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. Let’s talk about “The Twist” coming to you, or you coming to it. How did the Hank Ballard song get to you? I heard Hank’s song, and knew all the lyrics. It was played all ...

Not all old rock is classic rock. “The Twist” singer Chubby Checker did not make classic rock and yet he might get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That’s just a silly idea and it isn’t ...

At long last, Chubby Checker is headed to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The South Philly-raised singer who scored a massive hit with “The Twist” — which topped the Billboard charts in 1960 ...

“It was about two years before we did ‘The Twist. I was ‘Ernest ... later gave “Chubby” the other half of his full stage name: Checker. Just out of his teens, Checker began popularizing ...

For an hour Tuesday afternoon at the 2013 New York State Fair, Chubby Checker proved he can still twist at 71 years young. Just in case there was any doubt. Checker jumped on the Chevy Court stage ...

Chubby Checker got America rocking again in 1959 ... and the kids, and their parents, got in on the fun with “The Twist.” The song was released in 1959 and sent into orbit when Checker ...

Billboard named “The Twist” the Greatest Hot 100 Song of ... and I’m a very good friend of Dick Clark’s, who made Chubby Checker’s career,” he says. “But I wanted it to be where ...

Original: Chubby Checker will not be at the Great New York ... dancing with fans and bringing them up on stage to do 'The Twist.'" Field noted that Checker has been going to fairs since he was ...

The legendary Chubby Checker will perform live at the Lobero ... five albums in the Top 12 at one time and a song — “The Twist” — to be No. 1 twice. The groundbreaking tune also introduced ...

Not all old rock is classic rock. “The Twist” singer Chubby Checker did not make classic rock, and yet he might get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That’s just a silly idea and isn’t ...

Chubby Checker, the South Philadelphia singer known for "The Twist," and Thom Bell, a songwriter and producer who helped create The Sound of Philadelphia genre, are included in the Rock & Roll ...