Name That Tune, Sixties

NAME THAT TUNE (November 19, 2023)

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Alright, Alright, Alright! Let’s get ready to rumble! It’s time once again to play Name That Tune!

This one is so easy, boys and girls; I predict you’re going to get it right off the bat. It’s just one of those tunes that everybody knows.

Are you feeling the pressure? Well, don’t go getting your knickers all in a twist! You’ll be on the dance floor in no time!

Ok, here we go with our five clues:

  1. Our featured singer was born Ernest Evans in 1941 in the town of Spring Gully, South Carolina. He is known around the world by another alliterative name.
  2. Today’s performer is a dancer (as well as a singer) famous for popularizing many dance styles such as the pony, the limbo and the fly.
  3. Our song was originally released in 1958 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters; it achieved minimal success. In 1960, our singer did a cover version that became a smash hit for him and started a massive new dance craze. The name of the song is also the name of the dance.
  4. In the early 60s, this dance craze caught on in high society. Sightings of celebrities doing the dance at New York’s famous Peppermint Lounge made the song and new dance craze a hit with adults.
  5. There are numerous dance variations including one named after the Peppermint Lounge; the success of the song and dance resulted in adult acceptance of Rock & Roll music.

So kids, how’d you do? I bet you got it! Let’s find out the results of today’s clues. You know the routine.

Yes! It’s Chubby Checker doing that new song and dance sensation, “The Twist”. Everybody on your feet!

Wow! That was great! I must have lost at least 5 pounds and I’m sure I threw my back out but it was worth it! How many of you remember twisting the night away?

Of course I’m sure you figured out the song and dance variation named after that famous New York hot spot is “The Peppermint Twist.” And it goes like this:

Some other songs and dances that were inspired by The Twist are The Madison, The Swim, The Mashed Potato, The Frug, The Watusi, The Shake and The Hitch-Hike. How many of those dances do you remember?

In case you were wondering about Chubby Checker, he’s 82 years old and still twisting the night away.

I hope I haven’t tired you out too much today, gang! Catch you during the week right here in The Rhythm Section.

See you on the flipside.

I’m The Sicilian Storyteller

NAR © 2023

13 thoughts on “NAME THAT TUNE (November 19, 2023)”

  2. Got it straight away for a change! Back then, I actually taught people how to twist at our youth club. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but when I was in Italy recently, I got up and did the twist in the hotel lounge and got a round of applause! My ankles ached for days!

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  4. I couldn’t remember his bleedin’ name! I kept thinking “Chunky Cheese”. Are there Chunky Cheese restaurants on the East Coast? Chunky is a rat (gosh, what a daft marketing idea to headline a rat in a pizza restaurant), and this guy in a rat costume runs around to various god-damn-this-is-too-loud birthday parties for wee little ones who are scared shitless of rats. So you have blaring music, crying children and an adult-human-size rat in a smelly costume trying to make the adults laugh. It’s like a Twilight Zone zombie movie. Anyway, Chubby Checkers vs Chunky Cheese … they both start with the letter C, and that’s pretty close to a win for me. 🤣

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    1. I wish I had audio capability here.
      It’s Chuck E. Cheese, not Chunky Cheese. Nobody the fuck likes Chunky Cheese. That’s just another way of saying puke!
      Yes, blaring music, scared shitless crying children and an adult in a stinky rat costume from the set of Cats coz god only know when the last time those funky things were washed. “It’s Trauma Time, Timmy! Shut the fuck up and eat your chunky cheese!”
      Chubby Checker …. singular. He’s already got a complex being called Chubby; let’s not make it any worse. Checkers! Pfft.
      OK. You win even though you didn’t give the name of the damn song!

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