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WUWF Operations Director and Host Joe Vincenza revisits Fleetwood Mac's "The White Album" for his Fine at 50 series.
Curtis Jackson III was born in Queens, New York, on July 6, 1975. In the late ’90s, he began his rap career as 50 Cent, and ...
With hits like “The Twist” and “Limbo Rock,” Chubby Checker basically wrote the book on dance floor trends. In particular, “The Twist” sat atop Billboard‘s list of all-time No. 1 Hot ...
You should check out the history of television, and see what happened before Chubby Checker and after Chubby Checker did his 2:52 singing “The Twist” on “American Bandstand” (on Aug. 6, 1960).
The news comes as Checker was recently named an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The 2025 Great New York State Fair will be held from Aug. 20 to Sept. 1.
NEW YORK (AP) — First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop ...
This combination of photos shows Cubby Checker at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York on June 12, 2014, left, British singer Joe Cocker performing in Monaco on Aug. 5, 2011, center ...
First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop pioneers Outkast, the ...