Singer Chubby Checker wants a new record -- a Guinness World Record. Checker, who now goes by "Chubby C" to reflect his reinvention as a rap artist, vied for the distinction in a dance event ...

Checker, 74, was born in South Carolina but raised in South Philadelphia. ... Help Chubby Checker set a Twist record in Lancaster: Here's how. Updated: Apr. 25, 2016, 2:30 p.m.

DELAND — Thousands of enthusiastic people of all ages joined '60s rock and roll legend Chubby Checker downtown to twist the night away Thursday, setting a new Guinness World Record in the process.

Here, we revisit Chubby Checker’s “The Twist,” which finished at No. 1 in our all-time Hot 100 singles ranking. It’s astounding that the Billboard Hot 100 is not much older than its ...

Chubby Checker Courtest ABKCO Records Let’s go back to the beginning, when you were falling in love with music in South Carolina, after witnessing country singer Ernest Tubb. I was 4 years old ...

Chubby Checker, the artist who popularized the song “The Twist” in 1960, will lead the Clipper Magazine Stadium crowd in the dance in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most ...

Attention, San Diego! Are you ready to twist again like you did last year, only this time with 1,749 of your new best friends on Tuesday at the San Diego County Fair? Then grab your dancing shoes a… ...

Wearing a pink poodle skirt and black cat-eye sunglasses, Robyn Harrington Schmidt wanted to do two things Thursday: dance and attempt to break a world record. She did both, with a little help from… ...

Chubby Checker, the singer who doesn't measure penises, ... as opposed to signing to Cameo-Parkway Records and releasing a string of records that captured the carefree spirit of sock-hop-era America.

Checker, who got the name "Chubby" from Clark's wife, first appeared on Clark's television show April 29, 1959 and did the Twist Sept. 29, 1960. (Richard Drew/AP) Around 1950, his family moves to ...