Boogaloo: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Boogaloo is one of the premier Latin dancing fads of the 1960s, entering the mainstream through American Bandstand. It is a fusion of mambo and rock and roll and replaced the pachanga. The Boogaloo evolved into the modern samba in the 1970s. The dance is a very loose, interpretive style, involving simple motions of the body, hips, and feet.

Early boogaloo used a twelve-step sequence that was later sped up into a thirty-step sequence. It is not the Electric Booglaloo.

Popular boogaloo musicians include James Brown, Pete Rodriguez, Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz.