The Original Stroll - February 1958

On a local television dance show in Idaho in February 1958, local teens dance to one of the biggest dance crazes out of the late-1950's called The Stroll, which originated from American Bandstand. This dance was performed in a line formed with boys on one side and girls on the other, creating an isle between them. The boy and girl in the front of the line would meet up in the middle, grab hands and stroll their way down the line, as the other kids in the line would move their way up to the front using the same dance steps that the couple moving down the line would use, but move from side to side instead. When the first couple made their way down the line, another couple would meet in the middle and stroll down the isle.

Today, a new version of The Stroll is done in the form of a group line dance, but this is how it was done originally.

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[Melonie Seltzer]

why do they look so unhappy

[gmlasam]

Well, its obvious this wasn't Soul Train line dance :)

[Jackie I]

Oh man---this song is too sexy for these teens :) I love it---especially when he sez let's stroll by the candy store :)

[parkkrr]

we get what you mean....why dont you just say it??????

[ravenwolf789]

They wore long dresses then! Now they wear nothing WOW progress in the stroll, Freedom! rings loud. I was at Ft Bragg then getting ready to ship out to Laos or etc with the Green Berets. Greatest time in history for sure the light was destroyed by Nam and we now have another war we dont plan on winning, damn we are slow learners! no cures no wins no money in cures or wins thats truth kids, now its your turn to be lied to, hope your smarter then we were.

[tvelliot]

They're all seventy now.

[edward wypijewski]

This was when America was Americana

[Tidefan324]

Maybe they knew Vietnam was just around the corner?

[michael tooke]

a troll? really? i was wondering the same thing. i don't see one smile on that dance floor.

[Tennesseeflower W]

I am sure they are NOT unhappy ~ it's just part of the dance ~ don't be such a troll

[BlackPDigitalMedia]

wikipedia the stroll