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  2. Dance crazes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Twist (dance) - Wikipedia

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    The dance moves were described – and visualized – in the same manner as Chubby Checker described them, by putting out cigarettes with the balls of the feet. The dance would come to be seen as emblematic of the early 1960s in later years, with popular songs, television shows, and movies likely to reference it when they wanted to convey the ...

  4. Madison (dance) - Wikipedia

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    The local popularity of the dance and record in Baltimore, Maryland, came to the attention of the producers of The Buddy Deane Show in 1960, which led to other dance shows picking it up. [2] The Madison is a line dance that features a regular back-and-forth pattern interspersed with called steps. Its popularity inspired dance teams and ...

  5. The Stroll - Wikipedia

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    The Stroll was both a slow rock 'n' roll dance [1] and a song that was popular in the late 1950s. [2] Billboard first reported that "The Stroll" might herald a new dance craze similar to the "Big Apple" in December 1957. [3] [4] In the dance two lines of dancers, men on one side and women on the other, face each other, moving in place to the music.

  6. Mashed Potato (dance) - Wikipedia

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    The Mashed Potato is a dance move which was a popular dance craze of 1962. The dance move and mashed potato song were first made famous by James Brown in 1959 and used in his concerts regularly. It was also a dance done to songs such as Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time". The move vaguely resembles that of the twist, by Sharp's fellow ...

  7. Skank (dance) - Wikipedia

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    The dance style originated in the 1950s or 1960s at Jamaican dance halls, where ska music was played. [1] Ska music has a prominent backbeat played by the electric guitar on beats two and four of a 4/4 bar of music. When ska became popular amongst British mods and skinheads of the

  8. Camel Walk - Wikipedia

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    The camel walk entered the 1950s and 1960s as a retro dance. However, unlike the group dance that it was in the 1920s, this version of the camel walk was more of a solo act. One notable performer of this dance was James Brown, who performed it when doing concerts and stage shows.

  9. Swing (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Skip Jive is a British variant of the Jive, popular in the 1950s and 1960s, danced to trad jazz. Modern Jive (also known as LeRoc and Ceroc©) developed in the 1980s, reputedly from a French form of Jive. Modern Jive is not technically of the Jive family, which typically use a 6-count pattern of various combinations of walking and triple steps ...

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