Hello,

I intend to do a 'show' in the near future based upon 1960s Dance Crazes....preferably with the dance craze in the title.

Obvious ones are THE Jerk, Twist,Monkey,Boogaloo , Skate, Shotgun ,Duck,Dip,...and variations.

Any ideas on tracks that I might overlook?

Thanks

Edited yesterday at 09:151 day by Owd Codger

The Twine, The Mashed Potato.

Twine, Swim, Madison, Slauson and a bit more left-field, the Stran. I always thought I’d love to see someone doing the Matador

The Hully Gully

Thanks

I'd like to do a full show of different Dances if possible.

I could probably do a good part of show of tracks naming ' The Jerk'...quite a few of them.

The Watusi, The Pony, The Horse

Edited yesterday at 10:201 day by Shinehead

The Temptation Walk springs to mind…

Just now, Frankie Crocker said:

The Temptation Walk springs to mind…

Yes....that was one I thought of after my post

Appreciate the comments..thank you

Philly dog ?

Edited yesterday at 10:301 day by Dylan

The Funky Chicken

Penguin....

The Bounce

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/topic/339466-and-young-america-has-been-responsible/

I often wondered what The 81 looked like, a ‘figure of eight’ was clearly part of it, I assume.

Many thanks for that link...quite a few dances there.

The Slow Fizz, the Freeze & the Philly Freeze (those ones obviously had everyone stopping dead in their tracks when FREEZE was shouted out on the track).

Edited yesterday at 12:341 day by Roburt

The Hitch Hike

The Ali Shuffle

The Nitty Gritty

Bony Maroney

The Four Corners

thanks for suggestions...looks like more than 1 show.

The Gorilla

The Uncle Willie

The 45

The Sloop Dance

Thanks for those dances..so many.

The Peanut Duck is the the thing to do.

The Shing a ling ain’t the thing.

In the sixties, it was a new sensation that swept the nation. Apparently.. 🙂

The Peanut Duck..one for show 5 I think

Edited yesterday at 16:551 day by Owd Codger

Popeye, Broken Hip, Bow and Arrow, Slingshot, 45, Shotgun, Alligator, Frog, Cow, Horse, Tighten Up, etc., etc., etc.

Walking The Dog…

and to lower the tone a bit…

No More Doggin’…which presumes there was a dance craze called Doggin’ maybe?

The Lurch ?

The Harlem Shuffle

The Shake

1 hour ago, Frankie Crocker said:

Walking The Dog…

and to lower the tone a bit…

No More Doggin’…which presumes there was a dance craze called Doggin’ maybe?

Isn't doggin' in the old music context,...er....casual sex whether in a relationship or not. As in...poondog. No more doggin' then means being loyal and not doing that.

But then, maybe you knew that! Ha.

Edited 21 hours ago21 hr by Thinksmart

52 minutes ago, Thinksmart said:

Isn't doggin' in the old music context,...er....casual sex whether in a relationship or not. As in...poondog. No more doggin' then means being loyal and not doing that.

But then, maybe you knew that! Ha.

Not sure…gonna ask Peter Kay…

A dance for which the top 45 related release was super successful was BAREFOOTING

Not sure what the dance actually consisted of, once you'd taken your shoes off, but I bet Robert Parker could have told you. His cut was so successful that even though it was made in New Orleans, (almost as far south in mainland UA as you could get - if you ignored Florida), it still enjoyed wide popularity north of the US border. On Canadian pop radio station CKLG, it even topped their chart ...

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by Roburt

Ace did a CD series 'Land of 1000 Dances', so many we haven't mentioned yet.

I always liked songs about The Skate as they seemed really intense.

Also...the Cool Off

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by Thinksmart

Don't thing these two have been mentioned yet . .

The Larue and the Statue

A couple more to add

Karate Boogaloo - Jerryo

The Pearl - Jerryo

Karate Boogaloo Inspired by Martial Arts Movies (Bruce Lee etc)