Word: twisting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gospel is what comes in after bossa nova goes the way of the twist. It's a little bit of rhythm and blues, a little bit of soul jazz, and a lot of the oldtime religion. And it has now made the nightclubs. (See Music...
...busy destalinizing, is liberalizing a little. The huge statue of the dead dictator that overlooked Prague is now finally demolished; writers have begun to talk about "an enlarged horizon of freedom"; in Prague's Lucerna Hall dance palace recently, teen-agers rocked the rafters with the Oliver Twist and Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in Twist tempo...
...popular-music business falls into a faint, and the only thing that can bring it around again is a new sound. The new sound quickly becomes every hipster's new groove and everybody imitates it until even little children no longer care to listen. Last year the twist was replaced by the bossa nova, but as things turned out, it was a case of a starving man rescuing one who was merely hungry. Business faded...
...Wednesday, Sullivan turned in the greatest match of his career to beat Neely in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. For the first time this year Paul followed his twist serve to the net, and time after time the strategy paid off as Neely fed him easy volleys...
Candy Spots will beat out Never Bend, followed by Sky Wonder, Chateaugay, On My Honor, Lemon Twist, and Country Squire...