FORTEPAN / Erky-Nagy Tibor // Wikimedia Commons 1960: The Twist Rock 'n Roll singer Chubby Checker took the song and dance style "The Twist" to the top after he appeared on "American Bandstand." The dance originated in the Peppermint Lounge, a New York nightclub. The dance craze gave ...
Begun in 1933 by Richard Hollingshead,drive-in theaterstook off with the first inCamden, New Jersey. Starting with 100 theaters, the amount of these venues jumped to 2,200 in 12 years. Althoughtheir numbers peaked at 4,063 in 1958, drive-ins have been disappearing at a rapid rate. Among...