The Stroll

• The Stroll was a very popular dance of the '60s that originated in the late 1950s. Not dissimilar to a line dance, the Stroll featured lines of girls and boys facing each other with the top couple strolling between the two lines and joining the end of the line that moved up each time a couple went down the center. Designed for slow songs, the Stroll was made famous by a hit of the same name by The Diamonds.
  
  

The Twist

• The Twist is probably the most famous dance of the 60s, originating as a dance for the Rock-n-Roll song of the same name. Couples danced opposite each other and did not usually hold hands or touch like in most earlier dances. It remained popular right though the '60s.
  
  

The Mashed Potato

• The Mashed Potato was all the craze in 1962 and it somewhat resembles the Twist. The exception was that a backward stepping motion started the dance with the foot swiveling the heel in, the weight on the ball of the foot, repeating as many times as desired. Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time" was a popular song for the dance.
  
  

The Monster Mash

• The Monster mash is a variation of the Mashed Potato and came out around the same time, with the hit by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers which also came out in 1962. The dance features partners holding each other in ghoulish positions, while doing the mashing footwork which characterizes the dance.
  
  

Hully Gully

• The '60s rock group the Olympics sang a song called "Hully Gully" which started the craze of the dance in 1960. The craze was started by Frank Rocco at the Cadillac Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. It was further popularized a few years later when another song came out using the same tune called "Peanut Butter," by a group called The Marathons.
  
  

The Madison

• Featured in the movie "Hairspray," the Madison is a novelty line dance which was popular from the late '50's to the mid '60s. It featured a back and forth step with interspersed called steps throughout.
  
  

The Swim

• Bobby Freeman's hit "C'mon Let's Swim" started the dance craze the Swim, which was not unlike the Hully Gully in style. In his song, Freeman described it as "kinda like the Monkey and kinda like the Twist, pretend you are in water and you go like this." The dance basically imitates a swimmer, especially with the arm movements.