Believing Chubby Checker’s The Twist is an iconic pop song worth not just remembering but replaying, Ridgefielder Gary Lefkowith has remixed and remastered the song, which was re-released as a CD ...
Chubby Checker is heading to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but it wasn’t always this way. More than 20 years ago, he famously protested the very museum that will now celebrate him. “Back in the day,” ...
Chubby Checker can still twist like a champ! The '60s music icon, born Ernest Evans, is known best for classic dance hits like “The Twist,” “The Fly,” and “The Hucklebuck.” But decades after those ...
PHILADELPHIA -- Fifty years to the day after the release of the hip-swiveling tune "The Twist," the man who made it famous celebrated the occasion in his home town. Chubby Checker performed Friday at ...
“The Twist” by Chubby Checker was the first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on two different occasions. And, for many years, it was the biggest-selling single in U.S. recording history.
The legendary Chubby Checker will perform live at the Lobero Theater, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 in a benefit for the Daniel Bryant Youth & Family Centers at the Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (CADA). All ...
When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced Sunday night that Chubby Checker would be inducted into its ranks later this year, many fans of early rock ‘n' roll who'd assumed that the Hall would ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chubby Checker removes his overcoat, bends his knees slightly and slowly swivels his hips. Sign up here. The big guy is getting into it, lightly snapping his fingers, pointing his ...