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Known as the "hokey pokey", it became popular in the US in the 1950s. Its originator in the US is debatable: Its originator in the US is debatable: Larry LaPrise , Charles Macak, and Tafit Baker of the musical group the Ram Trio, better known as the Sun Valley Trio, recorded the song in 1948 and it was released in 1950. [ 24 ]
Many 1950s and 1960s dance crazes had animal names, including "The Chicken" (not to be confused with the Chicken Dance), "The Pony" and "The Dog". In 1965, Latin group Cannibal and the Headhunters had a hit with the 1962 Chris Kenner song Land of a Thousand Dances which included the names of such dances.
The Ray Anthony Orchestra which became popular in the early 1950s with "The Bunny Hop", "Hokey Pokey", and the memorable theme from the radio/television police detective series Dragnet. [3] He had a No. 2 chart hit with a recording of the tune " At Last " in 1952; it was the highest charting pop version of the song in the U.S.
The dance is a variation on a conga line.Participants dance in a line or a circle, holding on to the hips of the person in front of them.They tap the floor two times with their left foot, then with their right foot, then they hop forwards, backwards, and finally three hops forward to finish the sequence, which continues throughout the tune.
Larry LaPrise ( Roland Lawrence LaPrise) (November 11, 1912 [1] - April 4, 1996 [2]) at one point held the U.S. copyright for the "Hokey Pokey" song. LaPrise was born in Detroit, Michigan. He wrote "Do The Hokey Pokey" in the early 1940s for the après-ski crowd at a club in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Honeycomb toffee, honeycomb candy, sponge toffee, cinder toffee, seafoam, or hokey pokey is a sugary toffee with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture. Its main ingredients are typically brown sugar (or corn syrup , molasses or golden syrup ) and baking soda , sometimes with an acid such as vinegar .
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