NORTH BRANFORD >> Sixteen years after the “Cha Cha Slide” first appeared in dances halls and on radio stations throughout the country, creator DJ Casper taught area kids and seniors how to dance ...
DJ Casper, creator of the 2000 novelty hit “Cha Cha Slide” and its ubiquitous line dance, has died at 58. Casper, whose birth name was Willie Perry Jr., died Monday after a seven-year battle with ...
In 1998, the clients at the Bally’s Total Fitness in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood had no idea what was about to hit then. It was something new, something funky. The steps were basic: a shimmy to ...