In the African-American community, Line Dances have become a pillar of the culture. It has united the community together with soulful music for generations.  

Line Dancing has provided a sense of comfort and pride throughout time, originating overseas in Africa and the Caribbean and migrating west throughout the world with smooth footwork and swift dance moves.  

Whether you are at a Graduation BBQ or an Anniversary party, when these tunes come on you have no choice but to get up and dance with your loved ones. 

Cha Cha Slide

In the late 1990s, Willie Perry Jr, better known as DJ Casper, created the dance routine we all recognize today as the Cha Cha Slide for his nephew, David Wilson, who at the time was an aerobics instructor at Bally’s Total Fitness.  

The song began to receive a lot of attention spreading to clubs and local hot hangout spots around town and then eventually spreading throughout the globe.  

This song became as popular as it did because it was a tune that anyone of any age could vibe to. According to The Washington Post,  

“I think it was widely embraced because everybody could dance to it”  

says LaDonna Tittle, a veteran radio personality, who contributed to the success of spreading awareness of the soon-to-be worldwide gem.  

Cupid Shuffle 

Bryson Bernard, better known as Cupid, artist of the song Cupid Shuffle tells a source at Newsone, how he got the idea to create his hit song.  

“I was a 19-year-old Blues singer touring with the SOS Band and Lenny Williams when I recorded the song,”

Cupid told Newsone.

“Everywhere we would go before we’d start the show, we’d get the crowd going with a line dance. I saw how the crowd was reacting and I wanted to create a modern-day line dance.” 

In 2007, Cupid intentionally came up with a song and dance that he felt everybody in the dance community could come together and dance to. Little did he know that it would later be honored and recognized in the White House and honored by First Lady Michelle Obama for her Let’s Move campaign. 

Wobble  

A dance group from Atlanta, Georgia created one of the most influential line dances in the early 2000s. Wobble was created to bring people together to have fun and stay in shape.  

Although this song is a part of the line dance family, it is well-known as an aerobics dance that is usually paired with hip-hop music.  

This dance has become popular with videos of fitness groups, family gatherings, and other social group events circulating throughout social media platforms creating viral moments of the song.