha Twis t Brice Coefield 
31. Twist and Shout  The Top Notes

 

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