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  2. Dance crazes - Wikipedia

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    Streetswing.com's Dance History Archives hosts a large information base about more than thousand dances. Dance Crazes of the 50s & 60s - by Dr. Frank Hoffmann; sixtiescity - 60s Dance and Dance Crazes; Go-Go Dancing - Fad and Novelty Dances from the 1960s at Little Miss Go-Go!

  3. Q-Feel - Wikipedia

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    Q-Feel was a British synthpop group. They released their self-titled album in 1982, which included their only hit single, "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)".It was an entry in the 1982 A Song for Europe, the UK's pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.

  4. List of bebop musicians - Wikipedia

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    Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo (usually exceeding 200 bpm), complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales, and occasional references ...

  5. Bebop - Wikipedia

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    Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo (usually exceeding 200 bpm), complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales, and occasional references ...

  6. Chicago stepping - Wikipedia

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    The dance known as Chicago Stepping' evolved from the New Bop and is more likely a derivative of several east coast swing dances. No published syllabuses exist for the dance. [ 2 ] Chicago-Style Stepping is an exclusive local dance and gained a foothold on radio in 1989 when a local radio station, WVAZ (102.7 FM) began playing music on Saturday ...

  7. Dynamic husband, wife duo keep the ‘Philly Bop’ alive at ...

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    FOX 29’s Dawn Timmeney catches the beat with dancing husband and wife duo June and Audrey Donaldson host their infamous Philly Bop classes at a dance hall in Germantown.

  8. 1950s in jazz - Wikipedia

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    Hard bop, an extension of bebop (or "bop") music that incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing, developed in the mid-1950s, partly in response to the vogue for cool jazz in the early 1950s. The hard bop style coalesced in 1953 and 1954, paralleling the rise of rhythm ...

  9. 1950s in music - Wikipedia

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    Jazz music was revolutionized during the 1950s with the rise of bebop, hard bop, modal jazz, and cool jazz. Notable jazz artists of the time include Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, and Chet Baker. [9] The lush easy listening genre also enjoyed widespread popularity in the United States during the 1950s.