"Hop" meant a dance. It was short for "sock hop", so named because they usually took place in the school gymnasium, so the kids would have to take off their shoes to keep from damaging the floor.
@@mikecaetano I didn't realize the Lindy Hop continued into the 50s. My mother was still jitterbugging in the early 60s, but she was a ballroom dancer.
This is definitely what Rock & Roll sounded like in the 1950's. This is one of the definitive songs of the era. Another hit from them was called "Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay." By the way, just a little education, a "Hop" is what they called teenage dances back then. A lot of dances took place in High School Gymnasiums, and everybody had to take their shoes off to dance on the Gym floor. This was known as a "Sock Hop."
The first verse lists various popular dances that could be enjoyed at your sock hop: Well, you can rock, it you can roll it Do the STOMP and even STROLL it at the hop When the record starts spinnin' You CHALYPSO and you CHICKEN at the hop Do the dance sensations that are sweepin' the nation at the hop
Huge 1950s "Doo-wop" group, and their iconic song "At the Hop." The term or slang for "The Dance." also referred to as a "Sock Hop" because it was in the gym, and we all know, no street shoes allowed in the Gym, but you could dance in your socks.
This music always reminds me of my parents. Yes it's rock n roll 🙂 Thankfully, our parents exposed to so many genres growing up but...this is their era of being youngsters, teens and experiencing things similar to what they're singing about in this video.
Their best song imo, although "Rock and roll is here to stay" is good also. No time machine stop in the 50's should omit two great singers, Jimmie Rodgers (Honeycomb, Kisses sweeter than wine") or Johnny Horton (Sink the Bismarck, Battle of New Orleans).
It's great to see when you listen to the song you really like you smile a lot. Good music how to make everybody smile. And you just don't get that much anymore. So keep it up, means you're listening to good music you like.
This song is STILL fun to play in band, everyone gets up to dance. they ha d another hit called "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" which is really an anthem to Rock and Roll then , and ever since. the words were prophetic: "Rock and Roll will never die, I dig it to the end. It'll go down in history, just you wait my friend. Rock and Roll will always be, it'll go down in history."
This music is what my mom grew up listening to, thank god her tastes grew to include bands like Led Zep and Deep Purple and Black Sabbath as well lol. But I heard this kind of growing up mixed in with the contemporary stuff of the 70's. I was lucky though Between my mom, dad, and both sets of G'parents I grew up pretty much listening to every kind of music so it was kind of hard to be a music snob growing up when you were surrounded by all kinds of great music.
Thanks for reacting to a lot of these great oldie songs. You are really expanding your mind and you will be gald you did. Things back were a lot more fun and safe, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!
Rock and roll, yep, veering towards doo wop save for the piano accents that lend it a Jerry Lee Lewis feel. For more in that style from back then, also check out The Monotones "The Book Of Love", The Marcels "Blue Moon", and The Chords "Sh-Boom". And for something inspired by "At The Hop", check out Ramones "Rock 'n' Roll High School" from 1979. And for more from the fifties, also check out Gene Vincent "Be-Bop-A-Lula", Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues", Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill", Lloyd Price "Stagger Lee", and Johnny Otis "Willie and the Hand Jive". And be sure to check out Bill Haley & The Comets "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later Alligator", and "Shake, Rattle And Roll". "Rock Around the Clock" is an iconic tune from 1955 that went to number one in the US charts and brought rock and roll into the mainstream.
That's not swing dancing. It's dancing. Decades later, it became known as swing dancing. But at the time, it's how you danced to rock and roll. In today's parlance "swing dancing" refers more to a type of dancing that was done to my parent's music. There's no more Danny and the Juniors to listen to. They had the one big hit and that was it. But here are some others from that era: Blue Moon by the Marcels, Get A Job by the Silhouettes, Only You by the Platters. All these songs are considered part of the Doo-Wop genre of rock and roll.
@@carolhayar3037 -- I was a Top 40 Radio disc jockey for over 35 years on some of the biggest radio stations in the country. No radio station I ever worked at played "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" by Danny and the Juniors, either as a current hit or as an oldie in the station's oldies library. I had to bring it up on TH-cam to hear it, and I'm certain it was the first time I'd ever heard it. So what that tells me, if it was a hit where you were, it was a regional hit, not a national one. As a result, large swaths of the country never heard the song. Doesn't mean it wasn't a hit where you were, but it wasn't a hit across the country where most people were.
@@ProdigyBowlersTour It was popular here; there's a video of them doing it -- maybe the one I saw that you saw -- w-Dick Clark sitting w-them amongst the kids & doing the song. Either way, it was played a lot, or I probably wouldn't have recollection of it. Maybe not as good as "At the Hop" but good enough to enjoy & dance to.
You have the cutest smile Ace! I love when the songs put a big smile on your face 😍 More awesome, classic oldies! ❤️ These songs were my parents high school days songs. 🥰
"Come Go With Me" by the Del Vikings is a must. For a taste of the weird side of the era, there's "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley (aka Ben Colder) and "Witch Doctor" or "Alvin's Harmonica" by David Seville (real name Ross Bagdasarian).
We had a sock hop every friday night after any home football game. You would go watch the game and then after game ended we would head over to the Gym and go to the hop. This was the late 70s, so it was My Sharona and Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and anything from The Cars. Good times
There is a Movement, since 1972! Called Rockabilly! Covering Doo Wop, Rhythm & Blues, Hillbilly Boogie, of course Rockabilly 🥰 their shows would feature original groups! New generation groups (from all over the world) 😬
The kids dancing were from Dick Clark's famous "American Bandstand" TV show, on TV every afternoon, all nicely dressed -- dancing to all the songs. See the kids dancing to this at th-cam.com/video/b8dEn6qCecg/w-d-xo.html 1958. Some of the kids became well known, had a fan club & published a fan magazine.
1964 was the year when music took a dramatic turn. That's the year the Beatles led the British Invasion, and everything changed. And Motown really got into full swing.
You might just be 27, but you got an old soul. Which I might add is not a bad thing to have. You can read these old toons pretty well for a young punk! ( only kidding of course)
Makes one long for the days when you could watch young people dance, sing and enjoy. Not that new clubs can't offer a good dance, it's just riskier with the weapons and drugs.
"Hop" meant a dance. It was short for "sock hop", so named because they usually took place in the school gymnasium, so the kids would have to take off their shoes to keep from damaging the floor.
Yes, and at that time the girls wore saddle shoes with folded down socks. They were still jitterbugging when this came out.
That and the Lindy Hop from the thirties.
@@mikecaetano I didn't realize the Lindy Hop continued into the 50s. My mother was still jitterbugging in the early 60s, but she was a ballroom dancer.
This is definitely what Rock & Roll sounded like in the 1950's. This is one of the definitive songs of the era. Another hit from them was called "Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay." By the way, just a little education, a "Hop" is what they called teenage dances back then. A lot of dances took place in High School Gymnasiums, and everybody had to take their shoes off to dance on the Gym floor. This was known as a "Sock Hop."
You got it, late 50's Rock and Roll. The songs were simple but melodic and always great to dance to.
This was the music we heard at the roller rinks in the early 60's. It's very nostalgic to me.
The first verse lists various popular dances that could be enjoyed at your sock hop:
Well, you can rock, it you can roll it
Do the STOMP and even STROLL it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You CHALYPSO and you CHICKEN at the hop
Do the dance sensations that are sweepin' the nation at the hop
Huge 1950s "Doo-wop" group, and their iconic song "At the Hop."
The term or slang for "The Dance." also referred to as a "Sock Hop" because it was in the gym, and we all know, no street shoes allowed in the Gym, but you could dance in your socks.
This music always reminds me of my parents. Yes it's rock n roll 🙂
Thankfully, our parents exposed to so many genres growing up but...this is their era of being youngsters, teens and experiencing things similar to what they're singing about in this video.
Love you Ace. Peace and Love from Canada ❤
This is as Rock n Roll as it gets.
Their best song imo, although "Rock and roll is here to stay" is good also. No time machine stop in the 50's should omit two great singers, Jimmie Rodgers (Honeycomb, Kisses sweeter than wine") or Johnny Horton (Sink the Bismarck, Battle of New Orleans).
Don't forget Hortons"Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor"
One of my dad's favorite songs, a great song. Great reaction
It's great to see when you listen to the song you really like you smile a lot. Good music how to make everybody smile. And you just don't get that much anymore. So keep it up, means you're listening to good music you like.
This song is STILL fun to play in band, everyone gets up to dance. they ha d another hit called "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" which is really an anthem to Rock and Roll then , and ever since. the words were prophetic: "Rock and Roll will never die, I dig it to the end. It'll go down in history, just you wait my friend. Rock and Roll will always be, it'll go down in history."
This music is what my mom grew up listening to, thank god her tastes grew to include bands like Led Zep and Deep Purple and Black Sabbath as well lol. But I heard this kind of growing up mixed in with the contemporary stuff of the 70's. I was lucky though Between my mom, dad, and both sets of G'parents I grew up pretty much listening to every kind of music so it was kind of hard to be a music snob growing up when you were surrounded by all kinds of great music.
You will love the movie "American Grafitti" ... trust me!!!!
Thanks for reacting to a lot of these great oldie songs. You are really expanding your mind and you will be gald you did. Things back were a lot more fun and safe, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!
Rock and roll, yep, veering towards doo wop save for the piano accents that lend it a Jerry Lee Lewis feel. For more in that style from back then, also check out The Monotones "The Book Of Love", The Marcels "Blue Moon", and The Chords "Sh-Boom". And for something inspired by "At The Hop", check out Ramones "Rock 'n' Roll High School" from 1979. And for more from the fifties, also check out Gene Vincent "Be-Bop-A-Lula", Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues", Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill", Lloyd Price "Stagger Lee", and Johnny Otis "Willie and the Hand Jive". And be sure to check out Bill Haley & The Comets "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later Alligator", and "Shake, Rattle And Roll". "Rock Around the Clock" is an iconic tune from 1955 that went to number one in the US charts and brought rock and roll into the mainstream.
The Marcels' version of Blue Moon is one of favorites of all time!
That's not swing dancing. It's dancing. Decades later, it became known as swing dancing. But at the time, it's how you danced to rock and roll. In today's parlance "swing dancing" refers more to a type of dancing that was done to my parent's music. There's no more Danny and the Juniors to listen to. They had the one big hit and that was it. But here are some others from that era: Blue Moon by the Marcels, Get A Job by the Silhouettes, Only You by the Platters. All these songs are considered part of the Doo-Wop genre of rock and roll.
What about their "Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay."
@@carolhayar3037 -- I was a Top 40 Radio disc jockey for over 35 years on some of the biggest radio stations in the country. No radio station I ever worked at played "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" by Danny and the Juniors, either as a current hit or as an oldie in the station's oldies library. I had to bring it up on TH-cam to hear it, and I'm certain it was the first time I'd ever heard it. So what that tells me, if it was a hit where you were, it was a regional hit, not a national one. As a result, large swaths of the country never heard the song. Doesn't mean it wasn't a hit where you were, but it wasn't a hit across the country where most people were.
@@ProdigyBowlersTour It was popular here; there's a video of them doing it -- maybe the one I saw that you saw -- w-Dick Clark sitting w-them amongst the kids & doing the song. Either way, it was played a lot, or I probably wouldn't have recollection of it. Maybe not as good as "At the Hop" but good enough to enjoy & dance to.
@@carolhayar3037 it’s kind of the same song.
Other hits by this group includes-Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay, Pony Express, Twistin USA, Dottie and Doin the Continental Walk.
You have the cutest smile Ace! I love when the songs put a big smile on your face 😍
More awesome, classic oldies! ❤️ These songs were my parents high school days songs. 🥰
"Come Go With Me" by the Del Vikings is a must. For a taste of the weird side of the era, there's "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley (aka Ben Colder) and "Witch Doctor" or "Alvin's Harmonica" by David Seville (real name Ross Bagdasarian).
We had a sock hop every friday night after any home football game. You would go watch the game and then after game ended we would head over to the Gym and go to the hop. This was the late 70s, so it was My Sharona and Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and anything from The Cars. Good times
There is a Movement, since 1972! Called Rockabilly! Covering Doo Wop, Rhythm & Blues, Hillbilly Boogie, of course Rockabilly 🥰 their shows would feature original groups! New generation groups (from all over the world) 😬
Wow, I never saw that drop mini split before from the 50s.
The kids dancing were from Dick Clark's famous "American Bandstand" TV show, on TV every afternoon, all nicely dressed -- dancing to all the songs. See the kids dancing to this at th-cam.com/video/b8dEn6qCecg/w-d-xo.html 1958. Some of the kids became well known, had a fan club & published a fan magazine.
This came out in 1957. Check out "Little Darlin'" By The Diamonds.
1964 was the year when music took a dramatic turn. That's the year the Beatles led the British Invasion, and everything changed. And Motown really got into full swing.
Here is a singer from the Fifties you should listen to called ( Tiny Topsy ) and her song ( Aw Shucks Baby ) 1954
Wild music back then ... at the Hop (Socks) ...
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You might just be 27, but you got an old soul. Which I might add is not a bad thing to have. You can read these old toons pretty well for a young punk! ( only kidding of course)
Originally titled "Do The Bop" but i believe Dick Clark had a chat with them about the title being too risque.Something like that.
Makes one long for the days when you could watch young people dance, sing and enjoy. Not that new clubs can't offer a good dance, it's just riskier with the weapons and drugs.
American graffiti, watCh the movie. It will inform your mind