From 1969's Sweet Charity, it's a song proving that even in the 1960s, people were parodying the dance styles of Baby Boomers. I would like to believe that Suzanne Charney -- the brunette girl with the ponytail -- went on to become a big star but unfortunately, she did not. But Ben Vereen became a big star, and you can catch a glimpse of him in the last third of the number. And of course, this movie's director -- dancer/choreographer Bob Fosse -- managed to become famous too.
I'll probably be posting less songs with the advent of Lent next week. Not that I consider these posts to be all that sinful but I originally started this blog to give me an opportunity to do a lot more writing than I'm actually do at the moment. And not hunting down songs to post every week should give me time to do that. I'll probably ease up on the quotes, too. We'll see.
In the meantime, I'm posting one of my favorite songs from the 1930s, 1930's “Ten Cents a Dance” from the High Hatters. It's a nifty tune in which lead singer Welcome Lewis -- no, I didn't make that name up -- manages to sum up the downside of being a taxi dancer far more succinctly than Shirley MacLaine's Charity Hope Valentine managed to do in an entire movie. I originally encountered the song on an old CD of 1930s tunes that I recently purchased and I liked it so much I tracked it down on YouTube. I hope you all like the song and don't mind the less-than-interesting visuals.
