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== In popular culture == 1940 “Too Many Girls” starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. 1940 “Strike Up The Band” starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney In the 1950 Malayan movie entitled ''Twin Sisters (Kembar?)'', in the opening scene, a conga line is performed by the guests in a party scene. The 1955 musical film adaptation of ''[[My Sister Eileen]]'' features a conga line as a recurring gag. In the 1963 film ''[[Billy Liar (film)|Billy Liar]]'', a scene at the Locarno Dance Hall in [[Manchester]] features the conga line. In 1984 the British band [[Black Lace (band)|Black Lace]] reached number ten in the UK charts<ref name="everyhit">[http://www.everyhit.com/ EveryHit.com] - search for "Black Lace" as "Name of artist" and "Do the Conga" as "Title of song".</ref> with the song "Do the Conga". In 1985 the Cuban-American band [[Miami Sound Machine]] reached number ten on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] with the song "[[Conga (song)|Conga]]". The long-time jingle for [[Dad's Root Beer|Dad's Old-Fashioned Root Beer]] employed a conga beat. The weekly fundraising event held by the charitable organisation Phone Credit For Refugees every Friday is based around the formation of a virtual conga line. In the video game ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', players are able to form Conga lines using the in-game taunt system, by purchasing the taunt through the in-game store.
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