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By the way, as a '50's buff and a lindy hopper, here's a list of my favorite songs to practice breaks (quickstops, jumps, slide breaks, corkscrews, and aerials for performances.): That'll Be The Day: Buddy Holly Dum Dum: Brenda Lee I'm In Love Again: Fats Domino Money Honey: The Drifters...

Hi Steve. I wanted to send you a You Tube link showing the rockabilly jiving, but I can't yet, because I don't have 10 posts. So, I will, as soon as I reach ten! LOL! :-)

I'd like to know who that Fremont person was! (Maybe some of my seniors may know him, since we're here in the Newark/Fremont/Union City area.) KPIX-Dance Party was the after school show here in the SF Bay Area, so maybe his style of dancing was the same as what was done on that show. Yeah...

Sorry, last post before I go back to work. Since we're talking '50's, Earl Carroll, "Mr. Earl" of the Cadillacs, just passed away. A lot of the Cadillacs' songs were perfect for dancing...

You know, I have to mention this. I teach senior fitness classes in the morning, and most of those "seniors" were teenagers in the 1950's and/or '60's. When I talk and occasionally try to dance with them, every one of them seems to be doing a simplified double-time East Coast Swing. They...

Hi Steve, hi Open Door. I wanted to respond to you both separately, but it doesn't look like I have the option to do that (at least not on my computer.) To answer about jiving, rockabilly jiving that is, and not the ballroom/international standard jive, to me (and I don't want to offend...

Actually I don't think the term West Coast Swing and Western Swing weren't really used until Skippy Blair came up with it. So yeah, it definitely was lindy hop, but the style of lindy that would directly influence WCS. I got "Hot Rod Gang", not so much for the dance routine (to Gene...

Hi Steve. Thanks for chiming in. Ah, rock n' roll (and teen/exploitation) movies from '56 onwards? Such as "Rock Around The Clock", "Don't Knock The Rock", "Shake, Rattle, and Rock", "The Girl Can't Help It", "Untamed Youth", "Bop Girl Goes Calypso", "Jukebox Rhythm", "Daddy-O", and...

Hey Dance Forum. I'm sharing some love for Smooth Style (Hollywood Style) Lindy Hop, as well as Bal-Swing, and Collegiate Shag. (I even enjoy doing rockabilly jive.) Hoping to connect with others who love dancing to '40's and '50's dance music. And if you're a follow who likes doing...