Anyone remember the 1964 dance craze called THE JERK?

[NightTrain]

The Jerk was a hot new dance in 1964. I'm damned if I know how you did it, but I have several soul records that capitalized on the craze. The biggest ones included "Come On, Do The Jerk" by the Miracles, "Jerk It" by the Gypsies, "The Jerk" by the Larks (a #1 R&B hit), and, in early 1965, Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour," which producer Jerry Wexler conceived with the Jerk in mind. Finally, in 1966 (after the craze had essentially died down), the Capitols had the top ten smash, "Cool Jerk."

[Spinzonner]

1. Uh oh, here comes a Steve Martin copycat thread

[tuvor]

3. LOL I'm honoured!

Should've read this thread first.
:)

[flamingyouth]

2. I actually know how to do it

I went through a '60s dance-craze phase while I was in high school - I think from watching old episodes of "Hullaballoo" and "Shindig." :D

[tuvor]

4. Do you know the Shy Tuna? Or the Camel Walk?

We all know The Hypocrite. :evilgrin:

[flamingyouth]

6. The Shy Tuna only through the B-52's

But yes, I do know the Camel Walk.

The Hypocrite ... LOL. :evilgrin:

[tuvor]

8. I thought they were all fictional dance moves!

[Kat45]

9. Me too! I used to learn dances watching those shows.

The boogaloo, the shingaling. But I was in grammar school then.

[GalleryGod]

13. should've taped them

they're classics!:party:

[madrchsod]

5. cooool jerk....coooool jerk.

yup i do remember doing the jerk and i was cool...

[hickman1937]

7. Yeah...yeah, I did that one.

(sighs wearily) The Twist was more fun, till my parents started doing it. I quit dancing for awhile.

[DancingBear]

10. And, lest we forget

The Shag, The Watusi, The Mashed Potato, The Swim, The Peppermint Twist, The Frug - the list goes on...

In Junior High School, I won a bar of Beatles Personality Soap for dancing with Janice 'Somebody', but since I can't even remember her name I'll be damed if I can remember what dance we were doing, but I'm guessing it was to a Beatles tune. :)

[Left Is Write]

11. Too young for it, of course, but I've heard of it.

And I now have "Cool Jerk" stuck in my head. :D

[vixengrl]

12. Gotta remember those dance crazes--all 1,000 of them

1-2-3
1-2-3
Ow! Uh! Alright! Uh!

Got to know how to pony
Like Bony Maronie
Mash potato, do the alligator
Put your hand on your hips, yeah
Let your backbone slip
Do the Watusi
Like my little Lucy
Hey! Uh!

Na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na
I need somebody to help me say it one time
(Na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na )
Wo--ow!

Saxophone solo

Wow! Uh! You know I feel alright! Huh! I feel pretty good y'all
Uh! Huh!
Na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na
Come on y'all, let's say it one more time
(Na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na )
Ooow!

Playing, it is a habit
With long tall Sally
Twistin' with Lucy
Doin' the Watusi
Roll over on your back
I like it like that
Do that Jerk-uh
Watch me work y'all
Ow! Do it!
Wow! Do it!
Just watch me do it

Aah help me
Aah help me
Aah help me
Aah help me

[DemBones DemBones]

14. "Say, does anyone here know how to Madison?" Name the DUer

who had that as a sig line!

P.S. Of course I remember the Jerk, and the Freddie, plus a guy named Freddie at my school who WAS a Jerk! And the Dog, from my Memphis years.

[Blue-Jay]

15. Not only do I know how to do the "jerk"....

I can also do the "Monkey", the "Mashed Potato", the "Fly", the "Swim", and every other dance mentioned in Shake A Tailfeather.