Quick, who is the only recording artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once? It’s Chubby Checker. And that’s a surprise twist, because when you think Chubby Checker, most just think of one ...
Quick, who is the only recording artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once? It’s Chubby Checker. And that’s kind of a surprise because when you think Chubby Checker, most just think of one ...
Apr. 16—PEMBROKE — Chubby Checker is a living legend with more than 50 years of performing on stage and in film. The legendary performer is appearing on May 6 at the Givens Performing Arts Center on ...
Chubby Checker got America rocking again in 1959 — and he’s still Twisting away. The music legend plays Saturday, Oct. 14, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. “The Chubby Checker show is like a ...
Fifty years ago, a Philadelphia-based singer named Ernest Evans covered Hank Ballard & the Midnighters' "The Twist." Released under his stage name, Chubby Checker, it changed not only his life, but ...
In 1960, Chubby Checker's dance craze "the twist" changed the world one dance floor at a time. On June 20, the boogieman himself is coming to town. "It's a lovely area, Cape Girardeau," Checker said. ...
It’s not often that we get to talk to a legend, an icon, but last week, I had that opportunity. I interviewed Ernest Evans — we all know him as Chubby Checker. Chubby was to headline Joe Nardone’s “Oh ...
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 doing anything ...
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,” ...