SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- When Chubby Checker talks about the impact of his 1960 hit cover of "The Twist," it sounds like he's reading his own biography. The rock 'n' roll icon likes to refer to himself ...

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Chubby Checker performs through Saturday at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, 540 Park Avenue, at 61st Street; (212) 339-4095, feinsteinsattheregency.com.

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).