At the Hop

About At the Hop

"At the Hop" is a rock and roll/doo-wop song written by Artie Singer, John Medora, and David White and originally released by Danny & the Juniors. The song was released in the fall of 1957 and reached number one on the US charts on January 6, 1958, becoming one of the top-selling singles of 1958. "At the Hop" also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers list. Somewhat more surprisingly, the record reached #3 on the Music Vendor country charts. It was also a big hit elsewhere, which included a number 3 placing on the UK charts. The song returned to prominence after it was performed by rock and roll revival act Sha Na Na at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and featured in the 1973 coming-of-age teen comedy American Graffiti. Musically, it is notable for combining several of the most popular formulas in 1950s rock'n'roll, the twelve-bar blues, boogie-woogie piano, and the 50s progression. The original version by Danny & the Juniors was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). more »

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1997

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At the hop

Well, you can rock it, you can roll it
You can stop and you can stroll it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You chalypso when you chicken at the hop
You do the dance sensation
That is sweepin' the nation at the hop

Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop, let's go

You can swing it, you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jockey is the coolest
And the music is the smoothest at the hop
All the cats and chicks can get their kicks at the hop
So let's go

Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop, let's go

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Sha Na Na

Sha Na Na is an American rock and roll group. The name is taken from a part of the long series of nonsense syllables in the doo-wop hit song "Get a Job", originally recorded in 1957 by the Silhouettes. more »

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