The one-step is the name given to a dance that appeared in the United States around 1910, reaching the peak of its popularity in 1914, spreading throughout the world in the 1920s. It has a compass of 2 / 4, like the paso doble, and was assimilated by the dances derived from ragtime, such as the foxtrot and the quickstep. His presentation took place with a specially composed theme for it, Bogey walk, by James M. Gallatly.
Among its first variants, there is the Castle Walk, which was very famous in 1913; its popularity lasted only two years. One of its characteristics is to walk on tiptoe following the beat of the music. The name derives from its inventors Vernon and Irene Castle. Later other variants arise like the Judy Walk, the Bunny Hug or the Turkey Trot.
The first jazz bands, who played for dance, often played this rhythm, some of which have been recorded, such as Original Dixieland One-Step, recorded in 1917 by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. "One_Step".
An example of this musical form is the famous Spanish song entitled ¡Si go a París, papá !, with lyrics by M. Álvarez Díaz and music by Ledesma y Oropesa, which was a great success in the 1930s. It's about a danceable and coreable one-step. The image presents a fragment of that song.
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