ALL ACCESS: Book Review: "Peppermint Lounge: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s All Access Review: A- Peppermint Lounge - 2012 The mob had its hooks into the Peppermint Lounge and Johnny Biello. A high-ranking Mafioso, Biello was a silent – deathly silent – part-owner of the hottest nightclub in New York City in the early 1960s, thanks to a dance craze called “The Twist.” At the height of the Peppermint Lounge’s popularity, there were nights when the police would cordon off the entire block in an attempt to manage the overflowing crowds that descended upon what was once a small unassuming little joint where shady, backroom dealings and criminal enterprises were conducted with the utmost secrecy. It was Biello’s son-in-law, Dick Cami, who suggested the place start playing rock and roll, and business took off. Biello and his cronies wanted none of the attention.

The parallel universes of the thuggish, brutal world of the mob and star-studded, “Twist”-mad club-goers collide in the engrossing “Peppermint Lounge,” a book written by John Johnson, Jr. and Joel Selvin in collaboration with Cami for Thomas Dunne Books . Laced with danger and full of mob intrigue, “Peppermint Lounge” provides an insider’s look at mafia life, with a cast of colorful, if violent, characters running devious racketeering operations and committing daring robberies, bloody hits and failed executions, bruising beatings and treacherous acts – all of which Biello unsuccessfully sought to leave behind in attempting to become a respected businessman. Blissfully ignorant of the criminal underworld operating behind the scenes, the glamorous denizens of New York City’s Peppermint Lounge – another was established in Miami Beach – danced and partied into wee hours, as “The Twist” swept across the nation.

The place was hopping, and Cami recounts how celebrities such as Greta Garbo and Shirley MacLaine mingled with sweaty youth and nubile, rail-dancing wait staff in writhing nightly orgies of twisting to house band Joey Dee and the Starlighters and Chubby Checker. Along with detailing historic Peppermint Lounge visits by the likes of Muhammed Ali, John Wayne, Tennessee Williams, and The Beatles – a whole chapter is devoted to the Fab Four and how Ringo Starr, unbeknownst to him, almost found himself in scalding hot water – Selvin and Johnson deftly chronicle the rise and fall of The Twist with heady writing, compellingly arguing for its importance as a force for cultural, sexual and societal change while gleefully delving into all the silly marketing schemes it birthed. Well-paced, often funny and occasionally heartbreaking, “Peppermint Lounge” seamlessly shuffles between the disparate worlds of the mafia – with Frank Sinatra caught in its orbit – and the glitzy Peppermint Lounge in a confident, conversational manner, using a wealth of anecdotes and insight from the likeable Cami, and others, as a means of pulling back the curtain.

Not just a dance club, the Peppermint Lounge holds a special place in rock and roll history, as it helped propel The Twist into the national consciousness, while also helping to launch the careers of such greats as Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes, whose story gets special attention in the book. Selvin, Johnson and Cami have admirably preserved legacy of the place. - Peter Lindblad Peppermint Lounge - First thoughts about Peppermint Lounge The Peppermint Lounge was a popular discotheque located at 128 West 45th Street in New York City that was open from 1958 to 1965. It was the launchpad for the global Twist craze in the early 1960s. Write here your first thoughts about Peppermint Lounge ... 20 Jun 2016 22:45 6.2.1964 - Were you at the Peppermint Lounge on West 45th St this day?. Rolling Stones - in... 17 Jun 2016 15:59 Ladies, is the Footballocks driving you nuts?

Try delving into the Lives & Lovers of The Peppermint Lounge; 16 Jun 2016 15:40 Vera stood at a grim, hard-edged crossroads, standing on the worn kitchen tiles, looking to the future. 16 Jun 2016 15:35 Everyone hoped they might find someone & fall in love, in spite of everything that life had thrown at them. 15 Jun 2016 07:59 Summer lovin' had me a blast? Well experiences vary at the Pink Peppermint Lounge.. 14 Jun 2016 20:43 The Lounge located at128 West 45th that was open from 1958 to 1965 14 Jun 2016 03:47 Now that I think of it I saw them at the Peppermint Lounge in 83. Garbage Man is on Songs The Lord Taught Us, it's all good. 13 Jun 2016 22:23 Each wednesday, 3 ladies sit like X Factor judges, weighing up the men on Meercat Manor.

05 Mar 2016 18:53 Tonight I have four bootlegs of The Cramps at The Peppermint Lounge to listen to. 03 Mar 2016 18:26 If u have time & fancy a bit of Pink Peppermint Lounge, here's an extract; 03 Mar 2016 14:11 OK, my racy novel means nowt in the scheme of things, but here it is; 01 Mar 2016 21:16 This is where BIGOOH! Gets it from Unc at Peppermint Lounge oldâ¦ 01 Mar 2016 18:13 Might post a few more extracts from Pink Peppermint Lounge later, for now, lid down on the laptop.

29 Feb 2016 22:18 Only could secure a peppermint rocking chair in the departures lounge 29 Feb 2016 02:53 Peppermint Lounge - New York City After the Beatles performed for the first time on the Ed Sullivan 28 Feb 2016 20:35 You can get a preview of my racy novel here. Sadly, Amazon set the price tag; 17 Jan 2016 09:17 well Miranda did well out of the Peppermint Lounge too. 17 Jan 2016 09:12 The Beatles in the Peppermint Lounge, NYC, on their first night in the US, February 7, 1964. Photo by Michael Ochs.

05 Oct 2015 19:38 Andi Sex Gang at the Peppermint Lounge in NYC, March 9, 1985 with Cam Campbell http:â¦ 03 Oct 2015 19:29 Currently sat listening to someone play grand piano whilst drinking peppermint tea in the hotel lounge 03 Oct 2015 13:01 Ah, yes...and the Peppermint Twist from the Peppermint Lounge w/ Joey Dee & the Starliters. 01 Oct 2015 18:54 Judo & the Judettes at the Peppermint Lounge NYC. 01 Oct 2015 14:11 The Beatles at the Peppermint Lounge, NYC, during their first night in the U.S. 30 Sep 2015 05:46 DP said he gon bring back the Peppermint lounge 21 Jan 2015 16:46 But the peppermint iced tea is delicious at. Dilmah t Lounge, Arcade.

21 Jan 2015 12:56 the old peppermint lounge! Oh what wonderful memories. The ones I remember that is 21 Jan 2015 01:55 Back in the day, I would love Thursday's because it was Peppermint Lounge Time! I get that same feeling these... 19 Jan 2015 00:17 I'm so anti under agers on nights out, stick to Peppermint Lounge! 18 Jan 2015 18:33 When I was 18 my stripper name at the Peppermint Lounge was Stevie.. via 18 Jan 2015 18:03 Ubers photos are starting to look like its new the Peppermint Lounge 16 Jan 2015 17:21 Basshunter just reminds me of Peppermint Lounge in 2007 and 8 16 Jan 2015 02:52 Playing music at the peppermint lounge swing by and say hi. 15 Jan 2015 16:09 I was there.

No one knew if it would take off. I also went to the original Peppermint Lounge when New York was safe. 17 May 2014 03:49 POP Network did all the video's at The Peppermint Lounge, we also had a production studio and video taped many of the acts that played there, it was the beginning of club video revolution. 16 May 2014 12:20 Some old head at the Barbershop said he use to see during his come up at the PepperMint Lounge in Orange Nj. 13 May 2014 01:10 Hey Queen my husband told me to ask you what do you know about the Peppermint Lounge? 13 May 2014 00:35 Do the Twist!!! Down on 45th Street at the Peppermint Lounge with Joey Dee and the Starliters! 12 May 2014 21:58 hold court as they visit The Peppermint Lounge on their first night in the United States in New York City .

08 May 2014 20:38 Alan Abramowitz (off camera) interviews Husker Du at the Peppermint Lounge (15th Street incarnation) in this segment rebroadcast in 1996. Videowave is a publ... 01 Apr 2014 00:18 Mediocre B movie capitalizing on the twist phase of the early 60's. Joey Dee and the Starliters are featured along with the real Peppermint Lounge in NYC. Jo Ann Campbell is a standout as Piper. But the close ups of twisting hips in tight capri pants makes up for all the short comings. 16 Feb 2014 18:02 Can anybody contribute information, regarding this E.Mail that I received. (See Below) Hello Ted and greetings from Dallas, Texas. Wanted to drop you a line and ask how you and Marga are doing. Hope the new year has started off well for you both. I also wanted to ask for you remembrances if I could. I recently purchased a collection of Liverpool club cards from the '60s.

Some of them, such as The Iron Door, The Blue Angel, etc..., I'm quite familiar with. However, there were about four or five others that I have not heard of and was hoping you might remember some or all of them and could share a thought or two on whether they were a major LIverpool club or just a place that only existed for a very short time. Here's the list... The Waydown! (33 Hatton Gardens) The Victoriana Club (75-77 Victoria Street, Liverpool 1) The Club (Hope Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool 1) The Holyoake "Top 20" Sunday Dance Club (Liverpool 15) The Temple Jazz Club (Dale Street, Liverpool 2) Peppermint Lounge (Sampson & Barlow's ... 02 Feb 2014 07:39 Someone put up a site, clubs that are gone. I tried to post this on their list but couldn't get it to work. I'll try here. Captains Garter. Heres some clubs I played that are gone.

:Thunderbird Lounge, Dudleys, the attic, the Kage, the Dunes, Sattilite Lounge,Tin Lizzie, the Hullabaloo clubs, Sunshine Inn, Crystal Mansion, Rock Machine, Mr D's, Tony Marts, Bottom Line, Colonels Garter, Trude Heller's, Steve Pauls Scene, Captain's Garter, Mels Lounge, Hi De *** Cat and theFiddle, BinghamtonFerry, In the Begginning, Peppermint Lounge, Wagon Wheel, The Shadows, Alibi Lounge, The Union House, the original Mrs Jays (not hot dog), The Tides, Admiral Al's, The Clark Rest, Mothers,Harlowes, the Soap Factory, Arrow Lounge, Reggie's, The Rescue, Park Place, Julio's, Good Time Charlie's, Tradewinds, Uncle Sams Electric Flag, the Upstage, Joint in the Woods, The Black Cat, Long Pond Inn, the Zodiac etc. Special prize for anyonewho can match the club with the town. Lenny Molinati could probably come close. I only ...

02 Feb 2014 01:44 50 years ago to the day the Beatles came to the USA. 50 years ago on February 9th my husband Tom and I were in New York City on our honeymoon, we watched the Ed Sullivan show with the Beatles and then we went to the Peppermint Lounge where the Beatles went after the show. We were sitting very close to them and how quickly the media showed up and the place was packed. What an experience. We had no idea that they would be there. Where did the fifty years go??? 02 Feb 2014 00:22 Towns like Peppermint Lounge or DNA the amount of underages! 01 Feb 2014 16:40 The fantastic Keri Taylor is playing tonight in the peppermint lounge from 8.30. She is certainly one not to be missed! 31 Jan 2014 17:31 The one in Kirky? Get yersel oor tae Smiths or The Peppermint Lounge... Guaranteed both violence and beaverage.

31 Jan 2014 15:46 Its Friday im go be at the Peppermint Lounge getting it in play pool eating Kush cookies nd playing Keno 31 Jan 2014 04:07 U stoopid!! Lmbo! Love me some u! Been a fan since of urs since the peppermint lounge 30 Jan 2014 15:46 HAPPY SPIRITS TO ALL: Happy Thursday !How do you feel? I feel great today i will starting the volunteer work for the NYC host committee in NYC. In my life i feel i been bless i have my ups and downs. But, i feel its important to give back. I may not have a lot of money, fame or fortune but my wealth is i have great friends and friendships. You treat me good and i will treat you better! Well i will be a very exciting day in NYC, i will tell you about it! If you are having a party you can invite me! Save this date February 22 Saturday night, Cafe Z Union,NJ my birthday party.

I know you been to some of them the Club 88, Top Brass, Shaniques, Peppermint Lounge...Robert Treat Hotel, NY Hilton so we been doing this for a while. Have a great day , stay focus, give a smile to a senior,be safe,be blessed! 30 Jan 2014 01:19 Vinny Frazzini and Paul Yoculan with the Beatles at the Peppermint Lounge in NYC 29 Jan 2014 14:42 Peppermint Lounge: TR-808, melancholy pads, vocoder, sad lyrics, 1983, Germanyâ¦ has to be good and it is! 28 Jan 2014 15:35 Hey Everyone ... I am bartending at The Peppermint Lounge today until six o'clock . Come visit me and have some drinks . 28 Jan 2014 14:58 A guy from Peppermint Lounge band in Miami brought in this pic to Antique Roadshow.

27 Jan 2014 19:51 Joey's residency at the Peppermint Lounge in New York spawned this hip-swivelling twister. If you want to know how to dance this - check out my clip 27 Jan 2014 15:43 52 Years ago, Joey Dee & the Starlighters had a with, " Peppermint Twist ." The song was written by Joey Dee and Henry Glover, while they performed as the house band at the super trendy Peppermint Lounge on W. 45th Street. in NYC. At various times at the club and later on tour band members included David Brigati, his brother Eddie, Gene Cornish, Felix Cavaliere (3/4 of the Young Rascals), Jimmy James (later to be known as Jimi Hendrix , and Joe Pesci. 27 Jan 2014 11:49 S/O to the Peppermint Lounge, that was my spot, Jack! *** Back in the day!

Ha 27 Jan 2014 01:30 A MOMENT IN HISTORY Jan 26, 1962: "The Twist" ends record-setting run On January 26, 1962, "The Twist" by Chubby Checker finally ends its record-setting run at in 1958, Ernest "Chubby" Evans was a high-school student and part-time chicken-plucker about to be touched by the hand of fate, in the person of *** Clark. For his industry holiday card that year, Clark decided to have a Christmas novelty record made, and he delegated the job to a friend in the business named Kal Mann. Mann's friend Tony Anastasi, owner of the Philadelphia poultry market where young Ernest Evans worked, suggested that Mann give his charismatic young employee a shot at recording the tune. Thus did Chubby Evansârenamed Chubby Checker by *** Clark's wife as a takeoff on "Fats Domino"âtake the first, small step down a path toward selling more than 250 million records worldwide.

The song that would make Checker rich and famousâ"The Twist"âhad been a non-hit in 1958 for its writer, Hank Ballard, best known for 1954's "Work Wit .. ... 27 Jan 2014 01:28 Ok Hunter Hayes - I thought they was bringing out my dude from Newark! (The Peppermint lounge) He woulda been way more entertaining!!! 26 Jan 2014 18:30 The Ralph Diaries~ Jan. 20 JANUARY 20 1967- San Antonio- Friday- Made a "45" on my Spanish semester test. My teacher, Mrs. Griffin, and I, do not like each other. Went to basketball practice. Babysat the kids while Mom and Dad went out to eat. 1968- San Antonio- Saturday- Got up at 8:00 AM and went to basketball practice. Mike Fischer and I went to Wonderland. Saw some girls we knew, had Cokes at The Peppermint Lounge. We listened to the jukebox.

Showing off, I went over and turned up the volume, on the back of the jukebox, and we got kicked out. We went over to Montgomery Wards and looked at the motorcycles. Tonight, babysat for Brett Hunt from 8:30-1:30 AM. We watched "Mannix" and made banana splits. I made $2.50. Dad came back from Chicago. (Fischer, Kelley and I dreamed of owning a Montgomery Wards motorcycle. Pretty tame by today's standards, we used to sit on them, while waiting for our parents to pick us up at "Wonderland" on Saturdays. After being "Crossroads Mall" for the last 20 years or so, I h ... 26 Jan 2014 13:53 Does anybody remember the Peppermint Lounge on Front Street or the Tap Room on Greene Street?

26 Jan 2014 10:17 When the Smiths went to bed Ros and Dave went out to play dancing upstairs in the PepperMint lounge lol 26 Jan 2014 08:29 Convulsion at Miami's Peppermint Lounge: the Twist, the Hully Gully, Mashed Potato and ... 26 Jan 2014 00:38 About to go to my spot the Peppermint Lounge 24 Jan 2014 22:13 Getting ready for work at the peppermint lounge tonight,hope I c some of u tonight come out n have some drinks n fun. :-) 24 Jan 2014 00:20 better version: official music video for The Peppermint Lounge's African Video, from their untitled debut demo album. 23 Jan 2014 22:19 UPDATE! Well... I hate to say it. but. Night Shift will NOT be playing at the Peppermint Lounge (bowling alley) in Clare this weekend.. We have the flu running rampant in the band..

Still feel free to stop by and say hi to the DC True band, they will be filling in for us. We really appreciate them stepping in and helping us out. Our next stop is DJ's Lounge in Farwell for Valentine's Day. (Feb 14 & 15). Hopefully all the purging should be complete by then. Sorry about any inconvience.. See you then!! 22 Jan 2014 20:42 Hello everyone, Wanted to drop you a note and say that the Night Shift band will be playing at the Peppermint Lounge (Gateway lanes) in Clare Mi, this weekend ( Jan 24th & 25th) 9:00-1:00.. Hope to see you there!! 22 Jan 2014 04:18 * Beatle Mob Mania!* After seeing The Coasters in concert at Miami's Mau Mau Lounge, in their first visit to the states, The Beatles were eager to meet the originator of "The Twist", Hank Ballard. Ballard's song inspired The Beatles song, "Twist & Shout".

The Beatles went to the Peppermint Lounge in Miami to meet Ballard, but Ballard wasn't crazy about meeting them. It was rumored that Ringo had a mob hit out on him and Ballard didn't want to be near.all the action!* 21 Jan 2014 23:42 Any body remember the Peppermint Lounge or the Lemon Tree? 19 Jan 2014 23:50 Peppermint Lounge offers free wifi. No password needed! 19 Jan 2014 15:09 Zappa Zaps the Big Lie By Liza Williams Los Angeles Free Press, December 30, 1966 LIZA WILLIAMS: Do you see a political solution to what has seen happening on the Strip? FRANK ZAPPA: What I would like to propose is another party; we have the Republican and Democratic Parties, I would like to propose the Interested Party. Posters, pins, a platform that was a little more logical than two chickens in every pot â these might draw some kind of popular support from people who are interested.

A platform that stood for re-evaluation of everything in the light of, in terms of, the Constitution as it stands, not as it has been diluted. OK, and temper that with certain advancements in modern technology and certain advancements in sociological fields, take into consideration where we're really at in terms of the sexual revolution and just look at everything the way it actually is today and set it up all over again. That's your only chance to make it work. LW: What do you think it would take to make political activi ... 19 Jan 2014 02:49 Remember the swizzle stick,,peppermint lounge,,puss and boots,,ladies and lace. 19 Jan 2014 01:13 Hosting Karaoke tonight at The Peppermint Lounge. (5343 Mitscher Ave, Louisville, KY 40214). I will be starting after the game around 11.

Come on out and sing with us :-) 18 Jan 2014 01:09 Leaving for work hope c u all there it's Friday come have some drinks n have fun peppermint lounge c u there :-) 17 Jan 2014 23:37 I am squeezing someone. He has a picture of Jimi Hendrix and Joe Pesche playing at the Peppermint Lounge with the Starlighters. Joey D's back up band. 16 Jan 2014 07:09 will be at PEPPERMINT LOUNGE Friday night 9pm...we're a hot way to come in out of the cold, & they have really strong drinks at reasonable prices...I'l take a Screw Driver ;o) 15 Jan 2014 22:07 This site is a hoot. Heres one for you, do you remember the Peppermint lounge on the old university ave, down by Grand ave? Way back in the early sixties. It was one of madisons go go bars.

15 Jan 2014 04:38 PROPAGANDAâS HARDCORE HERITAGE Text and Photos by Fred H. Berger It is not widely known that Propaganda started off as a post-punk Hardcore magazine. In fact I was originally inspired to launch the magazine after seeing the infamous FEAR performance on Saturday Night Liveâs Halloween show on Oct. 31, 1981. The bandâs front man Lee Ving was a veritable force of nature as he whipped the slam-dancers into such a frenzied whirlwind of destruction that the show was quite literally knocked off the air. It was in this mindless act of violence that Propaganda was born, leading me to dive headfirst into the Lower Manhattan Hardcore scene. Black Flag, Bad Brains, Fear and *** were some of the bands featured in the first two issues from 1982 to â83. Braving the mosh pits and stage divers I covered the action at close range, and on one occasion was actually knocked unconscious by a big skinhead flying off the stage at the Peppermint Lounge.

Other nightspots which drew my attention were A7 and the Mudd Club .. ... 18 Oct 2013 01:32 Meeting with extraordinary Men I've found in a closet a piece of paper listing some of the unforgettable concerts I'm so grateful to have seen im my youth: I think it's a very nice mantra-like poem list: enjoy ! Sadik Hakim I don't remember where in NY 1979 Henri Cow at Giardino Inglese Palermo 1978 Sonny Stitt uptown New York 1980 The extraordinary Frank Lowe: Avenue B 1979 The Sun Ra Swollen Monkeys at the Squat theatre 80's First or second appearance of Lounge Lizards downton NY1979 Material at Peppermint Lounge around 1980 Dizzaz with Luther Thomas Early Defunkt St. Louis Ensemble in Palermo 80's with Charlie Bobo Shaw, Joe Bowie, Luther Thomas, Un drame musicale instantanÃ¨e Le Dunois Paris Steve Lacy Le Dunois a young Steve Coleman at The University of the Streets Ny 80's St.

Louis Ensemble in Paris at Chapelle du Lombards 80's Ornette's Prime Time with Blood Ulmer at Brass in Palermo DNA with Ikue Mori and Arto Lindsay at Mudd Club NYC Young Zorn at Roulette 80's Black Arthur Blythe at Village V .. ... 27 Sep 2013 15:53 "The Sopranos meets American Bandstand": The true story of the Peppermint Lounge reviewed on my music blog, 28 Jun 2013 04:16 Peppermint Lounge, 128 West 45th Street, 1961. Photo by David Mclane. Photo from the New York Daily News. 01 Jun 2013 15:08 Photo of the Peppermint Lounge in 1964 where Beatles twisted the night away after Ed Sullivan show on 9 Feb. 19 Apr 2013 05:22 I performed this song at the Peppermint Lounge in Orange, NJ at 17 and took the grand prize home!

I was a beast that night 04 Feb 2013 03:10 Olde Nieuw York: the Peppermint Lounge, where the Twist was launched, 1961. 04 Feb 2013 03:04 Olde Nieuw York: the Peppermint Lounge, the club that launched the twist! 1961. 16 Jan 2013 03:20 The year was 1962. Teens twist at the Peppermint Lounge. John Glenn orbits Earth. Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single game. And Elvis digs the pos... 13 Nov 2012 19:02 The whole world had been shaken by a new dance craze called the Twist and ground zero was the Peppermint Lounge. 11 Oct 2012 12:30 Interesting book about mob ties to the Peppermint Lounge, the place where "The Twist" craze took off. My review ...

30 Aug 2012 01:04 Looking at the final draft images for our Peppermint Lounge promos designed by while listening to Joan Jett and squealing. 07 Aug 2012 20:09 Go-go Dancing Go-go dancing originated at the Peppermint Lounge in NYC in 1962. 25 Jun 2012 13:50 From the Peppermint Lounge in NYC, c. 1980, as captured by Maureen Nappi (camera) & Danny Cornyetz (camera & tape operations). A cover of the Beatles song by... 02 Jun 2012 14:38 To see the Butthole Surfers. Supposedly they had a live sex act two nights before at Danceteria or Peppermint Lounge so the whole NY was out to see if they did it again. No they didn't but as the Village Voice said, the place imploded from the intensity of the gig.

01 Jun 2012 21:41 Just chilling with Patrick Vieira and David Ginola in Peppermint Lounge 22 Apr 2012 21:11 Kinsey playing a Tom Petty classic at the Peppermint Lounge. JB provides vocals in this song.. Kinsey-American Girl by KINSEY. Watch it on Myspace Videos. 18 Apr 2012 14:07 The curvaceous Jo Ann Campbell in the role of "Piper" in the 1961 film "Hey, Let's Twist". The movie takes place in NYC's "Peppermint Lounge" and features 'J... 14 Apr 2012 22:45 Os Beatles "hanging out" no Peppermint Lounge. "Meet me baby down on 45th street..." 50s-60s Record Keychains Peppermint Lounge & RCA 45 RPM "Sweeping the Country" at FindGreatStuff 50s-60s Record Keychains Peppermint Lounge & RCA 45 RPM "Sweeping the Country" Here are 2 vintage record shaped keychains.

Peppermint Lounge New York - from the popular discotheque located at 128 West 45th Street in New York City from 1958 through 1965, launch pad for the "twist" craze...big 1961 hit: "The Peppermint Twist". Thin black plastic with authentic record type grooves and red paper label. 1-1/2" in diameter. RCA Victor 45 RPM Records / "45" is Sweeping the Country - from RCA's early promotion of the 45 RPM record which was first introduced in 1949. Thick red plastic with impressed white lettering and sun ray style ridges. 1-9/16" in diameter. Both show a little wear as they were previously owned long before I purchased them for my collection about 35 years ago. But they are basically in good vintage condition with lettering still intact and no cracks in the plastic. Great little treasures of musical history!

19.99s2.99 Shipping - Will Ship United States Lower 48 States Only History of Ballroom Dance « Go Dance Ballroom Studio The Roaring 20’s Popular Dances: Charleston, Foxtrot, Ragtime, Shag, Tango and Waltz In the 1920’s new kinds of dancing evolved along with the new Jazz and Blues music. The new music and dances were fast paced and energetic, like the optimistic 1920’s themselves. They were an escape from the horror of war, and an opportunity to release pent up emotions created by the restricted lifestyles forced on the public by the war effort. Ragtime, which had been popular during and after the war, was suited to the new music tempos and so it flourished. Old favorites like the Waltz and Foxtrot remained popular due to people like Arthur Murray who ran dance schools and published “How to” books on all the popular dances. Dances like the Tango and Charleston received a huge boost in popularity when featured in movies by stars like Rudolph Valentino and Joan Crawford.

Freed from the restrictions of tight corsets and the large puffed sleeves and long skirts that characterized dress during the late Victorian era, a new generation of dancers was swaying, hugging, and grinding to the new rhythms in dances. Fun Facts The dance that epitomizes the 1920’s is the Charleston. The Waltz and Tango were considered scandalous dances, due to the physical contact between partners. Flappers were young women with short bobbed hairstyles, close fitting hats and short skirts. Sheiks were young men with ukuleles and typically wore raccoon coats and bell-bottom trousers. 1930’s and 1940’s Depression, War & Dance:30s & 40s At the start of the 1930s, America had come through decade after decade of change. Scientific and medical advances meant greater consciousness. But these advances often brought struggle between the scientific and the spiritual. Innovations in technology had led to the radio, the automobile, the film industry and the onset of a consumer culture. The 1920s were a time of both glamour and disillusionment as the country tried to recover from World War I. The decade ended in the stock market crash.

In the 1930s, people struggled to overcome the economic climate with both experimentation and tradition, and sometimes with escapism. The popular dances played to all these traits. The 1940s were the crucial decade for American dance in this century, crystallizing the experiments of the two previous decades and establishing the dominant forms of the medium until the 1970s. It was an age of remarkable cross-fertilization. Various forms heretofore distinct were imaginatively combined: ballet was fused with modern dance; modern dance with burlesque and vaudeville. Jazz, tap, and swing music influenced everything; popular dances and steps from Harlem nightclubs, such as the jitterbug, found their way to the performance hall and the Broadway stage. The giants of modern American dance—George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Helen Tamiris, Jerome Robbins, Agnes de Mille, Fred Astaire, and Gene Kelly—established or consolidated their reputations during the decade; classic musicals such as Oklahoma! (1943), Pal Joey (1940), Annie Get Your Gun (1946), andAnchors Aweigh (1945).

Fun Facts The Lindy Hop was named after Charles Lindbergh. A headline touting Lindbergh’s achievement read “Lindy Hops the Atlantic,” and the dance was born. It starts with a syncopated two-step together, then partners move apart, performing kicks and arm movements before rejoining. This style led to the Jitterbug and East Coast Swing. The West Coast Swing evolved to be slower than its eastern cousins, and features smoother movement, such as pushes and twirls, rather than the more frenzied kicks and hops of the Lindy and the Jitterbug. Many permutations of shag existed (and exist today), but the original dance was started in the South in the 1930s and featured a slow, slow, quick, quick pattern with fast hops and kicks. Professional ballroom dacning, as opposed to everyday dancing, began to take a form entertainment and artistic sport during the 1940’s, thus officially marking the birth of DanceSport.

Video Rock ‘n’ Roll meets Solo: 50’s & 60’s Rock ‘n’ Roll meets Solo: 50’s & 60’s The 1950’s had more to do with the music than with dancing. The music was rock ‘n’ roll. The various adaptations of Swing dancing fell into the category of the Jitterbug. American youth south it out, at times definitely, to express themselves. Latin styles of dancing exploded in the US with the Mambo and Cha-Cha (its slower syncopated version). In 1957, Jerome Robbins brought his smash hit, ‘West Side Story,’ to Broadway. The show featured a theatrical version of the Mambo. This promoted the growth of Latin American dancing throughout the United States. The 1960’s, dance fads and solo dancing almost killed ballroom dancing. The freedom of dancing without a partner – shaking on your own or just meet hip to hip with a satisfying bump was so much easier than learning how to Ballroom dance. Chubby Checkers’ hit “Let’s twist again” in 1961 started the solo dance craze.

Critics of course, called the dance obscene because of its gyrating hip movements. By the mid-1960’s, more than 5000 discos had opened in the United States. The twist set the stage for other gyrating dances like the Shake, the Hitchhike, the Monkey, the Pony, the Swim and the Funky Broadway. These solo freestyle dances coincided with the beginning of the women’s movement which challenged the idea of a man always leading. But couples dancing did not go underground for very long. It exploded back on the scene with the Hustle, which would hit the stage in the 1970’s. Fun Facts The word “mambo” means “conversation with the gods” in Kikongo. The dance craze of the 1960’s, “the Twist,” was the first partner in which no one touched each other.

I Will Survive – Ballroom Dancing’s Revival Popular Dances: Hustle, Dirty Dancing, Swing, Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Salsa, Cha Cha Videos @ bottom of page Hustling in the 70’s Although the world’s first disco, The Peppermint Lounge in Paris, Donna Summer became a huge name in disco and helped make disco dances one of the most common dances from the 1970s. She had had many hits in Europe before releasing “Love to Love You, Baby” to an overwhelming response in the United States in 1975. More big disco hits from Summers such as “Hot Stuff”, “MacArthur Park”, and “She Works Hard for the Money” soon followed.France, opened in the 1950s, disco dancing did not really catch on in the United States until much later. The Cuban influence in Florida in 1968 helped turn “disco swing” salsa dances into other common dances from the1970s. A strong pulsing beat sets the defining rhythm. Van McCoy’s hit song “ The Hustle “, which explains how to do the disco dance named in the title, premiered in 1975.

The Hustle is definitely one of the most common dances from the 1970s. The New York Hustle is slower than the Los Angeles version and has more footwork. Speaking of footwork, John Travolta’s moves to hit Bee Gees songs such as “Staying Alive” and “Night Fever” in the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever inspired many of the common dances from the 1970s. Interestingly, another Travolta movie, Urban Cowboy released in 1980, helped set the hottest dance trend for the 1980s called the Texas Two Step. Nobody puts the 80’s in a Corner In 1987, ‘Dirty Dancing,’ starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, opened in theaters across the United States. The film was a surprise box-office hit, earning some $64 million. The Dirty Dancing soundtrack went multi-platinum and included the hit singles “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, “Hungry Eyes” by Eric Carmen and “She’s Like the Wind,” co-written and sung by Swayze himself.

More importantly, ‘Dirty Dancing’ rocketed dirty dancing and dancing as a whole into a national and cultural phenomenon, with people signing up to courses to try and emulate the film. Once again, the intimate, touch, social dance was back in the spotlight after almost 20 years of relative silence. The Swing Revival was a late 1990s and early 2000s period of renewed popular interest in swing and jump blues music and dance from the 1930s and 1940s as exemplified by Louis Prima, often mixed with a more contemporary rock, rockabilly or ska sound, known also as neo-swing or retro swing. The Swinging 90’s? Throughout the early 1990s, neo-swing was mostly an underground movement, though exposure through movies such as 1993’s Swing Kids and The Mask (whose hit soundtrack featured both Royal Crown Revue and the Brian Setzer Orchestra) introduced the genre to a wider audience. By the late 90s, retro swing’s popularity was increasing. The 1996 film Swingers, featuring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, was both a critical and financial success.

In 1997, third wave ska and ska punk had become a major presence in mainstream music. The commercial success of bands such as The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, who combined ska and punk with a prominent brass section, and Hepcat, who played a more traditional jazz and R&B influenced style of ska, presumably helped pave the way for neo-swing’s mainstream acceptance. Finally, in 1998 and 1999, the swing revival entered the mainstream, partly due to a television commercial for The Gap featuring the original Louis Prima recording of “Jump, Jive and Wail” and khaki-clad dancers doing the Lindy Hop. Neo-swing bands cracked the Billboard Top 50, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies had a major hit with “Zoot Suit Riot,” Big Bad Voodoo Daddy played the half-time show at Super Bowl XXXIII, and retro-swing music was prominently featured in television and films such as 1999’s Blast from the Past. Cue Spotlight: Social Dancing Roars Back the 21st Century What started as a quiet summer series launch is now television’s biggest hit.

And the progression of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ from short-term time period filler to a mammoth success story only proves the value, and importance, of feel-good family friendly programming. Debuting on June 1, 2005 in the United States, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ was described as a six-week dance competition, as six celebrities—Evander Holyfield, Rachel Hunter, Joey McIntyre, Kelly Monaco, John O’Hurley and The Bachelorette star Trista Rehn—competed for the now notoriously cheesy mirror ball trophy. Judged by Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli, the show hoped to tap into the public’s fascination with the reality/competition format by giving the audience the ability to call in and vote. One celebrity and his (or her) professional dance partner would be eliminated each week under the watchful eye of Emmy-nominated quip master Tom Bergeron. At a time when more people were outside enjoying the warmth of the summer than watching television, ABC was hoping the combination of celebrities and dance would spark some interest. But what it never expected, and ultimately accomplished, was to reinvent the variety genre.

Once a staple on television, “variety” traditionally meant a combination of comedy, music and skits, all hosted by the likes of Milton Berle, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Carol Burnett, Dan Rowan & Dick Martin, Sonny and Cher and countless others. By the mid-1970s, however, viewers’ tastes had begun to change and the format seemed like it needed a breather. So the variety show took a hiatus from prime time. Flash to the present and the rise of so-called non-scripted programming—competition and docudramas, in particular—have all but swallowed up the TV landscape. Many are spiced with backstabbing and induced melodrama. But some, like Dancing with the Stars, prove that what once thrived in the past can exist again. Tom Bergeron and company are now the new definition of variety, with its future paved with over 20 million viewers each week thanks to the dancing and the music, the comedy and the interactive elements, and arguably the best mix of celebrity participants since the days when aging actors, up-and-coming stars, singers and sports figures, legends and news figures stood in line waiting for a guest star appearance on a show like Carol Burnett’s.

Once again, the intimacy, art and glamour of social dance has finally returned to the main stage. Better still Dancing with the Stars and the revival of social dancing demonstrates the health benefits of dancing. As millions of Americans are tuning in, and turning on, to ballroom dancing, the nation’s newest craze is energizing teens, boomers and seniors alike. Many are discovering a form of weight-bearing exercise that can be both enormously fun and beneficial. Combing the glamour, fitness and well being, social dance has rocketed back to its rightful place in limelight of America and continues to be social and cultural phenomena that is literally re-shaping modern culture. Video When the mob learned to love rock and roll - LA Observed When the mob learned to love rock and roll By Kevin Roderick | November 14, 2012 12:05 AM Los Angeles journalist John Johnson and his co-author, Joel Selvin, have finished their book on the New York and Miami nightclubs where the mob discovered there was money in rock and roll music.

"Peppermint Twist" tells the story of the Peppermint Lounge and what happened after "The Twist" became a hit song and dance craze, The time: 1961. From the authors' post at the Huffington Post : In the Twist, it is possible to see the beginnings of everything that was the '60s -- sexual liberation, civil rights, draft protests. The young Kennedys were barely settled in the White House and the Soviets were massing troops on their side of the East German border, but all anybody could talk about that October was this crazy new dance. With powerful forces inside the Five Families trying to kill Biello, he decided to double-down on his unexpected good fortune. He and his young son-in-law, Cami, quickly opened a second Peppermint Lounge in Miami Beach, which was instantly greeted as the nation's top rock and roll club during the golden age of the music. It was a place where mobsters danced enthusiastically with the kids, where Nat King Cole jammed with the house band to get a feel for rock and roll, and where a young heavyweight named Cassius Clay hung around before the Liston fight with "Mashed Potatoes" singer Dee Dee Sharp.

The girls who would become the Ronettes started out at the Peppermint as rail dancers, forerunners to the caged and coiffed Go-Go dancers of later vintage. Perhaps the high point of the Mob's brush with rock and roll occurred when the Beatles came to see Hank Ballard, who wrote the song that got everyone dancing in the first place. A paid killer's threat of violence -- his girlfriend was infatuated with Ringo -- was averted when Cami assigned him to guard the band. Afterward, mobsters lined up to buy the chairs the Beatles sat in for their kids. Supported by hundreds of pages of FBI documents, the tale follows the strangest crew of thugs and hustlers to ever run a rock and roll club... Ronnie Spector, who was still known as Veronica Bennett when she hung out at the Peppermint Lounge, blurbs the book as "The Sopranos meets American Bandstand." Johnson and Selvin launch in Los Angeles on Nov. 20 at Book Soup in West Hollywood. Some cool video: Joey Dee and the Starliters from 1962: Bonus 1: The Beatles at New York's Peppermint Lounge in 1964.

Bonus 2: Movie and TV scenes of the Twist, featuring among others Mad Men's Peggy Olson, Beaver Cleaver and of course Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega. Bonus 3: A French variation from Sylvie Vartan: More by Kevin Roderick: "`Twist' Documentary Sets Record Straight" by Steven Rea Knight-Ridder Newspapers - St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), September 2, 1993 | Online Research Library: Questia Article excerpt IT WAS the Twisted Age. Jackie was twisting in the White House; Liz and Dick were twisting in Tinseltown; senators and socialites were twisting at New York's Peppermint Lounge. There were Twist songs, Twist flicks, Twist shoes.

In fact, the whole planet seemed to be doing the Twist: a radical rethink of dance concept in which you and your partner stood apart from each other, gyrating on a small patch of floor, as if, in the immortal instructions of Chubby Checker, you were "drying your bottom with a towel while grinding out a cigarette." "It was a cultural phenomenon on par with the launch of Elvis Presley," says film maker Ron Mann, whose "Twist" - a playful look at the early '60s Twist Years - opens Friday at Webster University. (Harper Barnes will review the movie in Friday's Everyday section.) w As Mann makes clear in his documentary, the Twist represented a seismic shift in the landscape of popular music. Rock 'n' roll was here to stay, and it needed its own dance. Up to then, the kids hoofing to Bobby Rydell and Dion were doing variations of their parents' dance steps: the jitterbug, the cha-lypso, the bunny hop. "What captured my imagination was Checker saying in a radio interview that the Twist was the original rock 'n' roll dance," Mann says. "That became symbolic for me.

And that's what I think the twist is." When Mann, 35, began "Twist" - a film that combines interviews with rare and often hilarious archival footage - he believed what most of the world believes: that Philadelphia's Chubby Checker was responsible for the twist. In fact, Hank Ballard, the Detroit rhythm-and-blues singer of "Work With Me Annie" and "Finger Poppin' Time" fame, wrote the song and first recorded it with his band, the Midnighters, in 1959. "The Twist," released by King Records as the B-side to the ballad "Teardrops on Your Letter," was only a modest hit on the R&B chart. "The Twist" didn't really take off until it was heard by Dick Clark, the Brylcreemed major-domo of "American Bandstand" - the weekday dance-fest broadcast from the old West Philadelphia studio of WFIL-TV. Clark recruited Ernest Evans, a thickset South Philadelphia High School kid with a booming voice, to re-record the song on Cameo-Parkway, the Philly label started by Clark crony Bernie Lowe.

Rechristened Chubby Checker by Clark's wife (Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, get it?), Evans went on "Bandstand" in October 1960, did "The Twist" and watched as his record went to No. 1 on the pop chart. Twice. In 1961, in the midst of worldwide Twist-mania, the single was re-released and marched to the front of the hit parade all over again. In "Twist," which includes interviews with Ballard and Checker, as well as R&B choreographer Cholly Atkins, the Marvelettes' Gladys Horton, Joey Dee and "Bandstand" dancers Carole (Scaldeferri) Spada, Joe Fusco and Betty (Romantini) Begg, the Canadian documentarian tries to set history straight. "I wanted to explode myths," Mann says.

"And one of those myths is that all dances came from `American Bandstand.' I mean, they didn't, and that's going against popular mythology." Indeed, Joan Kiene, who was a regular on "Bandstand" when she was 16-year-old Joan Buck (and sported a platinum pixie coif), recalls how she and her dance partner, Jimmy Peatross, learned the Strand by watching black kids do it. The couple went on "Bandstand" and - with Clark's implicit urging - took credit for inventing the dance. Kiene's and Peatross' on-screen confession gets to the heart of pop music's bedrock verity: that rock 'n' roll was simply black folks' music co-opted by whites and popularized on a massive scale. "The film is a lot of fun, or at least people tell me it's a lot of fun," says Mann. "But I also wanted to contribute to the historical record, and interviewing the `American Bandstand' dancers sets the record straight.

… Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details Radio New Zealand : National : Programmes : Wayne's Music Radio New Zealand Wayne's Music 5/6 February 2011. Hit Dances. Harlem Shuffle Bob And Earl when both were members of The Hollywood Flames in 1957. The Loco-Motion arguably one of the great dance tunes from the sixties . The Baby Elephant Walk Henry Mancini's wonderfully evocative tune portraying the plodding, yet exuberant energy of the motion of an elephant. The Continental Walk Al Wilson leading the San bernadino Quintette The Rollers in the 1961 dance craze, The Continental Walk. The Bossa Nova Eadie Gorme - the Brill Building Sounds meets Brazilian Dance Music in 1963, and soon the world is doing "the dance of love".

The Boston Monkey feet together, knees bent, body bent from waist, hands in front, palms down, movement - hips to the left, hips to the right, okay you've got it The Boston Monkey with Otis redding. Hippy Hippy Shake Chan Romero, an early latino rocker, who bombed out with his song until The Swinging Blue jeans had an international hit with it, note for note. The Bristol Stomp was written about teenagers who were dancing a new step called "the Stomp" . The Bunny Hop created at Balboa High School of San Francisco in 1952 . The Nitty Gritty Shirley Ellis, recorded under the name Shirley Elliston on this dance number in 1963. Egyptian Reggae punk man Jonathon Richman and The Modern Lovers. Hanky Panky Tommy james and The Shondells with a sort of a fill in song Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich wrote in 20 minutes in a corridor outside the recording studio. The Continental a remake of the Carioca - the Continental was the first dance song to win an Oscar - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the Gay Divorcee in 1934 danced for 17 minutes.

Here's Maureen McGovern's pop version from 1976. The Shag (is Totally Cool) Billy Graves was a country vocalist of no particular distinction, who happened to be in the right place at the right time when Fred Foster of Monument records needed a vocalist to cut what he considered a potential hit. Limbo Rock how many original dance numbers did Chubby Checker come up with, and how many have you danced to in your lifetime? The Stroll The Diamonds with a dance which was very important in the 50s. Wayne's Music Sunday 6 February 2011. Hit Dances. The Twist it was so easy to do. Instructions for doing the twist were enclosed with every record sold advising "imagine you're stubbing out a cigarette with both feet whilst drying your back with a towel … which pretty much sums it up. The Blue Beat Dinah Lee - our own Queen Of The Mods with arguably the record that established her career. The Madison Al Brown's Tunetoppers - an ex-coal miner who hit the big time briefly in 1960 with his one and only dance hit.

The Duck Jackie Lee, although he also sustained a parallel career as Earl Nelson, one half of Bob and Earl who gave the world the Harlem Shuffle. Pata Pata Miriam Makeba - · Pata Pata" is a rhythmic, South African dance that can be performed either sitting or standing, though it is usually done while seated. PART TWO The Hully Gully The Olympics had a big hit with "Western Movies", and this follow up was no where near as successful as their 1958 release, but the Hully Gully became an influential dance, the title of which was incorporated into the lyrics of many other songs. Cool Jerk The Capitols Cha Cha Cha D'Amour Dino Martin cashing in on the Cha Cha craze in his own inimitable way. C'Mon And Swim Bobby Freeman - San Francisco's first rock star when he wrote and recorded do you want to dance in 1958. The Monkey Time Major lance owed much of his success to his association with Curtis Mayfield, whose backing provided the perfect showcase for Lance's sinewy vocals … remember The Monkey Time from 1963?

Tango Forget your mild-mannered ballroom-dancing for a moment - Tango is real roots music, sometimes sleazy, sometimes elegant, but always sensuous, rhythmic and passionate. Ride Your Pony Lee Dorsey made records on the side, his real business was running his thriving panel beating yard in New Orleans. Willie And The hand Jive Johnnie Otis was 37 when he recorded this teen dance tune in 1958. Rhumba this is the original 1944 sound of Edmundo Ros's Rhumba band . Hitch Hiker Russell Byrd, the pseudonym for the colourful, clever prodcer of the early 60s, Bert Berns. Walking The Dog Rufus Thomas, a Memphis Radio and Recording personality who originally released The Dog, but the follow up became much more successful than its predecessor … here is Walking The Dog. The lambada recorded by the French pop group Kaoma with the Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz . Peppermint twist Joey dee and Starlighters, Houseband at the peppermint Lounge a mob-owned club on West 45th Street in New York.

Mashed Potatoes Steve Alaimo with a remake of the song Nat Kendrick recorded in 1960. The Dipsy Doodle A Dance Craze in the mid 1930s was The Dipsy Doodle, performed here by The Milt Herth Trio. Monster mash Bobby Boris Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers cashed on the Mashed Potato and came up with The Monster mash. Tea For two Cha Cha Tommy Dorsey.

Question: The Peppermint Lounge in New York was the launch pad for which 60’s dance craze?
Answer: The Twist