Dance Demonstration of The Twist (1961)

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  • Dance Demonstration of chubby checker The Twist (1961)
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  • @amberlita1779
    @amberlita1779 4 роки тому +369

    My nan does the twist. She taught to me when I was young. Now whenever there's music we get up and twist together😂

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 6 років тому +251

    The Twist was the first time that adults got involved in a teenage dance craze. My parents, who were in their 40s then, eagerly participated. My mother actually went to an Arthur Murray Dance Studio (which this man is from) with one of her friends to have a Twist lesson in 1961.

    • @ignorecorporatenews
      @ignorecorporatenews 6 років тому +4

      What about the 1920's?

    • @19gregske55
      @19gregske55 5 років тому +13

      JFK and Jackie actually performed "The Twist" at their Inaugural Ball.

    • @nollyfkennedy
      @nollyfkennedy 4 роки тому +8

      @@19gregske55 is there a clip of that? Would love to see them dance hahah

    • @19gregske55
      @19gregske55 4 роки тому +3

      @@nollyfkennedy: Methinks that there wasn't a film clip of "The Twist". But, I have seen a press photo of the dance at one of the Inaugural Balls.

  • @sagisli
    @sagisli 7 років тому +224

    I went to a Chubby Checker show in Vegas and it was one of the best shows I went to. A grandmother got on stage and tore the place up. She was great.

    • @julissaguadamuz8486
      @julissaguadamuz8486 5 років тому +2

      Sagisli ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️...

    • @ohthelovelypoems
      @ohthelovelypoems 5 років тому +2

      Fuck ya!

    • @bonniebickett4520
      @bonniebickett4520 4 роки тому +6

      Saw Chubby in Branson,MO I jumped over the seats to get on stage to dance!

    • @user-bb2mq2rk2h
      @user-bb2mq2rk2h 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/w0kb3ErhI5w/v-deo.html&ab_channel=OlgaBSP
      This is a Russian show of those years. It's called Back to the Monkey. I would like to hear the opinion of an American ...

  • @stuffy321
    @stuffy321 5 років тому +1559

    The couple in the middle are my Mom and Dad! Still twisting just not as fast!

  • @hibaelrayah9916
    @hibaelrayah9916 4 роки тому +50

    I'm from Sudan and till this day at every wedding you'll find someone who is still twisting. Classic

    • @LAMARIMARISELA
      @LAMARIMARISELA Рік тому +1

      I'm from Venezuela it's the same here in the wedding parties 🎉😊

    • @AbelFelixStudio
      @AbelFelixStudio 17 днів тому

      I'm from Malaysia, it is the same here.

  • @belleferrar8898
    @belleferrar8898 4 роки тому +50

    I remember falling in love with the song and the dance when it came out. So much fun to twist, round and around and around.

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

  • @bluepuppydan
    @bluepuppydan 4 роки тому +67

    Excellent , beautiful clothes ,!and hair styles , as much as I love my era of the 70’s and 80’s , the start of the 60’s and 50’s has a class element you don’t see today , fascinating to watch.

  • @bonnietucker580
    @bonnietucker580 7 років тому +34

    One of the best examples of the twist craze I have ever seen,the woman on the far left in the polka dot dress and her partner were really smooth.

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

  • @virgilbanowetz4941
    @virgilbanowetz4941 4 роки тому +77

    Best dance ever. A physical therapist once told me The Twist is also one of the best exercises for your body.
    Our YMCA/Silver Sneakers class does this dance/exercise occasionally and it occurred to me that there ought to be a twist contest before the baby boomers are all gone. Looking for one in the Midwest. This needs to happen. Please HELP find one.

    • @drewsmith1383
      @drewsmith1383 3 роки тому +6

      Hey there! I've tried having a look into it but with not much luck. I'll keep trying to see if I can find anything for you. What I would recommend is hosting your own! The best way to bring things back is to start them up again. If nobody attempts anything then nothing will ever continue. I imagine it wouldn't be that difficult to host such a thing. People are always eager to try new things.

    • @Janine11155
      @Janine11155 2 роки тому +1

      Probably good for the knees and joints!

    • @helenamartinez3415
      @helenamartinez3415 Рік тому +1

      1940ish--1950ish now music RIP 🎶🎶🎼💀

  • @ThePlataf
    @ThePlataf Рік тому +2

    I'm an oldie and I don't recall ever dancing in a circle like this.

  • @prasenjitdey4222
    @prasenjitdey4222 10 місяців тому +4

    The good 'old' days of "The Twist" !! 😊 👍👏

  • @Opus566
    @Opus566 3 роки тому +23

    The dancing is excellent, the clothes are beautiful, and the people are talented

  • @louislamonte334
    @louislamonte334 2 роки тому +4

    Look at how beautifully dressed everyone is! They are all dignified and classy yet you can tell they're all having a terrific, smashing time!! How tragic nothing like this exists today!

  • @goingbeyondviolet
    @goingbeyondviolet 4 роки тому +5

    This dance - and its unlimited variations, bring such smiles and memories. In grade three music class, the teacher had me jump up on her desk and demonstrate it when everyone else was glued to their seats - a teacher wouldn't dare ask of that today! Loved it, and danced through the lunch period instead of eating as people from the halls spilled inside and joined. This moment I paid homage to storyline wise in my upcoming movie "The Devil's Tail" (2020) with four licensed twist tracks of "Steven Garrick and His Party Twisters." (The trailer is posted here as that title) ... so wonderful reading the comment from stuffy321 that his parents are shown dancing, and that they still do the moves. They're not the only ones...

    • @cindymacferran331
      @cindymacferran331 2 роки тому

      I don’t think Stuffy is telling the truth cuz they also commented on their own post...Really? That’s awesome and other similar responses....

  • @idaguerra2228
    @idaguerra2228 6 років тому +167

    BEAUTIFUL !!!!! CLOSE MY EYES AND THINK I AM DANCING BACK IN THE 60'S WITH MY BOYFRIEND , AND JUST FEEL HAPPY ! AND IN LOVE WITH HIM AGAIN ! THEN WHEN I DO THE SECOND TIME AROUND THE SAME SONG NOW IT IS FOR CARDIO ! HAAAAAAAA
    LOVE , PEACE , AND KINDNESS ......... TWIST ! CHILDREN ! TWIST ! YOUR WAY TO A 23 INCH WAIT LADIES !!!!!!!! TWIST AND TWIST AGAIN ! FOR AMAZING RESULTS ! SMILE !

    • @deborahmarcus3396
      @deborahmarcus3396 6 років тому

      its so weird when teens say that

    • @kennyholeater2494
      @kennyholeater2494 5 років тому +2

      We got a few memos from New York office !!!???? the beginning of the end of rock and roll

    • @colleenvantrease4977
      @colleenvantrease4977 4 роки тому +1

      With chubby checker,Elvis Presley, fats domino,paul anka, Bobby darin, other singers you always had a reason to want to dance . The music was wonderful to listen to, be with that special someone,dance to your joy . Three were different dances that you do with in reason . I really truly honestly did ,still do love the music from back then . What they call music is rap . When,if I happen it it's a turn off to me . Reasons being # 1. It's too loud . #2 you may not understand what they are saying .

    • @gracie4273
      @gracie4273 4 роки тому +1

      @@deborahmarcus3396 this is actually someone from this time, theyre not a teen lmao

    • @deborahmarcus3396
      @deborahmarcus3396 4 роки тому +1

      Gracie Black woops nvm haha

  • @lenscaparro5209
    @lenscaparro5209 5 років тому +31

    Quite possibly the greatest record ever!

    • @corfan99
      @corfan99 5 років тому +4

      I believe it went to No. 1 two times in 1960 and then again in 1962

    • @wdtaut5650
      @wdtaut5650 4 роки тому +1

      I liked the original by Hank Ballard better. It's bluesier, more like rock.

  • @josefranklindemenezespinto3918
    @josefranklindemenezespinto3918 4 роки тому +46

    it seems that people were happier, what a good time this is!

    • @drewsmith1383
      @drewsmith1383 3 роки тому +5

      @@babyskunkcat Not from what my gran and all of my older generation friends say.

    • @brianstovall2423
      @brianstovall2423 3 роки тому +4

      Jose Franklin De Menezes Pinto yeah you were happier if you were white

    • @chromefin5378
      @chromefin5378 3 роки тому +5

      @@brianstovall2423 You had to throw that in. Our white parents wouldn't even allow us to watch or participate in this type of scene. We mingled with the Spanish have fun.

    • @PokeyIsTaken
      @PokeyIsTaken 3 роки тому

      @@chromefin5378 Still better than today.

    • @ErikDanielHernandezCantu
      @ErikDanielHernandezCantu 2 роки тому +1

      They seem happier because that’s what was required on television

  • @barryrudge1576
    @barryrudge1576 Рік тому +4

    1961 was the year I left school and it was the first dance ever to drag all the boys onto the dance floor who were previously self conscious when it came to more formal dancing. The twist eventually evolved into what we see on the dance floor today. More about self expression than formal dancing.

  • @FashionistaDude
    @FashionistaDude 3 роки тому +27

    What's especially interesting about this video for me is that these dancers are all definitely adults. Not high school kids, not college-aged kids, and not even past college-age. Adults
    What's more, these adults seem to have so much enthusiasm, glamor, and talent. If I had been alive at the time of this video I could not dismiss them as has-beens or wannabes.

    • @BAMovin
      @BAMovin 2 роки тому +1

      They are the instructors of the Arthur Murry dance studios. The announcer says that. Great excerise by the way.

    • @FashionistaDude
      @FashionistaDude 2 роки тому

      @@BAMovin Thank you, though I had figured that out. But I said what I said because I've seen grown up dance instructors that don't have much in the way of glamor or enthusiasm. That adds to the dance talent if they dance well.

    • @gregmonks9708
      @gregmonks9708 2 роки тому +6

      This has its parallel in restaurants. In the 50's and 60's it was adults working in restaurants, not kids. Two married adults making minimum wage in those days could afford to buy a car, a house, and put their kids through school.

    • @stewartfenton7660
      @stewartfenton7660 Місяць тому +1

      Everybody of all ages fell for it. All the kids did. Except me. But my older brother would twist with abandon at village dances up till 1970, maybe beyond.

  • @trxncxt1281
    @trxncxt1281 5 років тому +44

    i wish the sound of music back then didn’t change through out the years. This was music

    • @SmittenKitten.
      @SmittenKitten. 4 роки тому +14

      Says every generation ever. 😂

    • @Ymch809
      @Ymch809 2 роки тому +2

      Things change and evolve

    • @theredpanda00
      @theredpanda00 2 роки тому +4

      nothing's stopping you from listening to it now

  • @theGEnericE
    @theGEnericE 7 місяців тому +1

    My parents were stationed overseas and returned stateside in the height of the twist craze. They said they thought everyone had lost their minds because it was so unusual! But even my grandparents were dancing the twist! Must have been a fun time!

  • @michaelgaynor6866
    @michaelgaynor6866 5 років тому +16

    Took me back to my Grandparents basement in 1961,everyone twisting and at five year's old,I could twist like I was born to twist!

  • @janicedcunha9092
    @janicedcunha9092 5 років тому +7

    Twist, rattle and shake, the good old dancing steps can never be replaced with modern day "so called dancing". Awesome!!!

    • @alexsdb9712
      @alexsdb9712 6 місяців тому +1

      The same goes for the so-called mainstream "dance music" of the past 15 years, which of course is so restraint and undanceable!

  • @jerrybrownell3633
    @jerrybrownell3633 4 роки тому +5

    The Twist was written by Hank Ballard in 1958. It was the b-side of " Teardrops On Your Letter". Neither side a or b did very well on the charts. Chubby Checker( Ernest Evans ) recorded it twice. In 1960 and 1962- the later one had a slightly different arrangement. It is the only record by the same artist to ever reach #1 in two separate years.

  • @krmarine123
    @krmarine123 5 років тому +6

    Well, I've always wanted to do it and this guy explained it PERFECTLY and easy! Finallyyyyy, I THINK I got it. Learning it for my mother's 70th birthday party this year and considering playing this so all the young ones like me can learn it..... Followed by the song! Gets your cardio going for sure! Love it!

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

  • @sanmichele5395
    @sanmichele5395 7 років тому +170

    The Twist was smart and sexy and fun. I can remember I was a little shaver, my parents were in their '20's and they had Twist parties. Mom in her little black dress and stiletto heels. Dad in his oh-so-thin ties...

    • @lauraanguiano4141
      @lauraanguiano4141 4 роки тому +1

      Fast forward 10 years and ties were as fat as ever😁

    • @8avexp
      @8avexp 4 роки тому +2

      @@lauraanguiano4141 I still have a few ultra wide early 70s ties.

  • @johnprovince5304
    @johnprovince5304 5 років тому +77

    Vividly remember my mother doing the twist in her aqua pedal pushers she got through the Spiegle cataloge and telling my Dad to "Get with it, its the sixties!"

  • @SteveN-sx9ig
    @SteveN-sx9ig 4 роки тому +5

    This show was Brian Henderson’s Bandstand from Sydney, Australia. Great show!

  • @rogerpr364
    @rogerpr364 5 років тому +3

    There was this restaurant just down our street and this song would play several times during weekends and mostly the young women would dance the twist and all of this was taking place out doors near the jukebox, I was very young back then, I remember every bit from those days as every summer when the beach and restaurant would open for the season those where the best days of my youth and late teen life ! That beach was in
    Laval-West Laval Quebec Canada. Thanks for posting, Cheer's

  • @Chopin1397
    @Chopin1397 4 роки тому +1

    I watched Chubby Checkers do this live on Ed Sullivan in 1961. I’m 76 now and still Twisting,! Go Chubby!

  • @celiamitchell4969
    @celiamitchell4969 Рік тому +3

    The ladies look so nice in their dresses and pretty shoes. None of their business hanging.

  • @avervlad4984
    @avervlad4984 4 роки тому +8

    Где мои 17 лет,как пел Вова.Начало 60-х да,твистовали на т.площадке,в клубах,дома.Как давно это было))

    • @31069johnny
      @31069johnny 4 роки тому

      Avervlad 49 NO TWISTING IN MOTHER RUSSIA!!!! CYKA

  • @renatasaata2130
    @renatasaata2130 5 років тому +10

    And these elegant people. WOW!

  • @lilliearvizu9447
    @lilliearvizu9447 4 роки тому +2

    Great dancers! Love the hi heels! 👠👠

  • @ricardoenriquediazcerrato9948
    @ricardoenriquediazcerrato9948 4 роки тому +6

    I just love it! Lucky enough I learned it from my parents.

  • @yorenygicelamunozdelgado1612
    @yorenygicelamunozdelgado1612 5 років тому +40

    I love the clothes of those years and the music is wonderful ❤💘💋👄😘💋

  • @floppybollox3
    @floppybollox3 6 років тому +5

    That was wild! So 'civilised', so restrained yet so wanting to get the beat!

  • @genehuddleston7475
    @genehuddleston7475 4 роки тому

    My wife twisted with Chubby Checker in the 1990s at one of our company dinner-dances. His voice was just the same sound as when I heard it echoing down the stairs while waiting to get into the Hayloft in DC in 1961. Alas, I had to leave to get back to Quantico. The Hayloft was packed.

  • @MrCapi55
    @MrCapi55 7 років тому +16

    The start of the group dancing?is simply amazing.!!

  • @23Robusto
    @23Robusto 3 роки тому +1

    The song written by Hank Ballard who was invited to American Bandstand to preform but couldn't make it. They recruited Chubby Checker who had a similar voice. the rest is history

  • @jefforr1091
    @jefforr1091 4 роки тому +9

    The guy I’m the middle was born doing the twist, he’s a pro

  • @karlosgaming7027
    @karlosgaming7027 2 роки тому +1

    You guys back in my day we just did the twist all the day, ah 1970 good old times

  • @agathalandsburry
    @agathalandsburry 3 роки тому

    Hum le bon vieux temps quand on "cirait le parquet", j'adore! LOL. Merci pour ce partage! I danced this in the 70ths without shoes! Thanks for sharing this excellent music! I was 3 years old in 61 but I adore Chubby Checker!

  • @noramascarenas9990
    @noramascarenas9990 4 роки тому +1

    Love, love, love it. I'm 65 and still do the twist. Lol I was probably only like 7 yrs. old...wish I could have been 16-17 then!
    It's kinda crazy that these dancers are probably 16-19 and the way they're dressed makes them look like they're in their 30's.

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

  • @billr3724
    @billr3724 11 місяців тому +1

    Enjoyable watching the gals with their Bouffant hairstyles and the guys with their low-cut suits and pointy black shoes.

  • @forego49
    @forego49 3 роки тому +1

    This is classic amazing how stiff the dance instructor is!

  • @phoebecatgirl933
    @phoebecatgirl933 5 років тому +2

    AH the memories! I did the twist at home to wome music and my folks though it was crazy! I went to my Jr High Sock Hop with a friend and did the twist and all kinds of other dances we made up and we each won record albums from the then current WLS DJ Clark Webber for out dancing.......the good old days.

    • @arnoldtrogman
      @arnoldtrogman 4 роки тому +1

      I'm from Chicago I remember Clark Weber and I'll remember all of what you're talkin about.. it was fun innocent fun

  • @safiazad2865
    @safiazad2865 4 роки тому +53

    This is how peoples dance in 60s , now they twerk

    • @michaelgaynor6866
      @michaelgaynor6866 4 роки тому +3

      Twerking!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jeremytq
      @jeremytq 3 роки тому +9

      Very.... VERY unfortunate.

    • @rephaelreyes8552
      @rephaelreyes8552 3 роки тому +11

      The twist used to be criticized because it was too sexual... oh things have changes since then

    • @donaldbestkorea2248
      @donaldbestkorea2248 2 роки тому +1

      *twerks in agreement*

  • @vinsnan6259
    @vinsnan6259 4 роки тому +3

    Great social distancing way before its time:)

  • @luisabritoleite850
    @luisabritoleite850 3 роки тому +1

    I learned this dance when I was 10 when I watched this video. Without this video I wouldn't be able to do the twist.

    • @alexfrankie5396
      @alexfrankie5396 2 роки тому

      That's awesome! I can't even do a damn twist until this moment, someone would have to give me a private lesson, lol.. Nice meeting you on here. What part of World🌎 are you listening from?

  • @TomTom-rr9jz
    @TomTom-rr9jz 4 роки тому +1

    Я родилась в 1959г. И когда немного подросла ,моя тетя (ей было 17-18лет) брала меня с собой в клуб на танцы и я смотрела как молодежь 60х красиво танцевали модный тогда твист. Но вскоре ,когда я подросла тоже танцевала твист и такое выдавала , впрочем как и все в те года. Лучшие были годы СССР.👋🇦🇿Привет из Баку!

  • @roverdover4449
    @roverdover4449 2 роки тому +1

    After that dry explanation I wasn't expecting much. Those guys and gals were good!

  • @DeeDeb4
    @DeeDeb4 6 років тому

    Whoa this is a flashback. Loved this song as a kid.

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

  • @lorik.6669
    @lorik.6669 5 років тому +13

    Amazing, I was 14.
    Imagine seeing those old people in suits doing the twist.

    • @aldofhister6859
      @aldofhister6859 5 років тому +2

      You were 14 in 1961 and that doesn't make you one old person today ? Guess again !

    • @michaelgesualdo2729
      @michaelgesualdo2729 4 роки тому +1

      I was THE KING OF TWIST........MIKEY'S DIMPLES

  • @Necroneer
    @Necroneer Рік тому

    Based on the TikTok dances my classmates perform regularly in class I doubt any of them do the twist, I'm not much of a dancer myself but it's one of the dances I enjoy grooving to at home.

  • @Celluloidwatcher
    @Celluloidwatcher Рік тому

    I just learned that this footage was from an Australian version of Bandstand, which I am not familiar versus the Dick Clark version. But am impressed. Thanks for presenting this.

  • @vandahuman8522
    @vandahuman8522 4 роки тому +3

    Love the twist. It's a good workout.

  • @hansmiller664
    @hansmiller664 2 роки тому

    That Twist got more mad and outrageous in 62 / 63!
    Mum (born 1922) considered it as VULGAR.
    HER Mum (born 1898!!!) LOVED the Twist and DANCED IT!😃👍😂
    Everyone did the Twist then. A Rage, that conquered the world like ANY other dance! From SF to Berlin, from North pole to Fire islands.
    Except perhaps the Charleston

  • @melbae.1124
    @melbae.1124 5 років тому +3

    When elegance and innocent fun use to dance!!!

  • @bigdawgpablo
    @bigdawgpablo 6 років тому +2

    Awesome dance moves!!! Love this!!!!

  • @conejitacarreno4876
    @conejitacarreno4876 5 років тому +1

    Yupiiiii, así es como bailo esa melodía. 😍😍😍. Nadie en estos tiempos sabe bailar así. Gracias x el video.

  • @22ozono
    @22ozono 5 років тому +4

    Wowww viendo esto me hace sentir como un viajero del tiempo,porque seguro este programa está ocurriendo en este momento en otra fase de tiempo y espacio.

    • @ShushaSofia
      @ShushaSofia 4 роки тому +1

      Eso mismo me pasa por la cabeza cuando veo videos o fotos hasta mas viejas. 😮

  • @cleaningtim
    @cleaningtim 4 роки тому +32

    The dances they did back then, along with their diets explains why most everyone was slimmer than they are today. It was not very common to see so many obese people back then.

    • @nygrl6102
      @nygrl6102 4 роки тому +12

      Actually if you Google"food additives and obesity" you'll understand why so many are overweight. Our food is poisoning us.

    • @SilverWealth_Draper_Mint
      @SilverWealth_Draper_Mint 4 роки тому +7

      We are being poisoned

    • @SpeegBJ
      @SpeegBJ 4 роки тому

      @Larry Chappell true. I think of this often.

    • @georgeplagianos6487
      @georgeplagianos6487 3 роки тому

      Well remember Alan Hale, Fats Domino ,Jackie Gleason. 🤔 who else back in the 50s and 60s pretty big dudes. They were not common

    • @Aresu77
      @Aresu77 3 роки тому +3

      nah it's cuz ya'll eat unhealthy food pumped full of shit

  • @electronictrip
    @electronictrip 4 роки тому

    the front center man is the best! slick with that shoulder twitch to go with the drums. sets him apart. he looks pro!

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there??

  • @jkev1122
    @jkev1122 6 років тому +12

    This was the SHIT back in the day and they are KILLING it!!!

  • @Janine11155
    @Janine11155 2 роки тому +1

    Haha, I was a very young girl. My Mom was watching the Today Show and they were explaining the Twist: You're supposed to be drying your behind with a towel back and forth while putting out a cigarette with your foot. Better explanation than the proper one here :-). For some reason I remember it was around the time Marilyn Monroe died.

  • @g.ramirez7250
    @g.ramirez7250 4 роки тому +11

    Women were so classy back in the day 😍😍

  • @mariamfritsi9761
    @mariamfritsi9761 4 роки тому +1

    Wow I was I year old at that year 😁😁now am 60 😁😁those old times was realy beautifull,I wish I could be there too.❤️

    • @alexfrankie5396
      @alexfrankie5396 2 роки тому

      That's right, time flies so fast, wish we can go back to the old days.😁
      Nice meeting you on here. What part of the World are you listening from?

  • @szqsk8
    @szqsk8 16 днів тому

    I love that everyone is so well dressed!

  • @lettieharrald9400
    @lettieharrald9400 4 роки тому

    we danced to this in college in '61 and '62. Even danced with Chubby Checker and then saw him out here in AZ last year! (yes, I'm old!!)

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

  • @stillmowgli
    @stillmowgli 3 роки тому +1

    incroyable! Australian Pop music show from the early '60s.
    Rumour has it that this was filmed in technicolor, it's just that real life was in black and white.

  • @odyDgonz
    @odyDgonz 4 роки тому +56

    I'm down to doing the Twist to shed some pounds - accumulated by the corona virus quarantine 🎶 😷

    • @rachaelstanley7986
      @rachaelstanley7986 4 роки тому +3

      Me too as an alternative to my regular exercise. I've compiled a play list on UA-cam of good dance tracks. Good luck with the weight loss - one thing is guaranteed, lots of fun and blood pumping!

    • @recka4942
      @recka4942 3 роки тому

      lol ew cringe

    • @theredpanda00
      @theredpanda00 2 роки тому

      @@recka4942 at least these people are getting up and having fun dancing and you're just playing cod all day

  • @Krsna5
    @Krsna5 3 роки тому +1

    The primitive dark ages of rock and roll but it great while it lasted.

  • @RandyR
    @RandyR 6 років тому

    Brings back far out memories. Use to spend hours getting down. One of my recent dance videos is one of my twisting. Get down

  • @JR-dd8bf
    @JR-dd8bf 4 роки тому +1

    Great hit, nice song and dance

  • @brijones
    @brijones 4 роки тому +3

    my old man done this with my mother when i was a boy it was great to watch and im a south london boy battersea

  • @rachellewalters8111
    @rachellewalters8111 5 років тому +1

    Love these old dances! :)

  • @francesfarmer736
    @francesfarmer736 2 роки тому

    My husband’s classic oldies band plays this…..and everyone dances……it’s his go to song🎶

  •  4 місяці тому +1

    Man this is cool. These kids are doing a real good job. I did more motion with twisting my body and my lower legs and feet. I could droop down into a squat and twist in that position. I managed to win a few twisting contests. Try it. It is a lot of fun.

  • @caroldriehorst1165
    @caroldriehorst1165 4 роки тому +35

    I won a twist contest when I wa 11 yrs old at the local Recreation center dance.

    • @leonparham2105
      @leonparham2105 4 роки тому +2

      GOODY FOR U, BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS CAN U STILL DO IT NOW??

    • @caroldriehorst1165
      @caroldriehorst1165 4 роки тому +1

      @@leonparham2105 Ohhhhh yeahhhh

    • @leonparham2105
      @leonparham2105 4 роки тому

      @@caroldriehorst1165 Did u dance by Chubby Checkers song [ come on and twist and Sam Cooks twisting the night away. ..but the real quest is, is it a risk for u and I to do it right now ??

    • @leonparham2105
      @leonparham2105 4 роки тому

      @@caroldriehorst1165 OH HAPPY BIRTHDAY Carol mine was June 17

    • @caroldriehorst1165
      @caroldriehorst1165 4 роки тому

      @@leonparham2105 I don't think so. It was Chubby Checkers song.

  • @goliathimmortal1
    @goliathimmortal1 4 роки тому +1

    Ah the prehistoric days ...
    (I miss 'em) ! 🌊

  • @danubianuria7592
    @danubianuria7592 4 роки тому +2

    ÉPOCA LINDA E MARAVILHOSA.

  • @demon-dj7yj
    @demon-dj7yj Рік тому

    My grandma taught me to twist when I was young. My grandparents would always tell me stories about how, on a friday afternoon, they gave their children over to their own parents and spent the whole weekend in local village-discos/clubs (in east germany, mind you) twisting till their feet fell off. They only went back to pick up the kids on a sunday lol.

  • @Amaizingra
    @Amaizingra 4 роки тому

    I like the lady's shoes..these styles are always for decades..!!!👠👠👠👡

  • @mtf731
    @mtf731 4 роки тому +1

    That was great!! Really enjoyed that video thanks for posting..those were dances in those days!!

  • @walterhugogarciadelgado2693

    That man never looked at the floor, genius !!

  • @unclebillmusic
    @unclebillmusic 5 років тому +1

    Off course this is great history and I love it. BUT - Chubby himself had spots on Tv teaching us the dances of the day. That's what I WANT TO SEE !!!

  • @bryanpatrick3070
    @bryanpatrick3070 3 роки тому

    Mom loves the twist. I turn it on when she is in the kitchen and everytime she is dancing 💃 😊

  • @lianelayman7577
    @lianelayman7577 5 років тому +1

    There's almost nothing better then dancing.

  • @antoniosalas3109
    @antoniosalas3109 Рік тому

    My favorite video to learn for dancing twist...💯🙌🏻

  • @olakotika6052
    @olakotika6052 5 років тому +2

    Как красиво раньше танцевали, и даже парни, а сейчас редко кто из парней танцует.

  • @elibatista8865
    @elibatista8865 4 роки тому +3

    Muito legal, época da inocência.

  • @janicerigsbee7634
    @janicerigsbee7634 5 років тому +2

    When ever i hear the old songs I can see my in my minds eye my parents dancing to this in a malt shop.

  • @annamariakarabassis2614
    @annamariakarabassis2614 5 років тому +4

    I honestly just got up and started dancing

  • @paulineg20024
    @paulineg20024 3 роки тому +1

    hahah I always do it on parties, at the begining not really knowing it was the twist, I just love moving like that!

  • @robertrowland3750
    @robertrowland3750 4 роки тому +6

    To witness The Twist is to know how to do it; no instruction is necessary.

  • @Sajma969
    @Sajma969 5 років тому +7

    My elder brothers danced a Twist in their youth, I didn't, because I was very small, but I watched their dances. It was in the USSR.

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

  • @robinl6659
    @robinl6659 4 роки тому

    Loved it! Fun cool clean

  • @hoperoiter4545
    @hoperoiter4545 3 роки тому +1

    My grandparents taught me this 🥰

    • @adamfriend1040
      @adamfriend1040 3 роки тому

      Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

  • @user-starleyXX
    @user-starleyXX 3 роки тому

    офигительно, помню ещё, как танцевали мои родители в Вильнюсе (1967-1970)