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Another of his Spinorama LPs is Johnny Kay Sings in Italia (S-3033 ... George A. Hamid Sr. hired me to host a two-day show featuring relatively unknown teenage newcomers such as Chubby Checker, ...
Lincoln,-- Placer County - Chubby Checker is ticked off. But only in the very nicest possible way. The 70-year-old creator of the twist, the greatest dance sensation in history, doesn't feel the ...
The app, which was called "The Chubby Checker," was an unauthorized use of Checker's name and trademark, the lawsuit alleges. "He's hurt," said Checker's attorney Willie Gary.
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 ...
“Back in the day,” Chubby Checker tells Billboard from his home in New Jersey, “I said, ‘I don’t want to be in the Rock Hall when I’m dead. I want to smell my flowers when I’m here ...
In the late 1950s, a young singer called Ernest Evans began going by the name of Chubby Checker, a handle bestowed in part by Dick Clark’s wife (seriously!). Because it was a less vulgar time ...
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).
Chubby Checker Reacts to His Overdue Rock Hall Induction: ‘I Want to Smell My Flowers When I’m Here’ Don't get it twisted – the rock pioneer is thrilled he's finally in.