The tradition
The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson, which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild and became one of the most popular hits of the decade. Runnin' Wild ran from 28 October 1923 through 28 June 1924. The Charleston dance's peak popularity occurred from mid-1926 to 1927.¶
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Charleston (dance)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶
Charleston is American swing dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.1¶
The source record links this tradition to 20 external registers, which can be verified through the citation.1¶
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Walery , Polish-British, 1863-1929 · Public domain
What it mixes with
Artists and institutions
Sources
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| Wikidata: Charleston (Q1066703) | database | Wikidata |
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