Old School (1970s/1980s) "Bus Stop" Line Dance: Videos Of Fatback Band - "(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop"& Charlie Green - "The Bus Stop (Original)"

This is Part III of an ongoing pancocojams series on lines dances performed at Black (African American) cookouts, wedding receptions, and other get-togethers (informal social gatherings).

This post provides information about "the Bust Stop" line dance and showcases a YouTube video of Charlie Green leading a group of people doing the "Bus Stop" line dance in Chicago, Illinois in 1975.

My transcription of Charlie Green's "Bus Stop" rap is included in this post along with the lyrics to the Fatback Band's recording of "The Bus Stop". 

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and entertainment purposes.

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Thanks to The Fatback Band for its "(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop" record. Thanks also to Charlie Green and all those who are featured in this embedded YouTube video, thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUS STOP LINE DANCE
These excerpts are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

Excerpt #1
From https://socialdance.stanford.edu/Syllabi/Bus_Stop.pdf THE BUS STOP LINE DANCE also called the L.A. Hustle, Description by Richard Powers 
"The L.A. Hustle was one of the earliest disco line dances (circa 1974), renamed the Bus Stop when it migrated to the East Coast. It gained media attention when it was published by the first major magazine article on disco (Rolling Stone magazine) in 1975, and then in a disco book the following year. 

There were many versions of the Bus Stop. Music: Any disco tune. “Play That Funky Music” by Wild Cherry works well. 

Formation: Individuals evenly spaced on the floor, all facing the same direction."...

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Excerpt #2
From https://www.libraryofdance.org/dances/bus-stop/#:~:text=Introduction,name%20Bus%20Stop%20%5BKL78%5D
"The Bus Stop

(L. A. Hustle, Pasadena Line Walk, Line Hustle, Continental Walk, The Roach, The Walk)

(1975)

Introduction

The Bus Stop is an early disco line dance that debuted at a small disco in Los Angeles in the summer of 1975. It became a national hit in the spring of 1976 when it hit the East Coast under the name Bus Stop [KL78].

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Regarding the style, Karen Lustgarten writes that "the body's motion is highly stylized. Think strut: Swing your arms, with a lift of the shoulder and elbow. Try marching in place, swinging your arms and body from side to side—then play it down a little. When you do the steps, you should be swinging. Lift your knees and pick up your feet in a deliberate way; don't just shuffle."

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LYRICS- (ARE YOU READY) DO THE BUS STOP (recorded 1975)

(written by Johnny Flippin & Bill Curtis, arranged by Bill Curtis, & recorded by the FatBack Band"  

Bus Stop, Bus Stop
Are you ready to do the Bus Stop?
Bus Stop, Bus Stop
Form a line to the front
Form a line to the back
Are you ready to do the Bus Stop?

Four to the front
Then four to the back
Four to the front
Then four to the back
Two to the front and two to the back
Front, back, left, back
Bus Stop, Bus Stop
People, are you ready
To do the Bus Stop?

Bus Stop, Bus Stop
Are you ready to do the Bus Stop?
Four to the front
Then four to the back
Four to the front
Then four to the back
Two to the front and two to the back
Front, back, left, back

Bus Stop, Bus Stop
People, are you ready
To do the Bus Stop?
Bus Stop, Bus Stop
Are you ready to do the Bus Stop?

Yeah, don't stop
Keep the groove
Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop
I'll tell you when

Online source: https://genius.com/The-fatback-band-are-you-ready-do-the-bus-stop-lyrics