Not all old rock is classic rock. "The Twist" singer Chubby Checker did not make classic rock and yet he might get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Paoli’s Chubby Checker, best known for his monster hit from 1960, “The Twist”, has received his first nomination for ...

Music and dance legend Chubby Checker, who popularized the twist, is among 14 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, alongside other icons including ...

Cyndi Lauper, whose two biggest hits were written with Philadelphians, is also nominated, along with OutKast, the White ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker ... Carey has 19 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, while Checker’s recording of “The Twist,” and subsequent “Let’s Twist Again ...

Carey has 19 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, while Checker’s recording of “The Twist,” and subsequent ... too. "How are Chubby Checker and Joe Cocker not in the Rock and Roll Hall ...

By Ben Sisario Outkast, Phish, Chubby Checker ... the biggest news this year may be Checker. His song “The Twist” — a cover of a B-side originally released by Hank Ballard and the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker ... year — Carey and Checker — have had powerful impacts on the charts and culture. Carey has 19 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, while Checker’s ...