<Li> There are those, "who believe that the real popularity of line dancing evolved from the disco era...Line dances were performed to disco - style music ." </Li> <Li> "Many say that' Achy Breaky Heart' was a major turning point in the popularity of line dance ." </Li> <P> The Madison was a popular line dance in the late 1950s . The 1961 "San Francisco Stomp" meets the definition of a line dance . At least five line dances that are strongly associated with country - western music were written in the 1970s, two of which are dated to 1972: "Walkin' Wazi" and "Cowboy Boogie", five years before the disco craze created by the release of Saturday Night Fever in 1977, the same (approximate) year the "Tush Push" was created . The Electric Slide was a Disco - based line dance created and popularized in the mid-1970s . The "L.A. Hustle" began in a small Los Angeles disco in the Summer of 1975, and hit the East Coast (with modified steps) in Spring of' 76 as the "Bus Stop". Another 70s line dance is the Nutbush . </P> <P> Over a dozen line dances were created during the 1980s for country songs . The 1980 film Urban Cowboy reflected the blurring of lines between country music and pop, and spurred renewed interest in country culture, and western fashion, music, and dance . Many early line dances, though, were adaptations of disco line dances. "Boot Scootin' Boogie" was choreographed by Bill Bader in October 1990 for the original Asleep at the Wheel recording of the song of the same name . The Brooks and Dunn version of the song has resulted in there being at least 16 line dances with "Boot Scootin' Boogie" in the title, including one by Tom Maddox and Skippy Blair under contract to the recording company . The Chicken Dance is an example of a line dance adopted by the Mod revival during the 1980s . </P>

When did the bus stop dance come out