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The '''Duck Walk''' is a [[dance]] made famous by American [[guitar]]ist [[Chuck Berry]], and adopted by others such as [[Angus Young]] from the band [[AC/DC]] and the [[Sweden|Swedish]] rock musician [[Ulf Dageby]]. The Duck Walk consists of jumping on one leg, moving the other in a back-and-forth motion. It was first conceived by [[Chuck Berry|Berry]] to hide the wrinkles in a rayon suit at a 1956 performance at New York, according to a [[Rolling Stone]] interview{{specify}}. "It got an ovation," he recalls, "so I did it again and again."
The '''Duck Walk''' is a [[dance]] made famous by American [[guitar]]ist [[Chuck Berry]], and adopted by others such as [[Angus Young]] from the band [[AC/DC]] and the [[Sweden|Swedish]] rock musician [[Ulf Dageby]]. The Duck Walk consists of jumping on one leg, moving the other in a back-and-forth motion. It was first conceived by [[Chuck Berry|Berry]] to hide the wrinkles in a rayon suit at a 1956 performance at New York, according to a [[Rolling Stone]] interview{{Specify|date=December 2006}}. "It got an ovation," he recalls, "so I did it again and again."

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Revision as of 15:28, 3 December 2006

The Duck Walk is a dance made famous by American guitarist Chuck Berry, and adopted by others such as Angus Young from the band AC/DC and the Swedish rock musician Ulf Dageby. The Duck Walk consists of jumping on one leg, moving the other in a back-and-forth motion. It was first conceived by Berry to hide the wrinkles in a rayon suit at a 1956 performance at New York, according to a Rolling Stone interview[specify]. "It got an ovation," he recalls, "so I did it again and again."