Twist (dance) craze. Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film "Pulp Fiction" featured John Travolta and Uma Thurman dancing the Twist to Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" as part of the Jack Rabbit Slim's Twist Contest. In "Spider-Man 3" (2007), Harry Osborn and Mary Jane Watson dance to "The Twist". In a Season One episode of "Mad Men" ("The Hobo Code"), Peggy Olsson and several other employees of Sterling Cooper dance to Chubby Checker's "The Twist". Season One takes place in 1960, when Checker's version first became a hit. In 1995 Faber & Faber published "The Twist: The Story of the Song and Dance
The Ballad of the Brown King The Ballad of the Brown King The Ballad of the Brown King is a cantata composed by Margaret Bonds. It may be her most frequently performed work. It was written in honor of the African king, Balthazar, with text written by Langston Hughes for Bonds. The "Ballad" premiered in December 1954 in New York and was performed by the George McClain Choir. This was a shorter version of the piece, which was subsequently expanded by both Hughes and Bonds to include full orchestration. The longer version was performed on December 11, 1960 and televised in a CBS special called "Christmas