On this day in pop culture history, "The Hustle" joined the list of songs inspired by the dance moves of the day or the other ...

McCoy died from a heart attack in 1979 at only 39 years old, making "The Hustle" the biggest hit of a career that ended far too soon. More than half a century after its one-week stay at No. 1, the ...

In 1975, Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony topped the charts with the song "The Hustle." The disco/dance song was released on April 18, 1975, and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 26, 1975 ...

Abdiel Jacobsen (“Abdiel” professionally) spent the majority of their young life trying not to be “too much” for the dance world. Growing up, Abdiel trained in ballroom dance, where a man always “led” ...

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If you remember Swing dancing to early rock and roll, then the electric rock that followed may have seemed like less serious dance material. Dancing had become just shakin’ and boppin’ in place. It ...

WASHINGTONIAN Van McCoy's classic, "The Hustle," sold 10 million copies, making it the biggest dance record of the '70s. It won a 1975 Grammy (for best pop instrumental) and almost three decades on, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Abdiel Jacobsen, a former Martha Graham dancer, found freedom in hustle, which offers a progressive, gender-neutral vision of partnered social dance.