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Chubby Checker (* 3. Oktober 1941 in Spring Gulley, South Carolina; bürgerlich Ernest Evans) ist ein US-amerikanischer Rock’n’Roll -Sänger. Weltbekannt wurde er Anfang der 1960er-Jahre durch seine Hits The Twist und Let’s Twist Again, die den Tanzstil Twist populär machten.
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters ' R&B song "The Twist", and the pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song "Pony Time".
YearTitles (a-side, B-side)both Sides From ...Chart Positions(us[47])Chart Positions(us R&b[47])2013"Changes" (Pop version)c/w "Changes" (Alt ...——2008"Knock Down the Walls"#1 US Dance, #29 US ...——1988"The Twist" ("Yo, Twist!" version)b/w ...16401982"Harder Than Diamond"b/w "Your Love"——Chubby Checker's "The Twist" held the honor of being the most successful single in Billboard history on its various "Greatest Hot 100 Songs of All Time" charts over the decades. It held the title until 2021, when it was dethroned by the Weeknd's " Blinding Lights ".
- "Toot", "Twistin' USA"
- June 1960
- 1960
- Pop
"Let's Twist Again" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached No.8 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart (No.3 on Cash Box) in August of that year and subsequently reached No.2 in the UK in the spring of 1962.
- "Everything's Gonna' Be All Right"
- 1961
- 2:16
- Rock and roll
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2. Apr. 2014 · Chubby Checker was an early rock 'n' roller who had a hit with the song and dance sensation "The Twist." Updated: Oct 6, 2020. (1941-) Who Is Chubby Checker? American singer Chubby Checker...
The Twist ist ein von Hank Ballard geschriebenes Musikstück, das sich 1960 in der Version von Chubby Checker zum Symbolsong für den gleichnamigen Tanz entwickelte. Das Stück erreichte zweimal Platz 1 der Billboard-Pop-Charts und wurde über drei Millionen Mal verkauft.
