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20 hours agoThe magical life of Toni Basil: how she taught Elvis, enchanted Bowie - and had a smash hit with Mickey'
When Elvis Presley sings See the girl with the red dress on in his 1964 movie Viva Las Vegas, and points across the dancefloor, the gyrating girl in the red dress is Basil. When Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper take LSD at the end of Easy Rider with two sex workers, one of them is Basil. When dance troupe the Lockers showcase their pre-hip-hop street dance moves on Soul Train in 1976, it's six guys and Basil.
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