What were popular dances in the 60s?

What were popular dances in the 60s?

A Few Famous Dances in the Sixties

• The Freddie. Lift your right arm and leg Lift your left arm and leg.
• The Frug. Stand with your feet together and bend your knees slightly.
• The Hitch-Hike.
• The Loco-motion.
• The Mashed Potato.
• The Shimmy.
• The Swim.
• The Twist.

What dance was the biggest craze in the 60s?

1. The Twist. We would be remiss to not start off this list with Chubby Checker’s 1960 hit “The Twist.” We consider this to be the Godfather of dance crazes, and for good reason. “The Twist,” remains the only song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 on two separate occasions — once in 1960 and again in 1962.

What dance was popular in 1965?

1965: the loco-motion While the song was popular, it took a few years for the dance to catch on. Watch the loco-motion here.

What was the most popular dance music in the 1960s?

Dee Dee Sharp is next with four, followed by The Dovells and Sam Cooke with three apiece. Dance music hit its stride in the early 1960s; 1962, the year the Twist was at its peak, is tops by far with 20 hits on the list.

Which is the most popular dance in the world?

The Twist is the most popular of all dances, with ten hits represented. The Waltz and the Mambo each have five, followed by the Tango with three. Chubby Checker is the leading purveyor of dance with nine hits on the list. Dee Dee Sharp is next with four, followed by The Dovells and Sam Cooke with three apiece.

How did dance music change in the 2010s?

It was ours. As dance music bubbled up into the mainstream throughout the 2010s, the sound splintered into genres, subgenres and sub-subgenres, with superstar producers establishing the sound and earning potential of the scene and bedroom producers evolving the music in as many directions as the decade’s emerging technology allowed them to move in.