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The song was written about teenagers in 1961 who were dancing a new step called "The Stomp" at Good Will Hose Company dances in Bristol, Pennsylvania, a blue-collar suburb east of Philadelphia. Before the Dovells' song was released, kids were dancing the Bristol Stomp to the song "Every Day of the Week" by The Students . [ 2 ]
"Stomp" is a song by British pop group Steps, released as a single on 16 October 2000. The song features a modified orchestral riff from " Everybody Dance ", released by Chic in 1978, but Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers did not receive songwriting credits until the release of Gold: Greatest Hits in 2001.
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]
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.
"Cha-Cha Slide" (or "Casper Slide Part 2") is a song by American musician Mr. C the Slide Man (also known as DJ Casper). The song was released as a single in August 2000 and spent five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 83.
The group's name came from a marketing plan: The dance steps for each of the quintet's choreographed music videos would be included with their singles. [11] [12] Their first single "5,6,7,8" was a techno line dance song. Though not typical of what became their style, it was their first hit both in the UK and internationally.
Ready those dance moves now, now, now, now. Beyoncé's new country song "Texas Hold 'Em" has fans line dancing all over social media. "I wanna learn country dance now,” one fan posted on X. The ...
"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 ]