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 ...

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?

Today marks 63 years since the release of The Twist by Chubby Checker that went on to popularise this dance form. Here’s how you can master it on the dance floor Twist developed as a dance form in the ...

“The Twist” by Chubby Checker was the first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on two different occasions. And, for many years, it was the biggest-selling single in U.S. recording history.

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 ...