Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Chubby Checker will sing and dance “The Twist” in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Checker headlines “Oh What A Night of ’60s Rock and Roll” at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, with artists of ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Chubby Checker’s recording of “The Twist,” which spawned a dance craze that still permeates every style of rock ’n’ roll dancing out there today.

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Music and dance legend Chubby Checker, who popularized the twist, is among 14 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, alongside other icons including Cyndi Lauper ...

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,” ...