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Due to the small space that the dance required, and no need for a partner, the dance was popular on-board ship. [ 5 ] Samuel Pepys referred to the dance in his diary as "The Jig of the Ship" and Captain Cook , who took a piper on at least one voyage, is noted to have ordered his men to dance the hornpipe in order to keep them in good health. [ 5 ]
During the 1960s, "Last Night" became the title tune for the French radio show Salut les Copains on Europe 1.; The music was used during telecasts of the NBA on CBS in the 1970s (roughly around 1975–76) as the play-by-play announcer gave a preview to the featured game.
Main page: Line dance. Pages in category "Line dances" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... This page was last edited on 6 August 2013 ...
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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]
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According to tap dancer Howard “Stretch” Johnson the word "Shim" was a contraction of the term "she-him", a reference to the fact that the female chorus line dancers at the 101 Ranch were played by men. [7] At the Savoy Ballroom, some lindy hoppers did the shim sham as a group line dance, without the taps.