How a Latin dance band became one of the Twin Cities’ busiest acts of summer

They have members from all over the world: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Israel and the ever-exotic Utah. They play a wide variety of ...
Entertainment Weekly

DJ Casper, the 'Cha Cha Slide' creator, dies at 58

DJ Casper, the Chicago musician who created the world famous dance anthem "Cha Cha Slide," has died. He was 58. Chicago's ABC7 was the first to report the news from Casper's wife, Kim, that he died ...
Los Angeles Times

DJ Casper, Chicago hype man behind ‘Cha Cha Slide’ phenomenon, dies at 58

DJ Casper, creator of the 2000 novelty hit “Cha Cha Slide” and its ubiquitous line dance, has died at 58. Casper, whose birth name was Willie Perry Jr., died Monday after a seven-year battle with ...
Ars Technica

club songs like "Cha cha slide" and "cupid shuffle"

A couple of frieneds of mine have asked me to find out what a few songs that have made the club circuits the last few years are. They are the dance type ones that are, for lack of a better description ...
Rolling Stone

DJ Casper, Creator of the Beloved ‘Cha Cha Slide,’ Dead at 58

Chicago legend DJ Casper, the creator behind the beloved “Cha Cha Slide,” died Monday. He was 58. Casper’s wife, Kim, told ABC7, which first reported the news, that he had lost his battle to cancer ...