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Was this the introduction to Line dancing ? Maybe ! I am sure there are other accounts in the history somewhere.
The Stroll was both a slow rock 'n' roll dance and a song that was popular in the late 1950s.
Billboard first reported that "The Stroll" might herald a new dance craze similar to the "Big Apple" in December 1957. "The Stroll" was written by Clyde Otis and Nancy Lee and was recorded by the Canadian group The Diamonds (Mercury 71242). The Diamonds' versions also featured a saxophone soloist.
The original version of the song reached #4 on the Billboard pop charts, #5 on the R&B charts, and #1 on the Cashbox charts.
In the dance two lines of dancers, men on one side and women on the other, face each other, moving in place to the music. Each paired couple then steps out and does a more elaborate dance up and down between the rows of dancers. Dick Clark noted the similarity of the dance to the Virginia reel. It was first performed to "C. C. Rider" by Chuck Willis on American Bandstand. Link Wray's "Rumble" was also a popular tune for doing the stroll.
When 1950s nostalgia came to the forefront in the 1970s, The Stroll saw renewed public awareness. It was used in the film American Graffiti (1973) during the scene at the high school dance and is mentioned in some of the lyrics in the musical Grease. Led Zeppelin's 1950s rock homage "Rock and Roll" mentions the Stroll.
The Stroll was an integral part of most episodes of the dance TV series Soul Train, where host and creator Don Cornelius dubbed it the "Soul Train Line."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stroll
http://dance.lovetoknow.com/The_Stroll_50s_Dance
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The Stroll was both a slow rock 'n' roll dance and a song that was popular in the late 1950s.
Billboard first reported that "The Stroll" might herald a new dance craze similar to the "Big Apple" in December 1957. "The Stroll" was written by Clyde Otis and Nancy Lee and was recorded by the Canadian group The Diamonds (Mercury 71242). The Diamonds' versions also featured a saxophone soloist.
The original version of the song reached #4 on the Billboard pop charts, #5 on the R&B charts, and #1 on the Cashbox charts.
In the dance two lines of dancers, men on one side and women on the other, face each other, moving in place to the music. Each paired couple then steps out and does a more elaborate dance up and down between the rows of dancers. Dick Clark noted the similarity of the dance to the Virginia reel. It was first performed to "C. C. Rider" by Chuck Willis on American Bandstand. Link Wray's "Rumble" was also a popular tune for doing the stroll.
When 1950s nostalgia came to the forefront in the 1970s, The Stroll saw renewed public awareness. It was used in the film American Graffiti (1973) during the scene at the high school dance and is mentioned in some of the lyrics in the musical Grease. Led Zeppelin's 1950s rock homage "Rock and Roll" mentions the Stroll.
The Stroll was an integral part of most episodes of the dance TV series Soul Train, where host and creator Don Cornelius dubbed it the "Soul Train Line."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stroll
http://dance.lovetoknow.com/The_Stroll_50s_Dance
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Today unless you are singing about putting a cap in someones ass or rollin a fatty with a strobe light blasting away in the black light techno crap- this would be considered very tame. We used to do this and square dancing when I was in grade school. Good memories SGT John " Mac " McConnell
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Boy ! Did you hit the nail on the head Maj Marty Hogan ... So very true and very good analysis of music " somewhat " today. Have a great day brother.
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Thanks for sharing the Original Stroll video SGT John " Mac " McConnell. Cultural anthropologists of the future would be interested at the "development' of dance in the 20th century from the jitterbug of the early 20th century, through the stroll, to the Twist and Watusi, to Break Dancing to whatever dances are popular now.
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
I am sure some cultural anthropologist would be scratching there head.... Then look at each other and say " What " ? This requires much more study ! :>) Thanks for sharing LTC Stephen F. .
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