Born October 3, 1941, in Spring Gully, South Carolina, and raised in Philadelphia, singer, songwriter, and dancer Ernest Evans would go on to popularize several dance styles in American culture ...

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,” ...

The Weeknd has dethroned Chubby Checker‘s 1960 hit “The Twist” as Billboard’s No. 1 Greatest Hot 100 Song of all time with the 2019 release “Blinding Light.” The song spent 90 weeks on the Hot 100 ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Legendary rock ‘n’ roll performer Chubby Checker is set to return to The Big E on Friday, bringing his iconic dance moves and chart-topping hits to the fair’s Court of ...