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Advertisements [ ? ] Group Reveals Origin Of 'Y.M.C.A.' Dance Village People Members Say Dance Started On 'Bandstand' NEW YORK -- Everyone from grandmas to little kids know how to do the dance to The Village People's hit "Y.M.C.A." -- but not everybody knows where it came from. You can thank cheerleaders and "American Bandstand" for that, said Randy Jones ...

it's handy at cocktail parties..

Just asking.

Geddy Lee's name is really Gary. But his grandmother pronounced it Geddy, so he went with it. (For those who don't know, Geddy Lee is the lead singer for Rush.)

Edited on Tue May-27-08 07:00 PM by uppityperson YMCA spells Chuck Norris when it dances

What kind of people would those be???

And I remember that the "YMCA" thing started with American Bandstand. The bits and pieces of things I know... What I do wonder about is two other things: 1. How a similar "hand motion spell out" thing began in Ohio for "Hang On Sloopy." I assume this started at Ohio State at some point while the band was playing the song, because they have played it for so many years (and it's now the state's ...

Hah!

That's who.