Lindy Hop

English Alternative forms en lindy hop Lindy hop lindy-hop lindyhop Etymology From en Lindy hop, after US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh who “hopped” the Atlantic in 1927. Noun Lindy Hop en dance An American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music. en 1943-08-23 LIFE https://books.google.com/books?id=PlAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT39&dq=%22Lindy+Hop%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Lindy%20Hop%22&f=false The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society. en 1954 1957 w:Ian Fleming Live and Let Die (novel) Live and Let Die London Pan Books Nigger Heaven 52 'Most modern dances were invented here,' said Leiter. 'That's how good it is. The Lindy Hop, Truckin', the Susie Q, the Shag. All started on that floor. Every big American band you've ever heard of is proud that it once played here - Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Noble Sissle, Fletcher Henderson. It's the Mecca of jazz and jive.' en Dances en eponyms