It was the late 60s and early 70s when people started a sort of b-boying. Their dancing was called "Good Foot" from a James Brown song of the same name. The "Good Foot" was the first freestyle dance that incorporated moves involving drops and spins, and resembled the beginnings of breaking ...
...James Brown had hatched the "Goodfoot" dance-style which led to "Floating" which led, yes, to the "Moonwalk" ...
...1969 - James Brown records "Say It Loud -- I'm Black and Proud!" (King 6187), as well as "Funky Drummer" (King 6290), whose syncopated drumbeat (by Clyde Stubblefield) later becomes the most-sampled track in hip-hop history...