What were some of the great Sixties dance crazes and their songs?
What were some of the great Sixties dance crazes and their songs?Answer: The great Sixties dance crazes, in rough chronological order of their appearance on record, were as follows: The Twist (Chubby Checker, August 1960; became a #1 hit all over again in 1962) The Pony (Chubby Checker’s “Pony Time”, February 1961) The Bristol Stomp (The Dovells, September 1961) The Mashed Potatoes or The Mashed Potato (originally a R&B hit for James Brown under the name Nat Kendrick and the Swans in February 1960, made popular mainly by Dee Dee Sharp in March 1962 with “Mashed Potato Time”) The Watusi (The Orlons’ “Wah-Watusi,” June 1962) The Loco-Motion (Little Eva, July 1962) The Hully Gully (The Dovells’ “Hully Gully Baby,” September 1962) The Hitch Hike (Marvin Gaye, March 1963) The Monkey (Major Lance’s “The Monkey Time”, and the Miracles’ “Mickey’s Monkey,” August 1963) The Dog (Rufus Thomas’ “Walking The Dog,” November 1963) The Harlem Shuffle (Bob & Earl, December 1963) The Swim (Bobby Freeman
