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Sudetenland Tales

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style from the fashion houses, which had launched haute couture clothing lines recalling the Edwardian era. ‘It was our fashion and we made it up,’ declared one Judie, succinctly writing the mantra of the Teddy Girl ethos.

Though Teddy Boys became associated with rock and roll music, prior to the advent of that genre, Teddy Boys also listened and danced to skiffle music. A well known dance that the Teddy Boys adopted was called ‘The Creep,’ a slow shuffle that was so popular with Teddy Boys that it led to yet another their nicknames, Creepers. The song ‘The Creep’ came out in 1953.

Although not as big as the Americans, British rock and roll artists such as Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde, Cliff Richard, Dickie Pride, and Joe Brown became popular with the Teddy Boy culture, as did the Merseybeat scene in the early 60s. The Beatles' George Harrison and John Lennon emulated the Teddy Boy style in the early formation of the band.