Suzie Q

plural Suzie Qs · alternative Susy Q · alternative Suzy Q

1. A dance move, originating in the USA in the 1930s, in which the feet perform alternating cross-steps and sidesteps with a swivel action.

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   'Most modern dances were invented here,' said Leiter. 'That's how good it is. The Lindy Hop, Truckin', the Susie Q, the Shag. All started on that floor. Every big American band you've ever heard of is proud that it once played here - Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Noble Sissle, Fletcher Henderson. It's the Mecca of jazz and jive.'

   1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 52