The Beat Train: “Top Five Absolutely Insane Buttshakin’ Dance-Floor Killers by Cool Cats You May Have Mistaken for Squares”
By THE BEAT TRAIN | September 4, 2007
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The Beat Train: “Top Five Absolutely Insane Buttshakin’ Dance-Floor Killers by Cool Cats You May Have Mistaken for Squares”
1_Elvis Presley, “Rubberneckin’ ”
2_Tom Jones, “Chills and Fever”
3_The Banana Splits, “Doin’ the Banana Split”
4_Chubby Checker, “Karate Monkey”
5_Moving Sidewalks, “99th Floor”
The Beat Train’s new weekly “Mambo Beat Club” night at ZuZu begins this Thursday, September 6
Edited by Will Spitz
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