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William Taylor · 11-28-2016, 02:35 PM

What are you favorite dance tunes... past and present?

I'm going to start off with two from the past. The first one is:

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"The Twist" is an American pop song written and originally released in early 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side to "Teardrops on Your Letter".[1] Ballard's version was a moderate 1960 hit, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Chubby Checker's 1960 cover version of the song gave birth to the Twist dance craze. His single became a hit, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 19, 1960, where it stayed for one week, and setting a record as the only song to reach number 1 in two different chart runs when it resurfaced and topped the chart again for two weeks starting on January 13, 1962.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twist_(song)

But I am going to post the video for Chubby Checker's more popular version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHGXwQeUk7M

And the second one is:

Quote:

"Cool Jerk" is a song written by Donald Storball and originally performed by The Capitols. Released in 1966, it reached No. 2 on the American Rhythm & Blues Singles chart, No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] and No. 9 on the Canadian Singles Chart.[3] The backing track for this song was actually recorded (secretly) by the Motown house band The Funk Brothers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Jerk

And from what I could find on Wikipedia, this song was written to capitalize on the popularity of the dance called "the jerk."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(dance)#Description

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9nOCOjukQ

Also, you don't have to include the history of the song, etc., but what are you favorite dance tunes?

William Taylor · 11-28-2016, 03:19 PM

Also, I forgot to mention that all genres of music are welcome.

William Taylor · 11-28-2016, 05:08 PM

Another one from the past is Shotgun by Jr. Walker & the All Stars. And which coincidentally mentions the jerk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMs9NudasVI

Plus, there's Green Onions by Booker T & the M G's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q

William Taylor · 11-28-2016, 05:15 PM

Also, I don't mean to hog all of the fun, but I found these two in one of the "Up Next" lists on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13yZAjhU0M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H6amDbAwlY

William Taylor · 11-28-2016, 08:18 PM

And here's one that's more current that came out in 2013:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM

Also, you can call me old school, but the rhythm and the beat of this song lends itself to doing the twist.