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At the Hop
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"At the Hop", a slightly disguised 12-bar blues celebration of popular dance styles, was a hit single by Danny & the Juniors, which was released in the fall of 1957, and would go all the way to #1 on the US hit charts on January 6, 1958, thus becoming one of the top-selling singles during all of 1958. It was written by Arthur Singer, John Medora and David White.
The song describes the scene at a record hop, particularly the dances being performed and the interaction with the disc jockey host.
- You can rock it you can roll it
- Do the bop and even stroll it
- At the hop
- When the record starts spinnin'
- You chalypso and you chicken at the hop
- Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation
- at the hop
Names of popular dances of the time bolded.