In announcing that she did not want to accept her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, legendary studio session ...

Kaye’s credits include the bass lines on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound,” the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” and the ...

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Because the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced its class of 2025 includes Chubby Checker, whose version of Hank Ballard’s classic song “The Twist” was No. 1 on Billboard charts in both those ...

This combination of photos shows Chubby Checker at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York on June 12, 2014, left, British singer Joe Cocker performing in Monaco on Aug. 5, 2011, center ...

In all, Checker has had 32 songs (and seven top 10 hits) on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2008 Billboard honored “The Twist” as No. 1 on the Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs list, which it held ...

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).

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).

NEW YORK (AP) — First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop ...

In a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twist, Chubby Checker has been named a 2025 inductee. ... so that means that Chubby Checker had 60 songs in the top 12 on the album charts all at the same time.

NEW YORK (AP) — First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, ... Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Pete Thomas, ... The White Stripes — ...