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Title: The Twist: The Story of the Song and Dance That Changed the World by Jim Dawson ISBN: 057119852X Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: February, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Rating: 5
Summary: c'mon baby, do the hillbilly twist
Comment: the twist is more than a song or a dance. as mr. dawson illustrates in this book, it was a full-fledged american institution (and a worldwide one, too). before the beatles got here, it was THEE thing in pop music...as much as boy bands and hyper-sexualized teenage girls are today.

the book is entertaining and well-written. dawson has some very definite opinions, and most of them are very concise and amusing. this is not a book that should be looked upon as serious academic musicology, but it does tell an engaging story of how a particular song came to evolve into an all-consuming fad that stretched across every level of american society. the text is very well-researched, both from contemporary early 60s accounts and from subsequent writings. it's obvious that mr. dawson spent a long time tracking down just about every last thing that was available.

in short, read this book. if you're interested in the history of early 60s r&b and pop, you won't be disappointed.