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The Chicken Dance is a well-known drinking and dancing song at American Oktoberfest events. It is also a popular dance at weddings, particularly in whose culture includes polka music. Over 140 versions have been recorded worldwide, including some that were released by Walt Disney Records, together making an estimated 40,000,000 records or more ...
May 14, 2019 · A fun little jig with simple moves that can be learned in under a minute, "The Chicken Dance" is a staple at school parties, bar mitzvahs, and Oktoberfest celebrations. The story of this avian ...
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Songfacts®: This catchy little oom-pah number is quite possibly the only song that gives us the urge to flap our arms and cluck like a chicken. Written by Swiss accordionist Werner Thomas, the melody first came to him in the late '50s while he was performing at restaurants and holiday resorts. A short time later, dances like The Twist were ...
The dance featured lateral body movements. It was used primarily as a change of pace step while doing the twist . The chicken dance gained popularity when Rufus Thomas wrote " Do the Funky Chicken ", a hit record in 1970.
- The Origin of The Chicken Dance Song
- Meanwhile… Back in Europe…. The Bird Song Was About to Hit Big.
- Across The Atlantic, Things Were Popping Too!
- Where Did The Chicken Dance originate?
- The Chicken Dance Song Is Here to Stay
It all began in 1955 when Werner Thomas a Swiss accordion player who really enjoyed birdwatching, wrote a little tune based on how ducks moved when they swam around the local pond. But Werner didn’t go public with his creation until 1963, when he started playing the tune he called “the Ententanz” (Duck Dance), at a restaurant in the ski resort town...
In 1980, a new Dutch group (I swear, it’s always the Dutch) De Electronicas released THEIR version of the song “De Vogeltjesdance”(“Dance Little Bird”) as a “B” side to their single. The “B” side, for those of you born after 1990, is the OTHER side of the single record … usually it’s filler. What was on the “A” side is lost to history… De Vogeltjes...
The Emeralds, a Polka band out of Edmonton Alberta Canada, recorded a Polka Version of the “Bird Dance” on their new K-TEL album in 1982, and it went DOUBLE PLATINUM!! This extraordinarily popular version of the song even showed up in a few movie soundtracks, including “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius“.
All along, people were calling the tune “Bird Dance”, and in Germany, it was always the “Enten Tanz” (Duck Dance)… which makes perfect sense, since ducks shake their tail feathers, and chickens just don’t. HOW did ducks turn into chickens? This is where Tulsa, Oklahoma comes in. A German Band was scheduled to play “Dance Little Bird” at the 1981 Tu...
Love it or hate it, the Chicken Dance isn’t going anywhere. Amazingly, over 140 versions of the song have been recorded worldwide, selling 40 MILLION copies. And then there are all the German Bands who play it at Festivals. It’s played and requested so often, that the New Braunfels Wurstfest has a strict rule that bands may not play the Chicken Dan...
The Chicken Dance, also known as the Chicken Song or the Birdie Song, originated in Switzerland in the 1950s. It was created by a Swiss accordionist named Werner Thomas. Originally, this catchy tune was known as “Der Ententanz,” which translates to “The Duck Dance.”. Thomas composed the music for the song, and it quickly gained ...
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“The Chicken Dance” by Werner Thomas was written by Werner Thomas.
