One of America's Biggest Crazes to Date Didn't Have a Very Pretty Start
In 1958, Georgia Gibbs sang The Hula-Hoop Song” on The Ed Sullivan Show. This was the first national exposure for the hula-hoop craze that quickly became the first major fad created and fueled by TV ads, a new power in America. The hula hoop originated in Australia, but rather than being plastic and... Sign in to see full entry.