sock-hop

Try as they might, though, they never seem to get much closer to the mark than scrubbed-up Disneypop and ersatz sock-hop rock.

Emo-cracy Comes to Broadway Terry Teachout 2010

Miuccia Prada showed a sock-hop of a spring collection in Milan in September.

Fashion's Real Housewives Christina Binkley 2011

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Archive 2008-10-01 2008

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A Human Don Rickles Punchline 2008

On first listen, this debut from Magic Kids sounds like a soda-fountain-sweet collection of breezy sock-hop ditties that draws heavily from the Beach Boys playbook.

Album review: Magic Kids, "Memphis" 2010

From the spacious, unhurried lyricism of "Lost in Her Woods" to the sock-hop rock of "Jump," the score of "Giant" cuts a wide swath of stylistic terrain.

A Really, Really Big Show 2009

The production is full of good things that fly by like machine-gun bullets: Mark Brokaw's staging is a textbook of comic timing, Rob Ashford's choreography an explosion of hyperkinetic sock-hop lunacy.

Recipe for a Hit: Just Add Waters 2008

Yes, most of the big new musicals of the past decade have had rockish scores, but virtually all of them were glammed-up "American Idol" - style pop or ersatz sock-hop music.

'You Kinda Act Too White' 2008

Cut to a sock-hop soundtrack by Wolfman Jack, George Lucas's "Graffiti" presents a crisp, nostalgic evocation of teen restlessness, with a stellar, soon-to-be-famous cast including Dreyfuss, Mackenzie Phillips, and Paul LeMat.

John Farr: What Dad Really Wants for Christmas: The 10 Best High-Speed Car Movies by Farr 2008

All in all, it was a better night for the singers than last week, probably because the sock-hop era songs were generally easier than last week's Stevie Wonder tunes.

American Idol Hits an All-Time Manilow - Tuned In - TIME.com 2006