After six hours of school, as the Beach Boys sang in 1964, American teens had enough for the day, they hit the radio dial, turned it up all the way, and started to dance, dance, dance. Their dances?

John Johnson Jr. and Joel Selvin with Dick Cami. St. Martin’s/ Dunne, $25.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-58178-7 In the years just before a new dance called the Twist turned popular music around and created ...

Singer and songwriter Hank Ballard, whose hit ” The Twist ” ushered in a nationwide 1960s dance craze, has died. Mr. Ballard, who was suffering from throat cancer, died Sunday at his home, friends ...

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Chubby Checker performs onstage at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 45th Annual Induction and Awards at Marriott Marquis Theater on June 12, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Theo ...

He sang the No. 1 song of the 1960s and began a dance performed at millions of weddings. Chubby Checker created a craze in 1960 when he sang "The Twist" on the television show "American Bandstand"and ...