THE TWIST: THE DANCE CRAZE OF THE 60s

"COME ON, BABY,

LET'S DO THE TWIST"

Jam Session (1962)- Stars Nida Blanca, Nestor De Villa, Bernard Bonnin and Lourdes Medel

The Twist is a twelve bar blues song that gave birth to the Twist Dance craze. The song was written and originally released in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side but was a minor hit. The song and the dance the Twist, were popularized in 1960 when the song was covered by Chubby Checker. His single became a smash hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 19 in 1960 (one week), and then setting a record by being the only single to reach number one in two different chart runs when it resurfaced and topped the chart again on January 13, 1962 (two weeks).

see Pinoy classic rock 1960s
see Dance Crazes of the Sixties

THE TWIST
by Chubby Checker

Come on baby let's do the twist
Come on baby let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this
Ee-oh twist baby baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
We're gonna twisty twisty twisty
'Til we turn the house down
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

Yeah you should see my little Sis
You should see my my little Sis
She really knows how to rock
She knows how to twist
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist
Yeah rock on now
Yeah twist on now
Twist.

It's 1960 and the new dance craze is The Twist...

Remember the popular live show Dance-O-Rama televised Monday to Friday, 6 to 7pm at DZTM-TV-Channel 5 and hosted by Pete Roa and Baby O’Brien.

How about DJ Dance Time aired at DZRH-TV-Channel 11 and The Nite Owl Dance Party also aired over Channel 11 and hosted by Lito Gorospe.

I used to watch these TV shows with my parents, titos and titas. Those were the good old days!

Dance-O-Rama (1963) - Stars Susan Roces, Jose Mari, Rosemarie,
Juvy Cachola, Dindo Fernando and Bert Leroy, Jr.


Yeba (1963) - Stars Nida Blanca, Nestor De Villa,
Lita Guitierrez and Diomedes Maturan

DJ Dance Time (1964) - Stars Daisy Romualdez, Cynthia Ugalde,
Alona Alegre and Helen Gamboa


The Nite Owl Dance Party (1964) - Stars Eddie Mesa, Jose Mari,
Helen Gamboa and Maggie De La Riva



Everybody Dance (1964) - Stars Nida Blanca, Nestor De Villa
and The Reycards Duet