Free Pass to the Buddy Deane Hop

"Free pass when presented at the door the night of the Buddy Deane Hop. All we ask in return is that you tell your friends about the Hop of the Year."

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Winston "Buddy" Deane was the host of the Buddy Deane Show, which was a popular teen dance show that aired in Baltimore from 1957 to 1964. If you're familiar with the John Waters film (and later musical) Hairspray, then you may know that the Buddy Deane Show was the basis for the film's Corny Collins Show.

Deane was also the disc jockey at record hops in Maryland and Pennsylvania during the late 1950s and early 1960s. These were advertised as a "Buddy Deane Hop" or the "Hop of the Year," and they were often sponsored by school and community groups as fundraising events. In the years following the release of the original Hairspray movie (1988), Deane deejayed again, this time for middle-aged fans at record hops in Baltimore. Buddy Deane passed away in 2003 at the age of seventy-eight.