Chubby Checker is heading to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but it wasn’t always this way. More than 20 years ago, he famously protested the very museum that will now celebrate him. “Back in the day,” ...
Believing Chubby Checker’s The Twist is an iconic pop song worth not just remembering but replaying, Ridgefielder Gary Lefkowith has remixed and remastered the song, which was re-released as a CD ...
Chubby Checker can still twist like a champ! The '60s music icon, born Ernest Evans, is known best for classic dance hits like “The Twist,” “The Fly,” and “The Hucklebuck.” But decades after those ...
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. That’s just a silly idea and isn’t doing anything ...
At an appearance in July, Checker explained in front of an audience that his priorities had changed over the years.
Chubby Checker got America rocking again in 1959 — and he’s still Twisting away. The music legend plays Saturday, Oct. 14, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. “The Chubby Checker show is like a ...
The iconic song, The Twist by Chubby Checker went on to rule the top charts worldwide for two consecutive years after its release. The hype over the twist can be credited to the release of the song.
“The Twist” by Chubby Checker was the first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on two different occasions. And, for many years, it was the biggest-selling single in U.S. recording history.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Chubby Checker performed for a sold out benefit show in Santa Barbara. Chubby checker and The Wildcats twisted the night away at the Lobero Theatre. The Saturday night show ...
Today marks 63 years since the release of The Twist by Chubby Checker that went on to popularise this dance form. Here’s how you can master it on the dance floor Twist developed as a dance form in the ...