Dances Of The 50s 60s & 70's

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  1. Tony Page

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    Did you know that Dick Clarks American Bandstand theme song was Les elgart Bandstand Boogie.

     
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    No, Tony. I didn't. Interesting.
     
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    Then there's "The Roach" from 1962. Kids would line up and pretend they were squishing roaches.


     
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    The 1988 movie "Hairspray" was a parody of my beloved 1962 Baltimore. One of the scenes features a song/dance called "The Bug" which was actually a 1958 hit by an unknown guy named Jerry Dallman.

     
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    I got (well, had) a few brass players in my family, including me.

    My older brother spent his career in the Army Band, and helped found their jazz band (The Army Blues.) He played trombone, herald trumpet and bass trombone.

    A younger brother was literally a virtuoso trombone player. Just a great effortless player (although he did not earn a living at it.)

    The big band stuff always hits close to home. We ain't rock 'n roll...if the power goes out, you still got music.
     
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    I did not know that.

    Did you know that The Tonight Show theme song ("Johnny's Theme") was written by Paul Anka?
     
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    I think it's great to be able to play an instrument, if I was able to play I'll pick the Trumpet.
     
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    A new one for me why not just spray them haha.
     
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    I picked trumpet, but I was never able ;)

    It was fun, I learned a lot, it was my social thing throughout school, but I was never good at it.

    Regarding The Johnny's Theme...according to the web, Carson wanted it for the show but Skitch Henderson (bandleader at the time) rejected it, largely out of ego because Anka was so young at the time. So Anka sat down with Carson and helped Carson write lyrics to the tune, and gave Carson co-author status. Skitch was stuck. He could not reject the song that the boss co-wrote. The rest--as they say--is history.
     
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    I can imagine all the horrified mothers out there as their own children acted as though they had experience with that particular activity.

    Kinda the opposite of "Splish Splash I Was Takin' A Bath."
     
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    I remember the Hully Gully nice
     
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