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Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style , with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters ' R&B song " The Twist ", and the pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song " Pony Time ".
Let's Twist Again. " Let's Twist Again " is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached No.8 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart (No.3 on Cash Box) in August of that year and subsequently reached No.2 in the UK in the spring of 1962.
In July 1960, Checker performed "The Twist" for the first time in front of a live audience at the Rainbow Club in Wildwood, New Jersey, and just weeks later, on Aug. 6, 1960, the song became a national sensation after Checker performed it on Dick Clark's American Bandstand . In late 1961 and early 1962, the twist craze belatedly caught on in ...
Twist with Chubby Checker is the debut album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records. Track listing Side A "Twistin' U.S.A." "The "Ooh Poo Pah ...
Birdland (Chubby Checker song) " Birdland " is a song written by Kal Mann and Huey "Piano" Smith and performed by Chubby Checker. [1] In 1963, the track reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 18 on the U.S. R&B chart. [2] In Canada "Birdland" and "Black Cloud" co-charted reaching No. 14, [3]
Chubby Checker singles chronology. "Let's Twist Again". (1961) " The Fly ". (1961) "Jingle Bell Rock". (1961) " The Fly " is a song written by John Madara and David White and performed by Chubby Checker. The song was produced by Kal Mann .
Chubby Checker released a remix of the song in 2003, titled "Limbo Rock (Remixes)", produced by Mike Rogers and Gary Lefkowith and featuring Inner Circle.Phil Sweetland, writing for the New York Times stated that at "age 62 and 43 years after 'The Twist,' Chubby Checker has once again comes up with a top-five single: a hip-hop-flavored version of another of his 1960's hits, 'Limbo Rock.'"
Slow Twistin'. " Slow Twistin' " is a song written by Jon Sheldon, and recorded by American rock and roll musicians Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp (the latter being uncredited on the single and early albums). Released as a single in 1962, it peaked at number 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 [1] and the R&B singles chart.