Retro Dance Party!

It isn’t often that I am able to uncover a YouTube gem such as Janet Lennon’s cultural appropriation of The Watusi, an R&B hit by the Orlons (Lawrence Welk Show, 1962) Be sure to catch Janet’s foreplay with Larry Hooper’s goatee (at 1:29):



Here’s Annette doing the Madison Time (Coke Time TV show, 1960):



A young Dick Van Dyke tries to cheer up a ‘sad girl’ by invading her personal space (Ed Sullivan Show, 1960):



Finally, the truly sublime team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers having the time of their lives (film Roberta, 1935)  you can hear them laughing between the taps: