The Stroll was a popular line dance in the 50s. It was first performed to "C. C. Rider" by Chuck Willis on American Bandstand. Link Wray's "Rumble" and "The Stroll" by The Diamonds were also popular tunes for doing the Stroll. All these songs are slow 12-bar blues. A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in one or more lines (British English, rows), executing the same movements. ... Harold (Chuck) Willis (1928 – 1958) was an American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock singer and songwriter; he was born in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand American Bandstand was a long-running dance music television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989. ... Link Wray and His Ray Mens The Swan Singles Collection 1963-1967 Fred Lincoln Link Wray Jr (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American rock and roll guitar player most noted for pioneering a new sound for electric guitars in his hit 1958 instrumental Rumble, by Link... This is the page for the sound. ... The Diamonds were a Canadian musical group of the 1950s and early 1960s who rose to prominence performing cover versions of songs by black musicians. ... (Redirected from 12 bar blues) Twelve bar blues is a typical blues chord progression, taking twelve 4/4 bars to the verse. ...
In the dance, two lines of dancers, men on one side and women on the other, face each other, moving in place to the music. Each paired couple then steps out and does a more elabarate dance up and down between the rows of dancers.
The dance is only loosely related to the Jitterbug Stroll, a line dance popular with swing dancers. The Jitterbug Stroll is a swing line dance choreographed by Ryan Francois, a famous Lindy Hop dancer and teacher. ... Swing is a group of related street dances, that evolved from Lindy Hop. ...
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