On the Unsuspected Significance of The Peppermint Twist
60 years ago (late 1961) a group named Joey Dee and the Starliters released a new variation on the Twist craze spawned by Chubby Checker the previous year. By January 1962, their single "The Peppermint Twist" went to #1 on the pop charts. If you're like me, you've known the song all your life, without […]