Chubby Checker himself has always had a somewhat different explanation for the success of the Twist: "You didn't have to be a great dancer to do the Twist. All you needed to do was a few steps, a ...

Quick, who is the only recording artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once? It’s Chubby Checker. And that’s a surprise twist, because when you think Chubby Checker, most just think ...

“The Twist†is a testament to the notion that a hit song can come from anywhere, and that a song’s hold on the collective imagination can’t always be predicted.

Checker, who got the name "Chubby" from Clark's wife, first appeared on Clark's television show April 29, 1959 and did the Twist Sept. 29, 1960. (Richard Drew/AP) Around 1950, his family moves to ...

The dance floor is Chubby Checker, and the Twist is what we do to everybody’s music.” He believes that anyone who calls him a one-hit wonder is “sick.” “I’ve had 34 hits,” he said ...

When Chubby Checker performed at a subsequent CADA fundraiser, Earl Minnis would be sitting next to him at dinner. That was, as both men have attested, the beginning of a beautiful friendship. “He is ...

So he's not a one-hit wonder, but if you did want to consider him such, what a one hit that was: Chubby's 1960 version of the Hank Ballard-penned "The Twist" was placed atop Billboard‘s list of ...

The dance floor is Chubby Checker, and the Twist is what we do to everybody’s music.” He believes that anyone who calls him a one-hit wonder is “sick.” “I’ve had 34 hits,” he said ...

What everybody dances to since Chubby Checker went on ‘American Bandstand’ in 1959, 1960, that style of dance is still with us. It never left. "I’m looking at the girl and the girl is ...

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).

For an hour Tuesday afternoon at the 2013 New York State Fair, Chubby Checker proved he can still twist at 71 years young. Just in case there was any doubt. Checker jumped on the Chevy Court stage ...

Just out of his teens, Chubby Checker began popularizing different dancing styles with catchy songs, starting with "The Twist." How “The Twist” Creator, Chubby Checker, Got His Name About ...