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1. The first song in this quiz is a real oldie, first performed in October 1923 in the Broadway musical "Runnin' Wild". The song and the dance (which preceded the song by a few months and has since become iconic of the Roaring 20s and the Flapper Age) are named after a town in South Carolina - what's the name of that town?
2. The next song dates to 1979; it was a massive Number One hit in the US and a Number Seven hit in the UK. The stylish New York band who wrote and recorded it featured two women vocalists and a genius bass/lead guitar pairing; the guitarist invented an instantly recognizable "choppy" style of playing that became ubiquitous in Disco. What was the title of the song?
3. One of my favourite early 1970s bands was 10cc, from Manchester. The four-man group consisted of two pairs of excellent songwriters, but each one of the four was an excellent instrumentalist, singer, writer and producer. Three of the four have said that their 1974 album "Sheet Music" was their best, and one of the songs featured was about a dance that could do strange things to your pelvis. What was the title of this song?
4. This might be a tricky one! The Mashed Potato was a dance craze in the US in the early 1960s, and was featured in the stage act of one particular high profile Black American R&B artist. He released the song "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" in 1960, but due to contractual reasons he had to record it under the name of "Nat Kendrick and the Swans". He finally recorded it under his own name with his backing group The Famous Flames as "Mashed Potatoes USA" in 1962. Who was this artist?
5. This Bob & Earl track reached Number 44 in the US in 1963 and Number Seven in the UK in 1969. Celebrating a dance step - and in fact a complete 25-step line dance as well - it was named after an area of New York. What's the title of this song?
6. Ok, a bit more up-to-date now. Can you name the artist who took "Cha Cha Slide" to Number 83 in the US in 2000 and to Number One in the UK in 2004?
7. The next wonderful song/dance comes from a 1973 rock musical by Richard O'Brien. The show, a parody of 1930s horror/sf films, ran for 2,960 performances in London but for only 45 performances on Broadway. The song exhorts the audience to do a particular dance, and audiences everywhere tend to join in! What's the name of the song?
8. This 1987 dance song was by a funky London band called Was (Not Was). What animal were they walking?
9. Perhaps more familiar to UK TV viewers, a comedic trio of a posh twit, a boffin and a short bird-watching Yorkshireman reached Number Four in the UK in 1975 and Number 79 in the US in 1976. What was the animal-related name of the song?
10. This is one of my favourite songs and videos of all time! It was released by a Canadian band in 1982, and in 1983 it hit Number Three in the US and Number Six in the UK. The video was filmed in a Wiltshire village and featured Morris Dancers, people dressed as chickens, maypole dancers, dancing villagers and an outrageously beautiful young woman doing the Dance. What's the name of the song?
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Southendboy
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