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Let’s Twist Again – Dancing The Down Years

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September 3, 2025
by Vintage Rock

In January 1962, Britain went twist crazy, with Chubby Checker’s The Twist and Let’s Twist Again in the Top 20 at the same time. Here, Vintage Rock takes a stroll…

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