"The Twist" star Chubby Checker was part of one era of popular music the Rock & Roll Hall of fame should ignore.

Music and dance legend Chubby Checker, who popularized the twist, is among 14 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

Billy Idol, the Black Crowes and Maná will also appear on the ballot for the first time, alongside Oasis, Joe Cocker, Mariah ...

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

This year’s Winter Dance Party concluded on ... dancing with headliner Chubby Checker while his band played his smash 1960 hit “The Twist.” Earlier in his set, the 83-year-old Rock and ...

This year the museum selected Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker ... he had “the biggest dance of the century,” referring to the hit “The Twist.” ...

Those who howl every year that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees aren’t “rock” have nothing to complain about with this ...

The annual event rotates between Los Angeles, New York and Cleveland. Chubby Checker kicked off a dance craze with "The Twist" in 1960, which topped the charts that year and again in 1962.