Twist With Steve Alaimo
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Twist with Steve Alaimo is a studio album recorded by Steve Alaimo
and released in 1961. The name of the album and the most of the songs capitalize on the dance craze of the Twist
.
Steve Alaimo
Steve Alaimo was an American teen idol pop singer in the early 1960s who later became record producer and label owner, but he is perhaps best known for hosting and co-producing Dick Clark's Where the Action Is in the late 1960s...
and released in 1961. The name of the album and the most of the songs capitalize on the dance craze of the Twist
Twist (dance)
The Twist was a dance inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative. It inspired dances such as the Jerk, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed...
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Side 1
- "The TwistThe Twist (song)"The Twist" is a twelve bar blues song that gave birth to the Twistdance craze. The song was written and originally released in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side but his version was only a moderate 1960 hit, peaking at 28 on the Billboard Hot 100...
" - Let's Go! Let's Go! Let's Go!
- Good Good Lovin'
- I've Got It!
- Do the Mashed Potatoes
- Lucille
Side 2
- Boppin' the Blues
- The Hoochie Coochie Coo
- Let's Twist Again
- Do the Hully Gully
- This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'
- Twist All Night