A Timeline of African American (Soul) Line Dance Records With Call Outs From 1959 To 2010 (a complete reprint of a 2025 Facebook post by Clevetta R Young)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents a timeline of African American (Soul) line dance records with call outs from 1959 to 2010.

This post is a complete reprint of a May 2025 Facebook post by Clevetta R Young.

A few selected comments from that Facebook post are also reprinted in this pancocojams post. 

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Clevetta R Young and all others who were involved in this research. Thanks also to Clevetta R Young for her involvement with Soul line dancing. Thanks to all those who recorded the songs and choreographed the dances that are listed in this time line and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

****
PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Clevetta R. Young is an African American woman who is a line dance choreographer and instructor. She is also the administrator of the Houston Soul Line Dancers (H.S.L.D) Facebook page, among other Soul line dance Facebook pages.

In the conclusion of that post about timelines in those specified years for soul line dances with call outs, Clevetta R. Young encouraged people to reprint that post so that more people would be aware about this information.

I'm glad that I happened upon this Facebook post as a result of my online research into the history of African American line dancing.
-snip-
Please share more information about Clevetta R. Young and -if needed- correct the information about her that I've included in this post. Thanks! 

****
A TIMELINE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN (SOUL) LINE DANCE RECORDS WITH CALL OUTS FROM 1959 TO 2010
[a complete reprint with minor reformatting from https://www.facebook.com/groups/centerstagelinedancers/posts/9946505088748560

Clevetta R Young, Admin, May 19, 2025

"Listen up everyone, I have been asked this question alot of times, so let me break it down to ya.

This is a ** TIMELINE ** of Line Dance Records... What's a Line Dance Record people always ask? A song that is Specifically made for Line Dancing that has "CALL OUT'S" telling the people what to do in the song.

There is a difference between a Line Dance Song and Songs people make Line Dances to.

Example.. "The Bikers Shuffle" is a Line Dance Song.. It was made specifically for Line Dancing..... "The Wobble" Is a Rap Song that someone put a previous made Line Dance to.. It's Not an Official Line Dance "SONG"... Again The Wobble Just like "Cant get enough" by Tamia, The Electric Slide by Marcia Griffith are "SONG'S" someone put a "LINE DANCE" to!

Here is the TIME LINE of LINE DANCE "SONG'S" from the very 1st known Line Dance in 1959 till 2010.

Mind you, im only giving you the Time line of what year that Artist's 1st Line Dance Song was released. Because folks like myself and others such as Mixx Master Lee, Mr.C , Dj Maestro, Cupid, Meechie & Ent Distikt has numerous Line Dance Songs created after our 1st Release.

Here is the Timeline ... The Year, Name of Song and Artist

#1. 1959 - "It's Madison Time" by Ray Bryant w/ Call outs by Mr. E. Morrision

#2. 1960 - "The Madison" by Al Brown w/ Call outs by Mr. Cookie Brown

#3. 1975 - "The Bus Stop-The Original Electric Slide" by Charlie Green (Call outs by Charlie Green)

#4. 1997 - "The Cleveland Shuffle" by Big Mucci (71 North) (Call out's by Big Mucci

#5. 1998 - "The Chinese Checkers" by Mix Master Lee & Louis Lane (Call Out by Louis Lane)

#6. 2000 - "Cha Cha Slide" by Mr. C (Call Out's by Mr. C)

#7. 2006 - "The Turbo Hustle" by Dj Maestro (Call Out's by Lenora Douglas)

#8. 2006 - "The Cupid Shuffle" by Cupid (Call Out's by Cupid)

#9. 2007 - "The Down South Shuffle by R-3 (Call Out's by R-3)

#10. 2009 - "Shake Ya Tailfeather" by Demertic Allen a.k.a Meechie (Call Out's by Meechie)

#11. 2009 - "The Monkey Feet" by Pyraci (Call outs by Pyraci)

#12. 2010 - "Row Row" by Black Zack (Call Out's by Black Zack)

#13. 2010 - "Same Ole 2 Step" by Ent. Distrikt (Call outs by Ent. Distrikt)

Honorable Mentions... 1994 .. "Tootsie Roll' by 69 Boyz (Call outs 69 Boyz) ... The Tootsie Roll is actually a DANCE, BUT!!!!! In Todays Line Dance Culture it Could Also be seen as a 1 Wall (Not 4 Wall) but a 1 Wall Line Dance..

If you know of a Line Dance "SONG" with "Call Out's" before 2010 that i missed please leave The Year, The name of song, The Artist and the name of the artist who was doing the "Call Out's!!

I had to educate the difference between a Line Dance Song & Songs that people Just put a Line Dance to! and how to let people see the time line.

A lot of people do not know, when I came out with my Cleveland Shuffle Line Dance that was made in 1997 along with my song Boodie Bounce but with Boodie Bounce I didn’t put call outs to it…That before me the Last Call Out Line Dance song was The Bus Stop in 1975.

So from 1975 after the Bus Stop, till I dropped in 1997 mins you that’s a 22 year Gap there was NO OFFICIAL Line Dance Record with Call Outs… till me, and as we see After me and the popularity of my song the Cleveland Shuffle now there is a flood of Line Dance Songs with call outs …

@everyone

****
SELECTED COMMENTS (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)

1.Marie Mendes Alcazar, 2025
"Impressive, thanks for sharing!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽"

**
Reply 
2.Clevetta R Young (Author,Admin)
"Marie Mendes Alcazar Jackie Lilly and I talk about this often. I got this from her. I’m asking her and others to share. I want to know!! You know me 😉. History and Education are very important."

**
Reply
3.Marie Mendes Alcazar, 2025
"Clevetta R Young absolutely!!"

**
4. Catrina Daniel, 2025, 2025
"glad [she] recognized that durn so called wobble is not the wobble. It's Nasty Girls by Dave Bush"

****
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.