The great dances of the 1960s – The Bird!
If you were like me you probably could only attempt your best imitation of the latest dance craze – But it didn’t matter – the important thing was just getting out there with the gang!
The Bird came to us via the Rivingtons who started off as the Sharps – their dance – the Bird – got a new lease on life when Minnesota’s Trashmen hit the scene with their wild renditions.
Here is the Bird (many more dances to follow)
The Bird
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October, 1962 – The Dells – The (Bossa Nova Bird)
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December, 1962 – The Dutones – The Bird – #101 Bubbling Under
Songwriter and singer Richard Parker was a member
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January, 1963 – The Rivingtons – Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow (The Bird)
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January, 1963 – The Dial-Tones – Chicago Bird
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February, 1963 – Dee Dee Sharp – Do The Bird – #10 Hot 100
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March, 1963 – The Rivingtons – The Bird’s the Word – #52 Hot 100
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March, 1963 – Jimmy Norman & the O’Jays – What’s The Word? Do the Bird
Norman was a one-time member of the Coasters – He penned the lyrics for “Time Is On My Side” by Irma Thomas and then the Rolling Stones
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May, 1963 – Chubby Checker – Birdland – #12 Hot 100
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November, 1963 – The Trashmen – Surfin Bird – #4 Hot 100
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January, 1964 – The Trashmen – Bird Dance Beat – #30 Hot 100
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November, 1964 – The Flames – The Bird
The Flames were from Janesville, Wisconsin
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1964 – Jay Jay Caillier with the Untouchables – She Can’t Do the Monkey, Dog or the Bird
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October, 1965 – The Trashmen – Bird “65”
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1965 – Al Catraz and the Bird Men – Do the Big Bird
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August, 1967 – The Soul Meditations – The Bird
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1969 – Homer Chambers – Do the Fire Bird
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