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.ÿþwith a towel.For a period in the early 1960s the Twist enjoyed enormouspopularity.1The White House is both the president s home and office, and alongwith the business of government many social events take place there.Theformal atmosphere was lightened in 1961 when the historic East Roomreverberated to the sound of the Twist, as performed by the orchestra ofNew York dance band conductor Lester Lanin.The President looked on astwenty-six-year-old Andrew Burden, who had the reputation of doing  thebest Twist in New York Society, gave an energetic demonstration of howit was done.In order to avoid giving offense to conservatives, the pressemphasized that the president had merely been an amused spectator.2However, there were rumors that the First Lady had been dancingthe Twist at this black-tie party in the White House.Such a report wasstill thought in 1961 to be inconsistent with the dignity of the Presidency,and press secretary Pierre Salinger firmly denied it.Later newspaper reports of Jackie Kennedy doing theTwist in Fort Lauderdale were the result of mistakenidentity.3This relatively trivial news item cameto the attention of pianist-composer SonnyThompson (1916 1989) and prompted him towrite a song for his wife Lula Reed (b.1927),which they recorded on 7 February 1962.Likethe newspaper report, the song,  Do the Presi-dent Twist, linked the dance craze with the youngPresident in the White House, adding mention of his fam-ily, including baby John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., who had been born on25 November 1960 (John and Jackie Kennedy s first child, Caroline BouvierKennedy, was born in 1957).Come on, baby, let s do the President Twist,Come on, baby, let s do the President Twist,Everybody s doing it, you go  round and around like this.Come on, baby, let s do the President Twist.I wanna go to Washington, to see the President Twist,The cabinet members, they all insist,[ 48 ] Twistin Out in Space [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]