"This book presents a visually compelling collection of vintage dance record covers from the golden age of album cover design and discusses their contribution to the story of American identity"--

Janet Borgerson is Wicklander Fellow at DePaul University. Jonathan Schroeder is William A. Kern Professor in the School of Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology. They are the authors of Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America (MIT Press), named a best book of 2017 by the Financial Times and a best music book of 2017 by Vinyl Factory.

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Invitation to the Dance 21
2 The Drum 59
3 Let's Learn to Dance 79
4 Time for Dancing 99
5 Folk Dances 117
6 Fashion: Dressed for Dancing 139
7 Calypso 157
8 Latin 175
9 Designed for Dancing 193
10 Let's Go Out! 201
11 Waltz 221
12 Tango 233
13 Rhumba 245
14 Dream Dancing 253
15 Mambo 261
16 Merengue 273
17 Cha-Cha-Cha 283
18 Limbao 303
19 Hula 313
20 Square Dance 327
21 "Set Your Polka Feet A'Dancing" 343
22 Belly Dance 257
23 Mixing it Up: Hybrid Albums 375
24 The Twist 389
25 Dance Craze: Rock and Roll, Discotheque, and Soul 405
26 Dancing over a Lifetime 439
27 Let's Have a Dance Party! 451
Notes 475
Bibliography 507
Index of Records 527
Index 533