Bristol Stomp is one of the classic songs of the dance craze phenomenon that swept the nation in the early 1960s. Released in 1961, the track launched the Philadelphia-based doo-wop group The Dovells into national stardom. The song was written to promote a new dance popular among teenagers in Bristol, Pennsylvania (a town near Philadelphia). With its fast, rhythmic, R&B/Rock & Roll arrangement and catchy, simple lyrics describing the excitement of young people doing the dance, "Bristol Stomp" qu