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"Bristol Stomp" is a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with the Cameo-Parkway record label, for The Dovells, a doo-wop singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who recorded it for Cameo-Parkway late that year. Appell also produced and arranged the track and his Cameo-Parkway's house band served as the studio ...
Southeastern turtleshell rattles, worn on the legs while dancing, c. 1920, Oklahoma History Center The stomp dance is performed by various Eastern Woodland tribes and Native American communities in the United States, including the Muscogee, Yuchi, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Delaware, Miami, Caddo, Tuscarora, Ottawa, Quapaw, Peoria, Shawnee, Seminole, [1] Natchez, [2] and Seneca-Cayuga tribes.
The Chicken Dance is an example of a line dance adopted by the Mod revival during the 1980s. [18] The music video for the 1990 Billy Ray Cyrus song "Achy Breaky Heart" has been credited for launching line dancing into the mainstream. [2] [19] [20] [21] In the 1990s, the hit Spanish dance song "Macarena" inspired a popular line dance. [22]
In 1961, the Dovells reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a song called "The Bristol Stomp", which refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania, and includes the line "We ponied and twisted and we rocked with Daddy G". Since Gene Barge had earlier co-written "A Night With Daddy 'G' - Part 1" and "A Night With Daddy 'G' - Part 2" (Legrand LEG 1004), many ...
The Dovells first national hit was "Bristol Stomp", a dance song [1] which was followed by a similar hit "Do the New Continental" (in the John Waters movie Hairspray). "Bristol Stomp" sold over one million copies and won a gold disc. [2] They appeared performing both songs in the Chubby Checker movie called Don't Knock the Twist in 1961.
Stomp, by Big D and the Kids Table, 2013; Stomp (jazz), a type of rhythmic jazz tune popular in the 1920s; Stomp (theatrical show), a percussive physical theatre troupe; Stomp dance, a Native American dance; Stomp Records, a record label now part of Union Label Group
"Stomp!" is a song released by the Brothers Johnson from their fourth album, Light Up the Night, in early 1980. It reached number one on the Dance singles chart. [3] In the US it reached number one on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1980. [4]
In July 2019, Stomp was the subject of the US sitcom American Dad!. When his uncle dies and leaves him with a large inheritance, Stan Smith goes against his family's wishes for a trip to New York City and uses the money to buy the rights to the Broadway musical Stomp instead. Stomp were unable to perform in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 ...