"The history of post-World War II popular dance up to the mid-sixties is explored with the focus being on the Twist."
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pretty interesting documentary from '93...
the 'user review' here is fun...as is the cast.
hard to over-estimate what that dance did to the entire culture on dance floors around the world.
the peppermint lounge in nyc was THE place...beatles went there to party first trip over...there's footage of 'em dancin' and partying on...
joey dee and the starlighters ruled that place...(he's in the documentary btw)
here's joey's "Peppermint Twist" album:[
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of never ending interest to me was how Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavilere, already in the hottest rockin' dance club band in the world, certainly in NYC,(The Starlighters,) would come together to form The Young Rascals;
they had so much soul and so much sweat breaking wild shows with important hits...doin' out and out soul and r&b and breaking to the top of the rock charts again and again...even in the midst of the British Invasion in total full glory...but the brits changed the whole game as we all know...and thank goodness for that...
anyway i liked that docu mentioned above, when i saw it years ago...
i liked the way it framed a lot of post-war context in it's cultural analysis of pop dance history etc...
rod stewart did a great job on 'twisting the night away,' which i think had a Rolling Stone taking care of the amazing guitar on that tune.
i really like 'slow twist' with Dee Dee Sharp and Chubby also...i don't know a more sexually overt expression on record as those two grinding into each other with a grooooooove....she liked gravy on her mashed potatoes, hmmmmmm...hot stuff goin' down...
during his verses she's all "come on come on come on come on" in delightful melody with more than a hint of urgency...classic stuff.