sock hop
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As Oates tells it in his 2017 memoir, both men were performing in separate bands at a sock hop in Philadelphia when gunfire broke out and they ended up in a service elevator together.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023
The life-changing encounter took place in Cleveland, Ohio, where the former teen pop idol was headlining a sock hop for 3,000 kids hosted by renowned DJ Bill Randle.
From Fox News • Jul. 24, 2020
Johnson was drawn to music as a boy, earned $10 at age 15 for his first gig playing guitar at a sock hop.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2019
Halfway through the year, they announced a sock hop on an upcoming Saturday night, and there was going to be a dance contest.
From Salon • May 22, 2019
In low whispers, they talked about the sock hop following the game that night.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
