Electric boogaloos boogaloo sam biography
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50 Years of Hip Hop
Don "Campbellock" Campbell
was born January 7th 1951 in St. Louis Missouri, but he was raised in South Central Los Angeles. Initially Campbell started off as a visual artists and was pursuing a career in creating commercial art at the LA Trade-Technical College. While he was there though, he found a new art form of self expression, dance. By the late 1960's Campbell was considered an expert dancer and was performing on the popular dance show known as Soul Train. He was later removed from the show after after requesting for the performers to be paid. After this experience, he recruited other dancers who had faced the same treatment as him and formed a group called "The Lockers".
Campbell and his crew "The Lockers" were able to get many performances opportunities on various differenttv shows and with other performing artists. They were seen on the Carol Burnett Show, The Johnny Carson Show, ABC In Concert and Saturday Night Live. Outside of this, they had the opportunity to work with notable superstars like Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Janet Jackson, Bill Cosby, Christina Aguilera and Michael Jackson.Many artists like Britney Spears and Snoop Dog also include
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Electric boogaloo (dance)
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Boogaloo Sam
After seeing legendary group the Lockers perform on television, Sam was inspired to create his own dance style. Around the years of 1975-1976 Sam created a set of movements that evolved into the styles known today as popping and boogaloo (boog style). In 1977 Sam founded the Electronic Boogaloo Lockers, who later became known as the Electric Boogaloos. Currently Sam is still getting down and is the active leader and member of the EB’s. A true innovator of funk styles, Sam has helped push the boundaries to where they are today.
Poppin Pete
As a kid growing up in Fresno, California, a young Pete started down his road as a dancer by watching Soul Train and doing the robot. In 1978 Pete started to learn the popping style from his older brother Sam who he would always watch dance. “I had to learn how to pop first because boogaloo was too difficult for me”. Popin Pete has gone on to innovate styles/moves like crazy legs, ET, spider man and sleepy style. Currently Pete is helping spread popping and boogaloo knowledge all over the world with the other EB members.
Skeeter Rabbit
Skeet started dancing as a young kid growing up in the streets of Los Angeles. Skeet started out locking and soon after started popping with his cousins Boogaloo Sam