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1958 The stroll and the madison

The stroll was both a slow rock’n’roll dance and a song that was popular in late 1950s. The dance called the stroll began in black communities to the songs ‘c c rider’ and ‘Betty and Dupree’ by Chuck Willis. Willis was known as ‘the King of the Stroll’ prior to the release of the song of that name.

US teenagers dancing the stroll, 1958.

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