The twist was so much bigger than the locomotion. Chubby Checker is recognized as the inventor of the Twist. Also the twist can be done to so many different styles of music.
@GinaPressley2 жыл бұрын
The twist was defiantly bigger.
@lormatos46942 жыл бұрын
Chubby Checker cover the twist the original was done by JR Walker and the Allstars.
@BillGraper2 жыл бұрын
The Twist is the #1 song all-time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, because it was released as a single TWICE, and hit #1 both times. They were about a year and a half apart.
@Wiccat12 жыл бұрын
@@lormatos4694 @s g Nah mates, it was Jethro "Bird" Turner and the Bandmates that started it all back in 1957.
@Mckatt22 жыл бұрын
The twins was bigger but the locomotion was a better song in my opinion
@barryshapiro33492 жыл бұрын
You’ll LOVE “Dancing In The Streets” by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.
@sunflowerqueen19432 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@chipdamutt1082 жыл бұрын
Which no doubt inspired "Dancing In the Sheets" by Shalamar.
@videovisions2 жыл бұрын
Which was also covered by Van Halen
@Sraheens12 жыл бұрын
"Ready For Love" is the bomb!!!!
@ronkrupovich71522 жыл бұрын
Actually my favourite song of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas is "(Love is like a) Heatwave. Would love to hear that one!
@joannevincent20352 жыл бұрын
"The Loco-motion" was written by husband/wife team Gerry Goffin and Carole King. They offered the song to Dee Dee Sharp, who had an earlier hit with "Mashed Potato Time". Sharp turned down the song, and Goffin and King then offered the song to their babysitter, Eva Boyd, who had sung the demo tape. The song reached #1 or #3 in three different decades with three different artists.
@catherinedouglas80492 жыл бұрын
I love this song! I am 69 years old and even now at some weddings and parties, when this song is played, people actually hold on to each other and make a chain and dance around the room...like a conga line. The first person makes like he or she is the engine locomotive chugging their arms like a train and leads everybody all over the place. So much fun. Anybody as old as me remembers doing this?
@beebzielinski52162 жыл бұрын
Yes I see it at almost every wedding
@suzie4417 Жыл бұрын
I do 🥰💜
@remmymafia3889 Жыл бұрын
69? congrats fellow 'survivor'. (I'm 68)
@donaldinnewmexico Жыл бұрын
@@remmymafia3889 You old farts. I'm still a kid at 67! 😝
@sherriianiro74711 ай бұрын
We still do at every wedding!!😆
@josielouwho26072 жыл бұрын
The hairstyle is called a bouffant. A beehive is similar, but the hair is all teased up and piled on top of the head, looking like a beehive sitting on top of the head.
@philipcondenzio5987 Жыл бұрын
In reality, some of them were wigs, but not always. I grew up in that era, and I can attest to the hours women spent having their hair combed, teased and sprayed into oblivion. As strange as it looks right now, it gave women something that’s missing today. I think it’s called authentic femininity… I’ll wait for the “woke attack”
@itz_mxxri8 ай бұрын
I've always liked the bouffant hair style!
@cwoyciesjesАй бұрын
Out west we called the short poufy style the "bubble" back in the day! Lots of teasing and hairspray, lol!!
@catofthecastle16812 жыл бұрын
This song was written by the most amazing Carole King!
@maryannturton98302 жыл бұрын
No way! Cool fact!
@leesakw2 жыл бұрын
Love her!
@bjm90712 жыл бұрын
Little Eva was Carole King's babysitter.
@wnsafford18542 жыл бұрын
Just to give credit where due, it was co-written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin.
@larvt2 жыл бұрын
Wow Carole King is my favorite female singer.
@bjorreb74873 ай бұрын
I grow up with all the best music in the 50's-60's-70's.
@timradde43286 күн бұрын
Absolutely the best.
@sherriianiro74711 ай бұрын
Little Eva was the first artist to dub her voice to the melody, harmony and background vocals to the song. It's all her singing!
@Lfg1173 ай бұрын
Thank u! Important history.
@rickeyjay71642 жыл бұрын
You should also check out “Mashed Potato Time” by Dee Dee Sharp And “The Watusi” by the Orions Both from that early ‘60’s dance era.
@glennelfmann31432 жыл бұрын
Also, The Monkey, The Swim..etc. Seems like a new dance was coming out every month back then.
@rickeyjay71642 жыл бұрын
@@glennelfmann3143 A really great time to be a teenager…a little before my time. I was fortunate to have a big sister who was a teen at that time, had all those ‘45’s … I was 5-7 years old and played them more than she did!
@wnsafford18542 жыл бұрын
A piece of trivia; Gerry Goffin & Carole King wrote Loco Motion for Dee Dee Sharp but, at the last minute, she turned it down, so they got Eva (their 18 year old housekeeper/babysitter) to do it.
@rickeyjay71642 жыл бұрын
@Rhonda Bothelio The tune, yes; didn’t know there was a dance.
@valogden2 жыл бұрын
This song was written by Carole King and her husband/co-song writer Gerry Goffin. They wrote a number of hits for a number of artists before they divorced and Carole King was talked into performing herself and released her album Tapestry. It was an album most of us had in our homes in the 70s
@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin80522 жыл бұрын
Yes absolutely
@davidg45952 жыл бұрын
Strongest selling album to that point!
@JamesLachowsky2 жыл бұрын
And if no one else has said it, there was no dance called the loco-motion until after the song was written.
@1972mrgray2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I listened to Tapestry constantly. Loved it!
@raye4022 жыл бұрын
The Goffin & King songbook is immense over so many genres & artists most tracks becoming standards in their own right 🇬🇧👍
@tedhuppert76932 жыл бұрын
"The Twist" by Chubby Checker became #1 on the charts TWICE in successive summers--it was THE dance for summer parties. I remember because at one pool party, we twisted on the concrete patio around the pool and we all wore the skin off the soles of our feet. And NO, there was no alcohol involved. I'm now 72 and I can still feel the burn!
@sscully8812 жыл бұрын
Summer of 1962....I was 11 years old....I worked in my grandfather's restaurant on the beach....a little shack where we did burgers, dogs, fries...I blasted Little Eva all day long that summer....the beachgoers were all up and dancing in the sand!! Great memories! There are so many girl groups, from the early 60s you should check out....The Shirelles, The Ronettes, The Vandellas, Ruby and the Romantics....the list goes on and on. BTW....I really love you two....you're so great together!!
@LadyRustedKnight2 жыл бұрын
My grandkids asked me to show them “our” dances from the 1960’s. Knowing full well that I would end up in traction (a 911 call)… I managed one full minute and needed an oxygen tank to boot! We had infinite energy back then to keep going for hours. Ahhh, those were the days. Life was so different and wonderful, too. You kids “get it”, bless you!
@leesakw2 жыл бұрын
Lolol
@andyanderson36282 жыл бұрын
At the roller rink, when they played this we would play "crack the whip" and someone always got smacked into the boards.
@blondbowler87762 жыл бұрын
@@andyanderson3628 Busted my little sister's collarbone, whip cracked her into a big manzanita in the side yard. Man, she was flyin'.
@jean-marcevans14392 жыл бұрын
This song is by Carole King. She has explained that there was no such thing as The Locomotion. It was just an idea for a song.
@paintedjaguar2 жыл бұрын
Right. The Twist was an actual dance step, so it wins Best Dance by default. But The Locomotion is a better song.
@jgsheehan88102 жыл бұрын
Kylie Minogue started her singing career with a cover of The Locomotion back in the 80s in Australia. It is good fun too.
@MaryDavidson9112 жыл бұрын
Guys, BINGO! the music and dance of “yester-decade”, was SUPERIOR to today’s and recent years. So glad you see that ❤️
@blackprix2 жыл бұрын
Need to react to Carole King! Again in icon In the music industry as a singer and a songwriter with some great hits for a lot of people
@surlechapeau2 жыл бұрын
Start with Carole King's "I Feel The Earth Move". From her classic "Tapestry" album which has sold 25 million copies worldwide. Carole is in the Songwriters and Rock n' Roll Hall Of Fame!!
@blackprix2 жыл бұрын
@@surlechapeau One of the greatest albums of all time I wore the thing out!
@rickeyjay71642 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!!
@KTRS2 жыл бұрын
Of course Carole wrote one of Aretha’s most iconic songs Natural Woman, but Carole herself does an amazing version too.
@rickeyjay71642 жыл бұрын
@@surlechapeau Agreed! Perfect starter song for CK!
@pattyestrada62 жыл бұрын
Please react to the amazing songwriter of this song Carole King. So many songwriting credits to her name, but is equally as amazing as an artist herself. Her album Tapestry is one the best albums of our time.
@caseymoe8162 жыл бұрын
Carole King is straight legendary fire! 🔥🤙
@garybauer94946 ай бұрын
Guys, Little Eva sang locomotion while cleaning and dusting her boss's house. It helped her focus on work. Her boss was a record producer. His wife heard Eva singing and put it on tape for Eva's boss to hear at the office. He was looking for a new artist and there she was at his house. Little Eva recorded locomotion just like you hear it it went viral for a bit.😊
@tjk200081 Жыл бұрын
Every wedding I've gone to has played this song, & everyone makes a chain with each other & does a train motion around the reception room.
@TheDivayenta2 жыл бұрын
Carole King wrote this for Little Eva- her babysitter- who she made a star!
@michaelglick12872 жыл бұрын
Actually the song was written for Dee Dee Sharp, but she turned it down.
@normanleroy18742 жыл бұрын
The 60s were the decade for girl groups. There's so much more for you guys to discover! Try Be My Baby by the Ronettes, Will You Love Me Tomorrow by the Shirelles, or Where Did Our Love Go by the Supremes. There's tons of this, and it's all good. I read somewhere that hundreds of girl groups charted in the 60s.
@wesleypruitt2652 жыл бұрын
YES!!! WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW? By the Shirelles!!!!!
@centuryrox2 жыл бұрын
@@wesleypruitt265 Yes, Will You Love Me Tomorrow is the best of them! Written by the great Carole King.
@katiejackson21782 жыл бұрын
Such great choices!!
@terrycunningham81182 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the Shangri-Las.
@johnj27632 жыл бұрын
Be My Baby is the song named by Brian Wilson as his favorite song and the one that influenced him the most.
@robertspino521 Жыл бұрын
the twist was the king of all the dances back then
@scottdittenhaffer2303 Жыл бұрын
The Twist hands down. I lived it the Twist was gigantic
@raye4022 жыл бұрын
Little Eva was Carole Kings Babysitter wot a voice and a powerful track !
@gtojohnny92 жыл бұрын
Yes. I heard the the Shirelles were supposed to sing it but they opted out for whatever reason and the writers loved Eva’s voice so much, they went with it. Good decision!
@wnsafford18542 жыл бұрын
@@gtojohnny9 Carole King & Gerry Goffin wrote it for Dee Dee Sharp but, at the last minute, she turned it down, so they got Eva (their housekeeper/babysitter) to do it.
@cjpew2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Kylie Minogue and Grand Funk Railroad also did this song. But this is the best! You need to check out Martha and the Vandellas Dancing in the Street also. Also - Land of 1000 Dances, Wilson Pickett mentions MANY different dances from that era - Mashed Potato, The Swim, etc. You could learn them all!
@pattyestrada62 жыл бұрын
Yes! I requested “Dancing In The Streets” yesterday.
@Sportsref132 жыл бұрын
also David Bowie & Mick Jagger doing Dancing in the Streets is a great cover
@JEREMY992182 жыл бұрын
Check out Kylie Minogue's cover of this song. It's really nice and sweet kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoC6pHmwiKt_eac
@philsigman90882 жыл бұрын
@@Sportsref13 Van Halen did it better.
@SK-lk3iu2 жыл бұрын
@@Sportsref13 The original first tho....!
@bert_towle2 жыл бұрын
In the background, the 3 female singers were known as The Blossoms. They had regular gigs on the weekly TV shows that featured current music, and they were backup singers or re-branded as other groups to record outside of recording contracts. Darlene Love is the most well known of the trio.
@kathyrizzi8754 Жыл бұрын
All the old songs are not only great, but us elder’s have the memories that each song brings with them. Thank you J & Amber for giving us these great songs & our memories that go with them…love you two!👍♥️♥️xoxoxo
@sallym11712 жыл бұрын
This was cowritten by Carole King. You simply have to check out the album TAPESTRY by her, and I mean every song. It's that good, she's that good.
@martinmosteller58132 жыл бұрын
Carole King would be an awesome choice for female Friday! “ I Feel the Earth Move” ( or anything from the Tapestry album) would be great!
@jeffnovack13212 жыл бұрын
Definitely have to do Carol King: You've got a friend, It's too late, I feel the earth move, A natural woman, So far away
@TranquiloTrev2 жыл бұрын
Another great FEMALE song of the 60's is "WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW" by THE SHIRRELLES. It is in the Top 10 female songs of the 60\s in my opinion. Incidently both The Locomotion and that song were written by Carole King.
@TranquiloTrev2 жыл бұрын
That got me thinking what are the other great FEMALE songs of the 1960's. Must include RESPECT by Aretha Franklin. Must include WALK ON BY by Dionne Warwick. Must include MAYBE by the Chantels. That is off the top of my head. Now I must have a think.
@kayf.80702 жыл бұрын
I also suggested the Shirelles. Great minds.
@donaldlampert3315 ай бұрын
We were taught this dance in gym class, so that we could hear this song, and dance to it for our sixth grade prom…. Wow, what a flash back…. Thanks
@CPACK12 ай бұрын
There were tons of Dances back in the day, the swim, the jerk, the mashed potatoes, the Chicken, the stroll, the Twist. The Hully Gully. And more.
@alexandraguitard2852 жыл бұрын
“Everybody’s doing a brand new dance now, COME ON BABY DO THE LOCOMOTION” love this song!!!
@katiejackson21782 жыл бұрын
Have you guys listened to Billie Holiday yet? If not you should check her out. Her music would probably be the oldest you've listened to so far. She was popular in the 30's and 40's. I'd suggest starting with The Very Thought Of You
@Barb50012 жыл бұрын
Billie Holiday was a great American singer that every modern singer should study. Billie did not have a strong voice and had a quite limited octave range However, what she did vocally to overcome these limitations made her the singing icon she became
@christinec19282 жыл бұрын
We're still waiting on some Billie Holiday.
@DavidBrianPaley2 жыл бұрын
I agree. "Lady Day" is an absolute must.
@wheredidthetimego80872 жыл бұрын
The twist!! Yes more wholesome because all generations could have fun with them.
@Carolyn_Rose Жыл бұрын
The Twist was the top of the pyramid of dances. A lot of songs introduced a new move/dance, but Twist was king.
@talon71322 жыл бұрын
You guys liked Grand Funk Railroad , well in late 70s GFR covered this song.
@centuryrox2 жыл бұрын
Yes, love their version! Although it was actually mid-70s (1974). Man, I'm getting old!
@rogergroover46332 жыл бұрын
A standard song at the roller rink.
@kejo77792 жыл бұрын
For a future female Friday I suggest Leader Of The Pack by The Shangri-Las. It's A good one from the 60's...
@u4riahsc2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah - that’s a good one.
@ndus3us2147 ай бұрын
I listened and loved the Grand Funk cover of this song as a teenager, and it was many years later that I finally listened to this original, and they are both great!
@debprivate78402 жыл бұрын
This has been one of my all time favorite songs ever since I was a kid.
@vincentsablan7322 жыл бұрын
The Twist was a worldwide phenomenon. EVERYBODY did it--and still do it today. Watching a baby/toddler do it with their parents brings a lot of joy to me for some reason. There are even follow up songs: "Let's Twist Again", "Peppermint Twist", "Twistin' The Night Away" ( a real BANGER, imo), "Twist and Shout" along with others. It's popularity was probably due the fact it was easy to learn and ANYONE could do it...
@mspfinney2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on! The Twist rules!! 😉😁
@rmac80082 жыл бұрын
Written by the greatest female artist Carol king Eva was her housekeeper at the time Grand Funk does a great version of this The twist was far more popular Not sure if there was a locomotion dance This is choreographed for TV
@surlechapeau2 жыл бұрын
J&A, you'll love Carole King's "I Feel The Earth Move", "So Far Away", "Its Too Late" and many more!!!
@FirstSuiGeneris2 жыл бұрын
Rajah! [ smiling ]
@MrJohnw24542 жыл бұрын
You've got to hear Grand Funk Railroad do this!
@fmtalks15432 жыл бұрын
She was Carole King's babysitter.
@jeri-annabbott18962 жыл бұрын
@@MrJohnw2454 I love the Grand Funk Railroad cover of this. I also have a bit of a soft spot for the Kylie Minogue version too.
@parsifal400022 жыл бұрын
In the 50s and 60s all kinds of dances emerged and teens learned them all! My favorite was The Twist!! Yeah!! :)
@barbarabisson25515 ай бұрын
Twist was by far more popular- dance contests galore
@nebelungpixie93732 жыл бұрын
The Twist never went away. “Limbo Rock” is still popular too.
@donnamikola482 жыл бұрын
Another suggestion for female Fridays is Connie Francis "Where the Boys Are". She hits that late 1950s-early 1960s vibe and has a fabulous voice. She was a female "crooner" at the same time as Paul Anka.
@paulamelnyk9862 жыл бұрын
Love her
@beverlysmith80252 жыл бұрын
Please, please, please explore Connie Francis...
@douglassellers75282 жыл бұрын
I was in love with her when I was 8 yr. old. Still think she was so beautiful and my goodness what a singer.
@susanpolice84652 жыл бұрын
That movie"Where The Boys Are" is one of my favorite movies of all time and I don't know why!
@johannadavis75942 жыл бұрын
This for popular again in the 70.s. This brings back memories. My friends and I would do dance routines to this on my porch. I was tge smallest so was always in the middle.
@user-cd7ds7cs3z17 күн бұрын
Jay and Amber, this song was the genius of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The story goes that this artist was the family baby sitter and she sang for Carole and said she passed the audition and recorded her for the vocals on this hit.
@JerisEve2 жыл бұрын
The Locomotion was a song; the Twist was an institution. Everybody did the twist, and it lasted. Chubby Checker owned the twist, but there was one other great twist song. Joey Dee and the Starlighters had a hit with the Peppermint Twist. Well worth a listen. There were tons of ridiculous dance songs in those days, and they all lasted about a week: Popeye the Hitchhiker, the Swim, the Popcorn, the Funky Broadway, I can't begin to name them all, largely because most of them were completely forgettable. Norman LeRoy, just below, listed several great girl groups, and I want to add two more. Leader of the Pack by the Shangri-Las. Bette Midler covered it brilliantly many years later, but the original is the best place to start. He's a Rebel by the Crystals is the other great girl group song IMO. Those two got worn out at my house.
@tvgator12 жыл бұрын
YES! The Peppermint Twist is a jam for real!!!! Good Call!
@SK-lk3iu2 жыл бұрын
Yes, love He's a Rebel!
@davewildermuth75192 жыл бұрын
The Beatles, "Twist and Shout" Sam Cooke, "Twistin' the Night Away"
@SaxyLament2 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhh yeah as soon as dances were mentioned I immediately thought of "Peppermint Twist." Was that an actual dance? No matter the song is a fun one.
@allieren2 жыл бұрын
I mean, it was a good 20+ years before I was born and even I would immediately say the Twist.
@endorphinzz2 жыл бұрын
Grand Funk Railroad did a fantastic cover of this song...
@carolreaume65182 жыл бұрын
This is *THE* song for doing a chain around the dance floor at a wedding.
@skoop76412 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhh my momma had that on 8 track. I used to listen to that song and others, over and over and over. Thank you so much for that one. 80’s were my high school years and we had great music but the 60’s and 70’s rocked as well.
@davewildermuth75192 жыл бұрын
Next Stops: The Supremes, "You Can't Hurry Love" Martha and the Vandellas, "Dancing in the Street" Joan Osborne, "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" (live; Jimmy Ruffin cover, featuring the original Motown Records house band)
@paulamelnyk9862 жыл бұрын
The Supremes definitely need to be reacted to. You can't hurry love is my favorite
@LindaEll2 жыл бұрын
Joan Osbornes version of that song is killer!!!
@emmef79702 жыл бұрын
All great requests!
@mariannemabie92742 жыл бұрын
Seeing that you enjoy little Eva‘s original song, I know you will truly “dig“ Grand Funk Railroad’s cover of this song. It is funkier. More “Jump” to it ❤️ Love you two!!!
@RMBittner2 жыл бұрын
GFR’s version was the first version I ever heard…and I was absolutely in love with the beat. Great version of a classic hit.
@pauld69672 жыл бұрын
Kylie Minogue also did a good cover of this song.
@donferoce56522 жыл бұрын
The album cover was 3-D, I remember playing it while wearing the glasses.
@kevinstarr5162 жыл бұрын
YASSS!!!! GFR'S VERSION IS THE BOMB!!!
@danlindberg76812 жыл бұрын
That’s right , now that you’ve heard the song check out what GFR did with it 👍✊🤗
@juki0h3912 жыл бұрын
I use to listen to old songs when I was a small child back in the 90s. I've heard this song a few times.
@huverdoose2 жыл бұрын
Not many people I know have heard of her, but Amii Stewart has a dynamite voice. 'Knock on Wood' is her most successful song and you can kind of tell how good her voice is in it.
@hollybeat69012 жыл бұрын
The Twist was a MONSTER hit..it brought people of all ages together as the craze exploded..there were clubs named after it..
@gl2996 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's almost impossible to describe just how huge the Twist was. It was everywhere.
@frankmastroianni25012 жыл бұрын
The Twist is the overall number 1 song in the history of the Billboard charts - it went on the charts twice going to number 1 both times w/in 2 years.
@timcarr64012 жыл бұрын
It didn't deserve it.
@frankmastroianni25012 жыл бұрын
@@timcarr6401 go tell that to the tens of millions of people who bought it, danced it and kept it on the charts-- has nothing to do w/deserving it--
@timcarr64012 жыл бұрын
@@frankmastroianni2501 It was a fun song cover, but there have been hundreds of songs of much better quality.
@frankmastroianni25012 жыл бұрын
I commented on your remark about it 'didn't deserve' being the all-time Billboard #1 song of the rock era. Has nothing to do w/deserving it. I was just stating a fact regarding the song and it's popularity. "Deserving it" is a personal choice of liking it or not. It also has nothing to do w/the covers as all songs are tallied by Billboard by the individual recording. If one goes by covers, then 'Yesterday' by the Beatles would be number 1.
@timcarr64012 жыл бұрын
@@frankmastroianni2501 Are you talking about the sheer number of covers of a song? I usually prefer the originals, but there are exceptions.
@d-27932 жыл бұрын
my mom had this 45 single & when i was a kid, i would play this song a lot. 🎼🎶❤️
@bert_towle4 ай бұрын
Listening once again, I was reminded of her second hit, "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby". It's another song written by Carol King and Gerry Goffin. It was covered by The Beatles a year later (before they were known in the US).
@scapito2 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this song was a cover by Kylie Minogue. After I told my mom that I loved it, she played this version for me.
@debbiechang57812 жыл бұрын
Many songs back then had dances that went with them. It was a fun time. The Twist was definitely more popular. Chubby Checker invented the dance and the Beatles did “Twist and Shout”! That was a huge deal! Great old stuff 🌺✌️
@kathleenwarma5937 Жыл бұрын
It was all about dancing in the 60’s so there was not a song you couldn’t dance to. I’m 73 and back in the 60’s and early 70’s you could go somewhere to dance every night. Great times
@gaiasgirdle47575 ай бұрын
There were so many dances. Chubby Checker and the Twist. The Watusi, the Jerk, the Pony, the Stroll. There was a song for each.
@PedroConejo19392 жыл бұрын
The original Hairspray film (the 1988 one with Ricky Lake and Debbie Harry) kind of puts these dance crazes into their context of US 'bandstand' TV shows. It's also brilliant.
@tanya22992 жыл бұрын
Archie Bell and the Drells “Tighten Up” is a later 60s fun dance song.
@danmonges15392 жыл бұрын
I was going to suggest the Tighten Up!
@billsilverberg50382 жыл бұрын
the twist by chubby checker was the song that statrted the 60's dance craze and nothing else ever topped it
@richardmartin95652 жыл бұрын
"The Mash Potato" by Dee Dee Sharp was a great dance. I think it was a lot like "The Lindy" of the 1920s.
@cherylcoble97802 жыл бұрын
I am 67 and love anything Motown! I was only 8 when this song came out.
@bobmorneau67382 жыл бұрын
Loco-Motion came after the Twist. One of the most requested songs at our school dances; another was The Frug(sp). Ah, good times.
@tchampagne14942 жыл бұрын
Her hair is bouffant, a bee hive is all the hair on top swirled skyward. I was 9 when this song came out and I love the later cover by Kylie Minogue. I have both of them in my music library. Can't sit still listening to this, it is so upbeat.
@kevinferrin56952 жыл бұрын
When you said "sweet," I burst out laughing. This is a bumper and so much fun to dance to.
@saritadugat37082 жыл бұрын
THE TWIST. I was 10 when this came out. Everyone including me watched American Bandstand. Got to see all the new dances and all the music hits. Gosh thanks for your reactions. Love it
@Cheryworld2 жыл бұрын
Hoping you will watch Melanie (Safko) sweet hippie girl from Woodstock. "Lay Down - Candle in the Wind " with Edwin Hawkins singers . Perfect for a Friday
@jeanniea34372 жыл бұрын
Is she the one that sang I got Brand New Roller Skates?
@jordan390a2 жыл бұрын
Yes..a powerful song that gives me goose-bumps every time...It has to be the long version too...!!!
@deniserhodes26552 жыл бұрын
The Twist was huge. By far, the number one dance.
@garyseven57915 ай бұрын
1962 Phil Spector introduced the wall of sound. He produced The Righteous Brothers, the Ronettes, the Crystals, Darlene Love, Ike & Tina Turner, he even did work for the Beatles. 1962 and1963 girl groups were all the rage.
@blakerh2 жыл бұрын
Please do "The Warrior" by Scandal next Friday. Patty Smyth kills it.
@lollylolly81862 жыл бұрын
That was our graduation song in 1984.
@gregplatt39362 жыл бұрын
I think “Goodbye To You” is better!
@timskelton23252 жыл бұрын
If you haven't already seen The Ronettes performing Be My Baby you'll really love their hair and the song is one of the best ever by a girl group. I like Ronnie Specter's voice even more than Diana Ross'.
@jamescope32242 жыл бұрын
When done there, check Eddie Money's "Be my little baby" featuring Ronnie Specter. In an interview he said he begged her to come out of retirment to sing on this song so he could pay homage to her ... "just like Ronnie said"
@BradReddekopp2 жыл бұрын
Yep! One of the great "girl group" hits.
@GinMae2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, guys! Little Eva was amazing.. Carole & Gerry''s babysitter, is how I heard it... she was like, 14! this song has been remade a few times.. "Grand Funk Railroad" had a hit with it in 1974.. and I guess Kylie Minogue?.. but Eva was so awesome!...
@davidwhulbertiv59582 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate you two... Twist was everywhere....
@marksausedo71372 жыл бұрын
You would probably like Roni and the Ronettes , same vibe
@donnagonatas31552 жыл бұрын
I can see Kia doing the locomotion all over the living room! Lol!✌❤
@user-qu3dt9yl1x7 ай бұрын
Loved this song while overseas. 1962-63 Japanese girls wanted to dance to it all night long.
@reneseguin1200 Жыл бұрын
I remember dances back in the 80's. The music was happier, we danced to the locomotive, YMCA, The love shack,shinny happy people, walk of life.
@doplinger12 жыл бұрын
If you enjoy seeing the dances, check out "Shake a Tail Feather" by Ray Charles from the Blues Brothers movie - it will get you dancing!
@firebird74792 жыл бұрын
Grand Funk Railroad's version is a real banger.
@Herbert042 жыл бұрын
I had to go listen. Your right. That was awsome. Never heard that before.
@dsaint3722 жыл бұрын
You two bring such joy to everyone, thank you. peace
@sorrystaunton2 жыл бұрын
Little Eva was the baby sitter for Carole Kings kids when Carole lived in West Orange NJ.
@IshiAndNomyJackson2 жыл бұрын
There's an episode of the Cosby Show where Vanessa and her friends were dancing to it,dressed scantily, and Claire banished them back upstairs,lol
@dianameyreles48882 жыл бұрын
As far as I know the Locomotion wasn’t a real dance other than making a train and kicking your legs out. I could only find one KZbin video from back thenish. The Twist was huge, as were the Mashed Potato, the Pony, and how about The Jerk. And the Watusi. There were some really cool dances like the stroll. Did anyone do the Bump - that came later but was a lot of fun.
@ErnieB2 жыл бұрын
And the Swim, and the Frug, and the Monkey, and the Madison and...
@jacqueplett18002 жыл бұрын
Memory Lane...... I tried doing the Mashed Potato a couple of years ago. I couldn't keep my balance and had to hang on to a chair. Lol.
@garyr87392 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the Funky Chicken started by Rufus Thomas with Do The Funky Chicken. Or Marvin Gaye Hitch Hike (1963). It went well with Vanity Fair's Hitchin a Ride that came out in 1969.
@stevenwoodward59232 жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure "The Electric Slide" was very popular around the country. The dance was very popular in the club I went to back in the day.
@Kat-gx3se Жыл бұрын
Gave you a thumbs up just for your SRV t-shirt. There's hope for the future of music with young ones appreciating music like his and this.
@mountainneko Жыл бұрын
The 60's were a great time to be alive, the groups and singers were incredible, one of my favorites will always be the Ronettes "Be My Baby", In 1986, Eddie Money did a song with Ronnie Spector "take me Home tonight (or Just like Ronnie Said). . .a great tribute using the line "Be my little Baby" sung by Ronnie
@mledbetter2 жыл бұрын
"Land of a Thousand Dances" by Wilson Pickett has a whole list of dances. It was originally done by Cannibal & the Headhunters, but Pickett's version is definitive.
@justtere10 ай бұрын
Yes yes yes!!!
@kellylaflash10162 жыл бұрын
The 14-year-old babysitter of the songwriters recorded this as a demo, to be shopped around to find a recording artist. But the label liked it as is - and that's how Little Eva became a one-hit wonder.
@lajas462 жыл бұрын
Sorry but she also had KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABY , The Turkey Trot, Swingin On A Star (BIG DEE ERWIN)
@wombatwilly10022 жыл бұрын
You just can't beat 50's-60's-70's Rock N Roll!
@patriciaadams-rl4iz Жыл бұрын
You have to get up and dance!!!!!!! In my day, you were always dancing and having fun.
@MrLedotson2 жыл бұрын
This song is the only song to be in the American top 3 in 3 different decades by 3 different artists. Little Eva in 1962. Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 and Kylie Minogue in 1988. Carol King is an amazing song writer and wrote this after watching her house keeper dance. Then eventually let her sing and record it. It's rumored that Eva was only paid $15. Which was probably what she was getting weekly as a maid.
@maverick22422 жыл бұрын
There has had many versions of this song, in 1987 Kylie Minogue did a cover of it as her fist ever single when she left the TV series Neighbours she was famous for in the UK, NZ and Aussie, you should do a comparison of a few, be interesting to see who lies which versions best.
@zarowitz992 жыл бұрын
I lived through it. The Twist was THE MONSTER. It then opened the door for all these other great "dance" songs.
@kylemanning4950 Жыл бұрын
This is my adopted kids (bio nieces and nephews) great grandmother. Her family has generations of singers, including several of my kids.