DANCE CRAZES OF THE '60S (Compiled by Toni Basil)

FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY! I do not own any rights to the music or footage in this video.
The Twist
0:16 Chubby Checker
0:26 Teri Garr and Dorothy Lamour Pajama Party
0:40 Joey Dee.
The Watusi
1:02 Lucy Bains Johnson and Steve McQueen
1:20 Natalie Wood
The Watusi/Dog
1:31 Ann Margret with Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas
1:44 Toni Basil
The Swim
1:59 Toni Basil and Dorothy Lamour Pajama Party
Bobby Freeman Shindig
2:11 Maria Gahva, Gina Trikonis, Anita Mann, Pam Freeman, Marianna Pecora, Lorene Yarnell, Melanie Alexander, Toni Basil, Teri Garr
Marvin Gaye The Tami Show
3:27 - The Watusi Debbie & Essie
3:52 The Pony Joy & Stevie Ciro
The Jerk
4:17- Sam Riddle Hollywood A GoGo & The Larks
5:15 Roberta Tennis Deutsch
The Skate 5:49
James Brown
6:13- The Boogaloo ,the Funky Chicken, the James Brown the Mashed Potatoes , the Camel Walk.
Billy Preston performance style mix up
6:52- The Skate, the James Brown, the Pony.
These are just a few of the dance styles that permeated the 60s. There were songs recorded in celebration of the dances and slippery wood floors and leather soled shoes that contributed to the movement of the styles.
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[@Jokaanan]

FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT THESE GROOVY DANCES AT HOME WITHOUT PROPER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

[@bangtanspaghetti2587]

My music teacher told us to watch this lol

[@marcostovar7968]

If you want to get into dance, train with this video, and enjoy it!😀

[@JohnJ469]

@@bangtanspaghetti2587 You have a good music teacher.

[@hombre.g3802]

steeve mac queen waouououououo the best what a classsssssssssssssss ever and ever ,i want the same suit

[@janetamplin7318]

Me now in me Sixty dizzy this makes me a dizzy 🥝🥝🥝🤡🤗😋😋

[@yeswecanusa2008]

I was born 1964. My parents were very young. We didn't have any furniture in our living room but an old easy chair from my mom's mother and an old rocking chair from my Dad's mother. There was also a record player and a tiny black and white TV. One of my earliest memories is dancing the Twist with my parents to an appearance on some rock show.

[@markdelcheccolo9191]

I was born in the 50's but still we grew up in some great times even if we didn't have a lot and the same with us we definitely had a record player and a small black and white TV ✌🏼😎😉💯🤗

[@leslielandberg5620]

Me too, Chubby Checker on American Bandstand 1964. I was three and blown away!!!

[@amyb837]

what a great memory!

[@Nikes62]

​@@leslielandberg5620 My mom said the twist was stupid because you only moved your hips standing in one place.

[@MsElaineLewis]

Wow, The Larks, Billy Preston, James Brown, Bobby Freeman, Ray Charles... thanks for finding this stuff.

[@grachiepernosa588]

Billy Preston's performance ...simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G !!

[@tommysfather]

The guy doing the Watusi is none other than Steve McQueen and he is doing a very good job doing the dance. Very cool!

[@michaelwalton7776]

Was the lady Tricia Nixon?

[@mamdear745]

he's the best for ever❤️ merci Mr Steve McQueen depuis la France

[@johnwatson8192]

Well thanks for confirming that, I thought that my eyes were deceiving me!

[@randydewees7338]

@@michaelwalton7776 Whoever it was she could dance

[@jmason2838]

@@michaelwalton7776 A daughter of then - President Lyndon Johnson.. doing well at the dance too !....getting funky..w/ Legend Steve McQueen .. awesome actor..AND dancer .. Just my humble opinion.. another reason he was known as the Best..the original.. 'King Of Cool' ❤️😃🤴🌟👍👍💎💪🤳🗿❤️

[@tinathompson684]

Even at 78 I still can manage some of of those moves.Love our music from back then. Wonderful memories with friends and boyfriends.😀💃💃❤

[@beauteefluellen4231]

Never stop dancing ❤

[@barbaraparris1568]

71 here. I still dance!

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

The 1970s had some great dance styles too (Disco and Northern Soul). Dancing was ruined when rap and hip-hop became popular.

[@maryanngarrimone1153]

Grew up in this era. Love dancing even at my age 74. So many memories!!! ❤️❤️

[@theodorabruin4601]

Me, too...the best era for music!

[@patriciajrs46]

Keep dancing.

[@derekarnold3665]

I am also 74 spent my mis-spent youth as a Mod I'm London back in the 60s, so like you have so many memories especially dancing to Marvin Gaye, and all the great soul singers at the time.

[@snowrocket]

As a kid in the 70s I was amazed at Candy Johnson doing the twist in those Beach Party movies from the 60s. It was so fun to watch her!

[@Here1965]

Yes ma'am ❤❤❤❤

[@francesca7142]

Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood doing the Watusi. Must be "Love with the Proper Stranger." Nice to see them.

[@erichogan9024]

That was President Johnsons daughter Lucy with him not Natalie

[@brahmburgers]

Steve McQueen was a pimp prior to being a movie star. I tell that to people who are aghast, when they hear I was a pimp in Burma from 2006 thru 2018. Side note: Trump's grandfather was a pimp in Alaska.

[@toochaotic7752]

@@erichogan9024 But the woman next to him (paired with someone else) looks a lot like Natalie Woods.

[@apyles2]

​@@toochaotic7752that's Natalie, I believe she's dancing with Vic Damone.

[@elainemarten]

@@erichogan9024 they were both there

[@kenpatton8761]

Thanks Toni for the memories! While I was a kid in the 60‘s (12 in 69) I had 2 older sisters who were in high school when these dances were popular. So they would always be trying them out at home with me watching. Result- I was one of the only guys in high school who knew how to dance…at least a little. I was very popular on the dance floor. Even more so when disco hit the scene in the late 70‘s! What fun we had! Cheers and thanks again! I‘ve always enjoyed your movies and congrats on finally getting your recognition for „Mickie“.

[@brendadufaur37]

OMG! Billy Preston is phenomenal.

[@OgDj2024]

Billy Preston killed it at the end! 👍🏾

[@betkajambrich492]

i love these dances. they look like they are having A LOT of fun. and it seems like everyone is just letting their hands and legs go to the rhythm. they need to come back

[@theodorabruin4601]

Those were the days...miss them and wish I could be transported back.

[@patriciamooney928]

Where did they go? I do them.

[@ernestbutler1307]

This is Really Funny I Really Love Your Comment...They look as if they're having A Lot of Fun...Trust Me They're out Listening to Their Favorite Band or Music Doing the Latest or Their Favorite Dance...Alright They Look like they're movie their arms and legs to The Rhythm.Thats exactly what Dancing Is..A Band From San Francisco Made A Song About It which was a Huge Hit and A Classic Dance Song...To sum up Your Comment Sir SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE Encouraged Everyone To Get Up And DANCE TO THE MUSIC in The 60s' And in the 80s' The NEVILLE BROTHERS BAND Featuring IVAN NEVILLE Would encourage All to Free Your Mind of All Your Troubles and Leave Your Negative Thoughts Behind and just DANCE YOUR BLUES AWAY...Love&Peace luv ya byo eJ ❤

[@ColoradoGrami]

These were fun dances to do. Definitely a workout. Dancing kept me in shape growing up. BTW, the twist will quickly reduce your waistline just like the hula hoop did. ;)

[@theresareynolds3133]

I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s I remember these dance’s so well, great memories, not sure how many I can do at 64 years old though 😂😂😂😂

[@Basman59]

Every time I hear Marvelous Marvin two memories come back. My late Auntie M who would have been 78 this year - she introduced me to his music in about 1967. Second one of those moments where you are when something tragic happens like, Kennedy, Princess Diana, and 9/11. For me sitting in Oklahoma City airport on my way to Dallas - I immediately bought his greatest hits cassette for my journey - I would drive back to Denver from Dallas with it playing continuously... Thanks Marvin for all the memories...too smooth by half.

[@DanLA6969]

I just sent this to my 75 (she’d kill me for tellin!) year old mother who grew up in Detroit and has the best stories about Motown and all the shows she saw. Toni, thank you for your service and indelible contributions to dance and music over the last decades. Oh, and I love your often overlooked New Wave era (Not Mickey, all the rest!). Love, Danny in Los Feliz

[@ichaffee1]

Keep on dancin!!

[@kurttrimas9005]

Never will there be an amazing look and music as this generation.

[@kandr21400]

I'm 61 and I was a little kid when these dances were popular, but that didn't stop me from doing them. And I still do them today. That's when my kids do the face in palm with the head shake. I love it!!!

[@brookelondon8029]

I'm 73 and I was out with some girls who are in their 50s. Never heard of the locomotion, the mashed potato, the Watusi, the Frug the cha-cha, the jitterbug, the jerk, the swim, the pony, the twist, the monkey and I was stunned! I told them about watching American bandstand in Philly and learning how to do the line dances dances and more and Jerry Blavat in Philadelphia. They had no idea what I was talking about!

[@rwilliamsb007]

BILLY PRESTON KILLED THAT SHIT!!! Woooo hoo!!!

[@mylife2022]

Love it. Having a 60s themed birthday party for my mum's 70th next year. Will be busting these moves for sure. Better start practicing.

[@ceiananunez1892]

Start taking your "Vitamin's!" They're a "Workout" but so much fun!

[@maryjhonson2724]

✅💚👍

[@rickyparrilla2426]

How was the 60's party???

[@mylife2022]

@@rickyparrilla2426 It was fantastic, the 60s were amazing for music art and fashion, mum had a very memorable time.

[@rickyparrilla2426]

@@mylife2022 That's great to hear.

[@Blackwidow956]

❤ LOVE SEEING THESE DANCES AND HEARING THE SONGS. IM A FEMALE TEXAS BORN IN 1961.WE MOVED TO EAST CHICAGO HEIGHTS ILLINOIS IN MID 60'S. THAT'S WHERE I HEARD THE SONGS AND DANCES IN THIS VIDEO. SUPER COOL MEMORIES.WE MOVED BACK TO TEXAS IN 1969.

[@medusabrown2125]

Oh, My Goodness!! Thank you, Toni Basil for posting this video of dances of the 60s! You made me smile from ear to ear!

[@stringalongmike1953]

Me too! All of a sudden I was smiling!! I guess it was the memories.

[@denicepeterson626]

Mick I just watched Tina turner I smile like the same as this cool hay good for ya face muscle’s 2💕

[@pamar53]

😂😂.. Love that fellow in the Yellow Suite.. Got Great Moves 🎇

[@Aurabora54321]

It was the absolute best time in music...exploding talent like Billy Preston, JB and the British invasion. Ppl were respectful of one another, women revered in songs and the lyrics were about love and longing, no cursing, and much more meaningful with social justice themes and great dances! Motown, jazz and soul greats were the creators of all the music!

[@zag001a]

Never in my long life have I seen Steve McQueen dance. I believe Natalie Wood is next to him.

[@MrJwalker0317]

I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, LORD I MISS MY MOM AND DAD

[@oleplanthafer7034]

Absolutely appreciated! I can think of The Block (a London phenomenon), The Monkey, The Twine, The Hitch Hike, The Funky Broadway, The Shake...

[@eugeneendres5846]

OMG ! I've never seen Steve McQueen dance before. He's pretty good. So cool to see this.

[@lukeswain1752]

@Brett Stanton ahhh I thought that was him! Awesome dancer

[@bighands69]

+eugene endres Old Hollywood actors were trained in performance arts which included dancing. Many also would have been dancers from a young age and would have learned to sing and dance in local communities and churches.

[@kristenlevine3446]

Wow - never saw this footage before. Two great stars. Thank you.

[@samualcrocket1405]

I was thinking the same.

[@tulekit4336]

that was at a Lyndon Johnson fundraiser in Beverly Hills California. He was dancing with Luci Johnson. In fact, if you look close you can see Natalie Wood is dancing too.

[@shavaunaronan3188]

This was incredible to watch, it just looked like everyone from the musicians to the kids dancing were having so much fun. The music was really good back then, and the dancing wow. James Brown was such a natural dancer. Thank you for an awesome video!

[@FreshCreativeFrog25]

Such a unique and stylish time. Who isn’t enamoured by the 1960s… so interesting and beautiful! And what I particularly like is that everyone of all age groups dances the same way.

[@fearlessfosdick160]

A period that is easy to romanticize if you didn't live through it. Actually, the 60's sort of sucked.

[@maniheysgnosis865]

@@fearlessfosdick160 And the 50s were even worse than the 40s. Take my word for it!

[@vickivanyo7222]

I grew up with this and I was a dancing machine ever since I was 2... I still dance with the style of the 60s when I hear rok and roll I qbautlwy love it it's in my soul

[@user-xz4all]

I like the ironic opening phrase from the old American film (1943) "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (I quote from memory, not verbatim) ~ Someone who considers the 90s turbulent, just dont lived in the 80s" I smiled a wide when I read this movie start.

[@user-xz4all]

@@maniheysgnosis865 People now almost do not understand how much life is made easier every ~20 years, thanks to big science and all technology.

[@sheiladavis6523]

Actor Steve McQueen doing the Watusi💃 🕺

[@ellejay5024]

This whole time I thought the old ladies at my Church caught the holy ghost, they were just doing the watusi

[@karina9544]

Elle Jay lmaooo 😭

[@malakmalik5891]

Hahahahaha

[@thegreatshaking]

LOL!👍

[@jennierose4736]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nenebriones3335]

1960 is my teenage life,Dancing Cha-Cha ,Twist, bogie and tango if I could turn back time 🕰️

[@redhot7190]

The 60s were a time to itself, people started getting along and into the 70s and on. I truly wish people could get along like these kids did. It was all about fun and highjinks and change. food for thought. I loved the 60s what a great time to be young.

[@richardortiz8704]

good music chubby and then we could try to hear it in him 2023

[@teresadixon2899]

I'm really lucky that my son and his friends appreciate all the older generations of music. One day I thought they were listening to my CDs. but one of them had their online playlist playing on their phone.

[@queenbee3647]

The 60s and the 70s were awesome!

[@dwightpowell6673]

@RedHot no people didn't get along...in Brooklyn NY a bunch of Italian kids shot and killed a 17 year old Black Kid that went to see about buying a car in Bensonhurst.

[@shemar3572]

@@dwightpowell6673 was a lot of racism. There was segregation! Notice the audience and dancers.

[@cesardelgadovillena2247]

Los muchachos de los años 60s sí sabían cómo divertirse... Mi Mamá sabe bailar Twist y al bailar resalta su belleza.

[@michaelnelson9140]

My late wife could do all these dances. She was a natural dancer. I guess she learned to dance in the disco era. Then she marries a stiff like me!😂😝

[@sugarpuffies222]

Just the fact you say she was a good dancer is sweet to me. ❤😊

[@ColleenLytle-sq8tx]

Sounds like she had a man who loved many things about his wife, what every woman wants - you're not a stiff, you're a sweetie.

[@gloriaverdugo1956]

This is awesome! I lived and danced through these great mucosal and dance times! Thank for such a great video!

[@argusfleibeit1165]

Had no idea Billy Preston was such a rockin' dancer!

[@hmackie6823]

Love Toni Basil very talented and Pretty

[@j3suisd3]

⭐💜🔥💜⭐

[@Diana-oo8nz]

Thank you Toni Basil (dance choreographer) for sharing this awesome video ❤️

[@PhilZaza23]

Darlene Love just working it with Marvin! Great stuff very grateful I grew up with this music the soundtrack of my life…..And let’s don’t forget James Brown! ❤

[@totalbiscuit4758]

It blew my mind seeing Billy Preston singing and dancing. I'd always known him as a keyboardist, especially for playing keyboards for the Beatles. What talent!

[@teleguy5699]

Insane!

[@fabbeaux5084]

And with RAY CHARLES on piano!!!!

[@betelman]

Thank you for this! I loved playing Spot the Toni in a few numbers.(Red Dress 💓)

[@tombird6089]

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[@carolb8652]

I grew up with these dances. And my parents HATED them. 😂 Made it that much more fun!

[@lisaellis2593]

Agreed!

[@suzvalentino1901]

Nobody twisted like my mother, she was great at it.

[@fearlessfosdick160]

They really weren't dances. Just one or two moves.

[@JoseDiaz-so6hf]

Hahah! We must be the same age :)

[@ravenskeep9009]

and yet they did some ridiculous dances too......LMAO and some of the dances they do NOW.......UGH!!

[@melissastone9200]

Love thesé dance's and music!

[@LancerMyMan]

I love this collection of dances all brought together and preserved for the future. It’s wonderful, and I just want to dance when I see it.

[@mleh2512]

Thanks, Toni & Nick! 👍🏿🙏🏾🥰 💃🏼🪩🕺🏿

[@PeaceLuvnUnderstanding]

My mom's main request for her funeral was after the eulogy everyone was to do the Twist. Most were shocked but we had about 5 people dancing. The action was reported in the church's bulletin the next services.

[@kirnpu]

Right on! I'm sorry for your loss - she sounds like she had a great attitude.

[@ajdc88]

your mom sounds cool

[@geesaidit541]

😍😍💃🏾💃🏾👏👏 Fun!!! Double 0 Soul was Amazing!

[@paulmaloney2383]

the 60's had great music and fashion, can't be duplicated

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Not the mens tight pants.

[@richardlandis793]

A time in memorial. 😊😊😊

[@stuartjenkins6673]

Toni Basil is a Dance Legend. Sure she is the lady in the red dress in the Elvis clip,and the lady in the Bikini in the Dorothy Lamour clip.She is Amazing.My Mum loved the Twist.

[@tombird6089]

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[@signaturerecords7800]

Thank you for posting this. We are researching world wide movements in art of dance and very humbled to see you have as always been way ahead in the art Toni Basil. Very wonderful to see this and you certainly are held in dance, art and music as revolutionary.

[@pmfx65]

So I hope you know this brilliant piece of scientific research: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIDXl3pjpL6Yi5o

[@barbaragabbert386]

Those fringe outfits!!!

[@ShermanSitter]

You cannot watch that Billy Preston clip without smiling. I wish there was more!

[@Theasworld1984]

I was like yaasss get it Billy My mind was 🤯

[@saggigirl1205]

Did not know Billy Preston could dance

[@jamespenny9482]

@@saggigirl1205 Nope, me either, but he could sure play some keyboards!

[@saggigirl1205]

@@jamespenny9482 yes! The fifth Beatle!

[@jamespenny9482]

@@saggigirl1205 Man, they should have added him to the group and stayed together. I would say that George Martin was the 5th Beatle, but BP had some huge contributions of his own.

[@dylanakent]

Thank you for compiling these !

[@JohnJ469]

Hang on. This is THE Toni Basil of "Oh Mickey" fame? So cool. I used to do the music in a Ballroom dance school in Australia and we used it all the time for progressive dances. Man, watching 200 couples burning a dance floor to this tune was awesome. So infectious. I'm playing it now and typing in rhythm. Thank Toni for some great memories.

[@sinbadsailor1963]

She was also the choreographer for the Monkees' 1968 film “Head” and the David Byrne video “Once in a Lifetime” along with a million other projects.

[@josephannett3471]

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[@glenicetrevaill3279]

I use Toni Basil's "Oh Mickey" in our exercise class (under licence). It's so energizing!! Luv luv luv Toni Basil

[@John60s70s]

Toni Basil was dancing back then in the 1960s. She was in that Elvis Presley movie Viva Las Vegas in this video. Love that movie more!

[@LUIS-ox1bv]

Toni Basil also appeared in Easy Rider.

[@MrGyuri45]

Beautifull day it's very good ‎Gyönyörű nap ez nagyon

[@lotstodo]

Tony Basil, a fab dancer herself. Worked with my idol David Bowie. Thank you.

[@tombird6089]

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[@kayequinn7146]

My friends & I used to stand on top of boxes or anything that was raised in the garage,blast the music & instant "go-go girls". 😊😅😂😊

[@discobikerAndRosie]

I danced on stage with Chubby Checker, to the Twist of course. I had attended one of his concerts in 1998.

[@rockodlak]

Amazing animality in dance movement! Great video compilation!!!👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jimhood1202]

Thanks Toni for this great collection. Billy Preston's set was amazing.

[@НиколайМарковски-ш2ж]

THAT'S TRUTH 💯 EXCELLENT 👌👍 BEAUTIFUL ❤️🤩 LOVELY 😍🌹

[@briancleary8491]

In my 80th year and still remember and love the sixties. Listening to the music transports me back to a time when I believe it was more fun to be young, even though we did not have all the mobile phones and gadgets that the kids have today.I grew up in a small city and there were dances on most nights of the week, the "pubs" were always full with people enjoying themselves and everyone seemed happier then.

[@sherrillsturm7240]

xcept for the nuclear bomb drills....Hide under your school desks!

[@MaureenRamsden]

Yes, it was much more fun!👏👍🥰

[@txJoJo55]

@@sherrillsturm7240 That hardly ever happened so stop exaggerating DUH, they were called DRILLS and yes it was WAY more fun back then. School was so much more fun. Now you can't even walk down the damn streets with out worrying about getting shot. WE had crime but not like now . And atleast we weren't being indoctrination or being brainwashed to mutilate our bodies or that we are more then one gender. They actually taught academics not ideology. Those days cannot compare to these horrendous days . If I could I'd trade those days with these anytime

[@homegown1234]

Do you know who ruined some of the clubs were those that came with drugs which the cops would tell them to leave. In fact, they closed one place called, "The World" for that exact reason which irritated me since I loved to dance.

[@SilverGold-ch4rq]

@@sherrillsturm7240 You must be the life of the party, Sarc. I am shocked you did not pull the race card.

[@НиколайМарковски-ш2ж]

Está es la Gran Verdadera Necesible Tiempo Viejo! Mí Tiempo Viejo! Mi Tiempo! Y la Verdadera música maravillosa! Saludos cordiales desde Bulgaria! 🇧🇬❤️🫶✨🌹💯❤️

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

Oh Toni, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind (Sorry, couldn’t resist)

[@richardlandis793]

Great music of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. 😊😊😊

[@rickyparrilla2426]

The 60's, 70's & 80's were 3 great decades back to back. They were especially great decades for music. Incredible dances, Bands and music came out of these 3 decades that are still played today!

[@kevinhanson6106]

🕺💯💯💯

[@BobAt101]

I was a little brat in Liverpool in the 60's and really miss the life, fun and music from then as seen in Toni's video.

[@2FastG]

Epic employees begin to furiously take notes

[@TheUnlimitedlou]

This video confirmed some suspicions about the origins of my mom's impeccable dance style. She was born in 54 but an early learner thanks to older sisters, so her default dancing has always been quite 60s influenced. But 60s via Detroit, so more Motown than Beach Blanket Bingo. Watching the Larks do the Jerk, I said "now **THAT is my mom's Jefk!" There's dancing (and I do love something universal all can join in) and then there's moving with SOUL

[@jeanettesmith765]

These dances were better than twerking any day!

[@pattybraithwaite2589]

Very cool to see Steve McQueen Watusi-ing!!

[@Chrissy-j6v]

Patty, Yes, Plus at 1:20 Notice Natalie Wood right next to him, shoulder to shoulder. Did not even notice it was them at first!LOL.

[@pattybraithwaite2589]

@@Chrissy-j6v I missed her the first time! That is Natalie!! Thanks!

[@queenbee3647]

I did these all, at full volume! At my fifth birthday party my parents brought the Hi-Fi outside and we had dance contests. I loved Chubby Checker and the Twist.

[@killerdillr]

The Twist was a sexual act way before it became a dance crazy - some of the first to do it was HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS. 1959. Demo version late 1958. Chubby Checker 1960!!

[@TatiCibir]

Хорошая жиросжигающая гимнастика ! 😂👍 Надо взять на заметку .😊 Если серьёзно , сколько талантливых певцов было тогда , какие красивые голоса ! ❤

[@audreystevens4505]

I did these dances, too, as a little girl. Seeing them like this makes me very nostalgic.🥲 Great video!

[@katheyjberry]

1974 - my husband was in the Air Force & we were stationed at Castle AFB, CA. I worked in Turlock, and listened to that great FM radio in our Pinto station wagon on my commute. I remember the very 1st time I heard Sundown .. loved it, and still do!

[@sudont]

I was a kid in the sixties. I remember the teenage girls next door trying to teach me these dances. Sadly, I was not yet interested.

[@brahmburgers]

me too, but although I was generally very shy, ....I wasn't shy on the dance floor, and had great times.

[@catherinedavis4913]

Steve McQueen! Who knew he could grove! Cool!!

[@DA90027]

That was Toni Basil in the purple bikini doing the swim from "Pajama Party" she is 75 now and still can dance up a storm.

[@blackmore4]

She was great. D'you know what film that was (where she's dancing 'the swim')?

[@grecomic]

See the girl in the red dress in the "Viva Las Vegas" clip... That's Toni!

[@DA90027]

@@blackmore4 1964's Pajama Party was the scene with Dorothy Lamour. Teri Garr was also in that scene in the yellow.

[@denise9831]

@@DA90027 Ann Margaret in the yellow dress?

[@marthawelch4289]

@@denise9831 Ann Margaret is in "Viva Las Vegas" in the yellow dress. She wasn't in "Pajama Party". Teri Garr was in "Pajama Party" in yellow.

[@wendypeppercorn1914]

Really cool old clips! I especially liked seeing Billy Preston! I didn’t know he could bust a move like that! Awesome!♥️

[@DorisVoerster]

Such a great time to grow up and go to high school. Loved every one of those dances! Wonderful memories of doing them with my besties and trying to teach them to my awesome Mom💜💜

[@harrygeorge3220]

Hello Doris How are you doing today?

[@conejitacarreno4876]

I love this dance, all!!!.

[@nemo3815]

6:13 The Master James Brown was the best on this video . 7:00 wow, that blows me away ! the late great Billy Preston as a dancer with the other late great Ray Charles ! Preston would go on to be one of the greatest as a keyboardist , songwriter, music composer and singer !

[@ahmednasser9049]

Wow

[@GeorgeKellemsII]

Good OLD Days AMEN THANK YOU GOD AMEN 😊

[@westworldemployee7]

Back when America was skinny. We never snacked back then...just cigarettes and alcohol! But we looked good!

[@jmason2838]

Teri Garr ..@00:26 ..🙂❤️..Dorothy Lamour in the black dress ?...Steve McQueen ..!.. , Natalie Wood. ..! Great footage .. Thank you very much..😃

[@basicbuu3461]

Been doing the “Funky chicken” my whole life... lol

[@KB-ke3fi]

Roy Head from Humble Texas was the best at a dance craze....he could sing, play and dance....he started a trend all over the country.He died 2 years ago.

[@karinjeffrey7981]

This is so joyful. Thank you!

[@SonnyCorleone-tg1ik]

WOW! At 1:44 Toni Basil in the Hot Red dress is giving Ann-Margret in the Canary yellow dress a run for her money in the sexiness department!❤❤

[@trenpher3450]

What's remarkably interesting is the 60s is the only decade where dance partners rarely have body contact with each other.

[@andrewm8402]

Its called leaving room for jesus. There are more intimate dances from the sixties, but film and tv were relatively censored back then

[@bighands69]

+Tren Pher Go and look at dances such as the Charleston Dance from the 1920s or jig dance performances from older era's again. The 60s did not create dances that made partners dance separately. But clearly you have noticed that it is different.

[@TimothyCHenderson]

The flailing limbs probably made most of these dances way to difficult to get in close.

[@nataliek.5452]

I'll take that any day, over the nasty, vulgar twerking that's so popular these days.

[@blackmore4]

While I think all the dances shown here are great, I much prefer contact dances. The 60s started the appalling phenomenon of men on a dance floor... alone... wiggling.

[@pattyfarghaly1821]

I loved growing up then. Heck yeah.

[@4keithm]

IM A STILL A FAN OF YOURS @ToniBasil #ChicagoLOVE Happy Holidays

[@mosacanite4533]

Ohhh now I know why my grandma dances weird!!😂😂😂

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

Double Oh Soul (00 Soul) is on the case!

[@adaliawright6891]

you guys ready to do some RESEARCH???? YEAH!

[@ajdc88]

....do the RE-SEARCH.... click, click, back-click

[@sams220guy3]

❤❤❤❤❤ & Thank you, Ms.Toni Basil

[@nilsonpompeo3322]

60´s and 70´s !!!! nothing compares !!

[@60zeller]

Cuze you were young

[@НиколайМарковски-ш2ж]

В смисъл?! 😡

[@shelynj2210]

I watched my mom & dad & their siblings dance to this & my younger aunts & uncles pop lockin 70's- 80's..fun times as a kid growing up in the day!

[@rachaelreynolds-soucie7590]

God do I love the 60's!

[@GroovyteenofFlowerpower]

Me to

[@bighands69]

40s,50s,60s,70s and 80s all had cool dancing and music.

[@samualcrocket1405]

It do too. It was before the drug culture and socialism when when a dullness came over society and peoples brains.

[@samualcrocket1405]

@L I grew up in that era. Drug use like you see today did not start until the later 60s. In the 50s drug use was unheard of as a social dependency for interacting with people. We were better off for it to as individuals and a better society. In the less populated areas people didn't even think about locking lock their doors when they left home.

[@cmagee8596]

Outstanding research, Toni!

[@princessgrace66]

Can't believe I'm 66 and My 2 Big Sisters taught Me these dances.❤😂🎉

[@riotraficante7036]

I went away for the summer and when I got back, my older sister and my Mom were doing the Twist. I just couldn't get the hang of it and one day, I let my mind take me away. After that day I was Twisting the night away.

[@princessgrace66]

Ok You're Almost There.. So now You gotta learn the mashed potatoes shing a ling then the the Tighten Up 😂 Luv Our Childhood🤣

[@cottonpickinghamburgerfrie620]

@@princessgrace66 thank you Keep shining