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Why was the Danny & The Juniors single “At The Hop” written?

Retry Correct Incorrect Danny & The Juniors’s now-famous “Let’s Go to the Hop” refrain was originally “Let’s all do the Bop,” but Dick Clark cautioned the band that the Bop was a dance fad that was on its way out. Indeed, the last-minute decision to pivot toward the popular sock-hop trend proved smart, as its popularity at those events helped boost the song to number one.

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Why was the Danny & The Juniors single “At The Hop” written?

• The band liked a random jam session enough to turn it into a single
• Dick Clark commissioned a dance song and it was the first thing they thought of
• It was originally “Do The Bop” but the Bop was becoming passé
• They wanted to capitalize on the sock hop craze at the time