The Hucklebuck (aka: Huckle-Buck, Huckle Buck) dance is considered a Risque, sexual type of dance which had its hey-day during the late 1940s early 1950s but goes back to the early 1900's. It is also a slang term for a sexual position. Paul 'Mr. Hucklebuck' Williams recorded "The Hucklebuck," which went on to become a super-smash hit in 1949.

    The dance can get very sexual in nature with the male dancing behind the female, one hand on her waist or hip and the other on her shoulder, gyrating the hips in unison or with shocking variations such as when the female dancers would lay down on their backs and the male dancers would stand over the center of her, slowly doing hip gyrations, hip rolling, wiggling dance movements, slowly working their way over and past the females head. There is a popular version today called "freak" dancing.

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$ Jazz Dance: The Story of American ...

Stearns, Marshall

1994

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Basic Steps:

Hucklebuck Song Lyrics

Ah here's a dance you should know,
Ah baby when the lights are down low,
I say grab your baby then go,

If you don't know how to do it man you're out of luck,
Push ya baby out then you hunch her back,
Start a little movement in your sacrolliac,
Wiggle like a stick wobble like a duck,
That's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck,

Oh - Workout,

Ah here's a dance you should know,
Ah baby when the lights are down low,
Ah won't ya grab ya baby then go,
A little bit of Twist a little bit of this,
And if you don't know how to do it ask my little sis,
Push your partner out then you hunch her back,
Start a little movement in your sacrolliac,
Wiggle like a stick wobble like a duck,
That's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck,

Oh - Move,

A little bit of Twist a little bit of this,
And if you don't know how to do it ask my little sis,
Push your partner out then you hunch her back,
Start a little movement in your sacrolliac,
Wiggle like a stick wobble like a duck,
That's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck,

(Fadeout)
Here's a dance you should know,
ya ya ya ya when when the lights are down.....