Let's Do The Twist

Independent horror film ‘White Zombie’, starring Bela Lugosi, premiered in New York City’s Rivoli Theatre on July 28th, 1932. It marked the first time that zombies had featured in a Hollywood picture - albeit as the result of an evil voodoo master in Haiti rather than a condition ...  Show more

Warner Brothers’ biggest animated star, Bugs Bunny, made his cartoon debut on July 27th, 1940, in A Wild Hare - though, at the time, he didn’t officially have a name… Though previous versions of the ‘wabbit had appeared in earlier Looney Tunes shorts, this incarnation - directed ...  Show more

On the latest episode of the Billboard Chart Beat Podcast, the iconic Chubby Checker joins host and Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust, in honor of "The Twist" reigning as the Billboard Hot 100's all-time No. 1 song. Its appeal, says Checker? "It's a sexy song." Hosted on ...  Show more

Ernest Evans aka Chubby Checker is the King of the Twist! It’s the teenie bopper hit that ushered in an instructional dance music CRAZE. It’s infectious, but was it actually any good? Who even was Chubby? And how did he end up making a psychedelic rock flop called Stoned in the B ...  Show more

In this special episode of 365 days with mxmtoon, Maia talks about the history of disco, a music genre that started out as a response to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and turned into a dance craze and subculture that perpetuates to this day. Then, Maia will tell us all ...  Show more

Before "Despacito," "Macarena" ruled the Hot 100. Gary and Trevor time-travel back 21 years and chat with Jammin Johnny Caride, one of the Bayside Boys who remixed Los Del Rio's smash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.