From poodle skirts to mini-skirts; from bell bottoms to AppleBottoms; from blue suede shoes to Jimmy Choos — there’s a long history of singing about the latest trends in fashion.

Let’s pull on a thread and see what shakes loose!

In the late 1950’s, an import from Europe made waves stateside. Designed by Balenciaga, the chemise dress became more commonly referred to as the sack dress, because, unlike other popular dresses of the time, it wasn’t cinched at the waist for that Barbie-esque, hourglass silhouette, and — if being uncharitable — it looked a bit like a potato sack. But a very nicely tailored potato sack. Fashion writers ridiculed the look as “unfeminine” and retailers lost a bundle trying to sell them to women who listened to and agreed with the aforementioned fashion writers.

You can always tell the moment your fad or fashion or invention has achieved mainstream popularity — or notoriety — and that’s when people begin writing songs about it.

The Accents were a doo-wop group from Hollywood, California and for their first single, lead singer Robert Draper decided to write a song about the sack dress hoopla. His contention was that it didn’t matter what you wore, be it amorphous bag or shapely couture, as long as you put a little motion in the ocean, so to speak. He was the Sir Mix A Lot of his time.

Released just before Christmas 1958 on Brunswick Records (yes, the same company famous for bowling balls also made records, although by this time the two divisions were separately owned), “Wiggle Wiggle” shimmied its way up to #51 on the US Hot 100 but couldn’t quite crack the Top 40, meaning the single did well in a few major markets but not enough to achieve widespread popularity. Somewhat like the sack dress — underappreciated upon release.

The Accents recorded two more singles before disappearing into the musical ether. But for one brief, shining moment, they shook left to right with all of their might.