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Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X, archived from the original on 2010-03-16 Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books : 1980—1984 .
Standardized versions of dance moves were published in dance and teen magazines, often choreographed to popular songs. Songs such as "The Loco-Motion" were specifically written with the intention of creating a new dance and many more pop hits, such as "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, were written to cash in recent successful novelties.
These are the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and 12 Inch Singles Sales number-one hits ... [80] [81] October 20 "Doin' the Do ... [90] [91] November 24 "H.O.U.S ...
The song was a top-5 success on the country chart in early 1982 and even got minor pop airplay. In addition to newcomer Whitley, top classic country and influential performers who died during the decade included Red Sovine, Whitey Ford, Marty Robbins, Merle Travis, Ernest Tubb, Wynn Stewart and Tex Williams.
On January 19, 1985, the Hot Dance/Disco chart was split into two: Club Play and Dance Singles Sales, which ranked 12-inch single (or maxi-single) sales. Those singles that reached number one each week on the sales chart are listed to the right of the number on the Club Play chart.
Year Artist Origin Song 1990: Snap! Germany "The Power" [4] 1990: C+C Music Factory: United States "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" 1991: 2 Unlimited: The Netherlands "Get Ready for This" [5]
The Dance Scene; Dancin' on Air; Dancin' to the Hits; Disco Step-by-Step; The Dotty Mack Show; E. Electric Circus; F. Face's Music Party; Find Me in Paris; Future ...
The swing revival, also called retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music and Lindy Hop dance, beginning around 1989 and reaching a peak in the 1990s. . The music was generally rooted in the big bands of the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, but it was also greatly influenced by rockabilly, boogie-woogie, the jump blues of artists such as Louis Prima and Louis Jordan, and ...