Let's Twist Again Let's Twist Again "Let's Twist Again" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached No.8 on the U.S. "Billboard" pop chart (No.3 on Cash Box) in August of that year and subsequently reached No.2 in the U.K. in February 1962. The song refers to the Twist dance craze and Checker's 1960 single "The Twist", a two-time U.S. No.1 single (in September 1960 and again in January 1962 on re-release). The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock &
Do the Strand Do the Strand "Do the Strand" is the first song from English rock band Roxy Music's second album, "For Your Pleasure". In contrast to the songs from Roxy Music's eponymous debut album, this song starts suddenly without any instrumental fanfare. As with the rest of the album, the song was recorded at AIR Studios, Oxford Street, London. In the mode of early 1960's "dance craze" songs such as "The Twist", the song tries to convince the listener to dance "The Strand", which takes its name from a film noir advertisement for Strand cigarettes. The lyrics include, as is typical for