Who wrote Willie and the hand jive?
Johnny Otis
Willie and the Hand Jive/Lyricists
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Johnny Otis, the “godfather of rhythm and blues” who wrote and recorded the R&B classic “Willie and the Hand Jive” and for decades evangelized black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died. He was 90.
When did Willie and the hand jive come out?
1974
Willie and the Hand Jive/Released
What year did the hand jive become popular?
Much like balboa swing dance focused on small steps dance on the crowded dance floors of California in the late 1930s, the hand jive was came about in the 1950s because the dance floor was so crowded that kids had to “dance” with their hands instead of their feet.
Who started the hand jive?
The hand jive was invented in 1957 when freelance (self employed) photographer Ken Russel recorded a group of teenagers hand jiving in the basement of The Cat’s Whisker coffee bar in London. They were hand jiving because it was too crowded to get up in dance in the tiny basement.
How long did the hand jive last?
The hand jive is a classic hand pattern that is easy to learn and fun to perform! It is most famously seen in the musical Grease; however, its origins date back to the rock and roll and rhythm and blues music of the 1950s. The dance lasts for 16 beats (2 sets of 8, or 4 measures) and then repeats itself.
Was the hand jive a real dance?
Was the Hand Jive a real dance?
Who came up with hand jive?
Leon Bell
In 1957 when filmmaker Ken Russell was a freelance photographer, he recorded the teenagers of Soho, London hand-jiving in the basement of The Cat’s Whisker coffee bar, where the hand-jive was invented by Leon Bell of Leon Bell and the Bell Cats.
What decade was the hand jive dance?
1950s
The hand jive is a dance particularly associated with music of the 1950s, rhythm and blues in particular. It involves a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps at various parts of the body, following and/or imitating the percussion instruments.
Is the hand jive a real dance?
The hand jive is a dance particularly associated with music of the 1950s, rhythm and blues in particular. It involves a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps at various parts of the body, following and/or imitating the percussion instruments. It resembles a highly elaborate version of pat-a-cake.
Who sang Willie and the hand jive?
Eric Clapton
Willie and the Hand Jive/Artists
Who sang Willie and the Hand Jive?