In Popular Culture
- An example of the Hully Gully can be seen performed by John Belushi in the film The Blues Brothers.
- In The Wanderers by Richard Price, the Hully Gully is enacted.
- Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' 1965 hit "Wooly Bully" was originally called "Hully Gully," but the band could not record it under that name due to the prior existence of a recorded song with that title. In addition, the speed of the beats did not fit the steps of the Hully Gully.
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