At the Hop

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"At the Hop", a slightly disguised 12-bar blues celebration of popular dance styles, was a hit single by Danny & the Juniors, which was released in the fall of 1957, and would go all the way to #1 on the US hit charts on January 6, 1958, thus becoming one of the top-selling singles during all of 1958. It was written by Arthur Singer, John Medora and David White.

The song describes the scene at a record hop, particularly the dances being performed and the interaction with the disc jockey host.

You can rock it you can roll it

Do the bop and even stroll it

At the hop

When the record starts spinnin'

You chalypso and you chicken at the hop

Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation

at the hop

Names of popular dances of the time bolded.