DANNY & THE JUNIORS PERFORM THE POP MUSIC ANTHEM
"ROCK & ROLL IS HERE TODAY"
ON THE CLASSIC OLDIES VIDEO JUKE BOX
link on the OTV Main Page
Take "The Lindy Hop," dance craze from the 30's,
Rework it to "At The Hop" by Danny & The Juniors abd
you get great entertainment by watching teens do it
on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand," this clip combining two
shows from the AB national US tour.
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Flash back to the big city dance halls
of the 40's/ the 40's. As a ballroom swing music dance, "The Lindy" which
was jittered by the dance hall girls and their suitors as
well as night clubs, to the prior generation's dismay. Young
people of that era Lindy's to big band
swing tunes like Glen Miller's "In The Mood" or Duke Ellington's
"One O'Clock Jump."
Flash forward to the rock burgeoning late fifties. When Danny & The Juniors zoomed to the top
of the charts with "At The Hop" and the follow up
"Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay" (on our
Classic Oldies Video Juke Box), it was Alan Freed's dancers in
New York and Dick Clark's dances in Phillie that put some
rock and roll shoo-bop steps to modified "Lindy" and voila,
"The Lindy Hop." Guess how many parents who got slammed
by their parents for doing "The Lindy" winced when their
kids did "The Lindy Hop." You can swing it, you can groove it,
you can really start to move it At The Hop.
Viewer Comments:
9.01.10 The Coop, Shreveport, LA like they used to say, good beat and easy to dance to. Great clean cut male group singing a song that made sense and you can understand. Bring back Dick Clark and American Bandstand. Rock and Roll forever, this generation missed great music and outstanding rock groups.
8.28.10 Candi13, AR Great memories of dancing to American Bandstand! My favorite after-school show!!!
8.28.10 Lou @ oldiestelevision.com responds Candi, I used
to get so much detention, I was lucky if I got home from school
in time to watch the 11PM news! Dick Clark is an American Bandstand legend.
8.15.10 Sandy, Sulphur, LA Brought back memories
8.12.10 calm43elvis, Middletown, NY Loved The Dick Clark Show, great memories!
8.12.10 Buckman, Raleigh, NC Wonderful memories!
7.20.10 Erdodd3, Gloucester, VA Ahhh Yehhh!
7.18.10 Bearrs, New York, NY A little grainy~~What a Gassss, man!!!
7.13.10 Indprin198, Lincoln, ME best music ever
6.25.10 Roni, NY aaahhh my peers, my dance role models, couldn't wait to practice ,and turn on the "Tiny TV Sing-a-Long" was a given, how adorable everyone was!! my idols back in the day,I went to "Night Train!!"
6.15.10 Jettset3, FL took me back in time
6.14.10 ArtJ, CT Satisfying and memorable; a classic
6.13.10 Marlene, FL Brought back such good memories
6.12.10 GrannysWorld, TN Love the oldies!
6.12.10 Lou @ oldiestelevision.com responds Rock, on, Gran!
6.01.10 darkview, FL Wonderful to see this program--I actually remember seening the original!!
5.25.10 dbayside23, NY four of the nicest guys around
5.10.10 mat5471, NY) Love that GOOD music, nothing like it!!
5.08.10 truknights (Danny & The Juniors) one of the best groups
5.02.10 Big_Kahuna One of my favorites. I still have their 45 rpm
5.01.10 azelaine Someone is confused. The Lindy Hop was from the 1930's or 1940's not the 1950's. This clip from
Bandstand was just called THE HOP. There was no LINDY in the name.
5.01.10 Lou @ oldiestelevision.com responds According to the archival service supplying
this clip, some of the dancers in the opening segment were professionals and,for
the performance, integrated some of the steps and style of the Lindy to
Danny & The Juniors' performance. Not having any expertise in choreography
(I trip over my own feet, actually), I can't give you the movement specifics.
Where is Arthur Murray when you need him?
