02 Aug
Most Memorable Dance Crazes
How many of these do you remember? Or better yet - did you do?
The 81, The Alligator, The Bartman, The Bump, The Bus Stop, The Cabbage Patch, The Cha-Cha Slide, The Electric Slide, The Fly, The Freddy, The Frug, The Hammer, The Hitch hike, The Hokey Pokey, The Hully Gully, The Humpty Dance, The Hustle, The Jerk, The Limbo, The Macarena, The Mashed Potato, The Madison, The Mess Around, The Monkey, The Pee-Wee Herman Dance, The Pony, The Robot, The Smurf, The Swim, The Twist, The Watusi.
Here’s Dee Dee Sharp’s “Mashed Potato Time” from 1965
Marvin Gaye “Hitch Hikes” his way on “Shindig”
Related Links:
Dance Fads of the 50’s and 60’s
Novelty and Fad Dance wiki