Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born 3 October 1941), an … Read Full Bio ↴Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born 3 October 1941), an American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist". In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958.
He was born in Spring Gulley, SC, USA, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. The wife of American Bandstand's host Dick Clark suggested the name "Chubby Checker" to Evans as a take-off on then-popular singer Fats Domino. In 1964, he married Catharina Lodders, a Dutch girl who had been Miss World in 1962.
His material during his 1960s heyday was recorded for Cameo-Parkway Records and along with the label's other material, became unavailable after the early 1970s because of the company's internal legal disputes. For decades, almost all compilations of Checker's hits consisted of re-recordings.
He was born in Spring Gulley, SC, USA, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. The wife of American Bandstand's host Dick Clark suggested the name "Chubby Checker" to Evans as a take-off on then-popular singer Fats Domino. In 1964, he married Catharina Lodders, a Dutch girl who had been Miss World in 1962.
His material during his 1960s heyday was recorded for Cameo-Parkway Records and along with the label's other material, became unavailable after the early 1970s because of the company's internal legal disputes. For decades, almost all compilations of Checker's hits consisted of re-recordings.
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Birdland Who likes Birdland [We like Birdland] [We like Birdland] [We…
Dance the Mess Around Bout this dance called the mess around Baby dig what I'm…
Dancin' Party Everybody say yeah, yeah Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, oh…
Hey Bobba Needle This is a sad story About a girl named Mary Mac And…
Hooka Tooka Hooka Tooka my soda cracker Does your momma chaw tobacca If …
Let's Limbo Some More Come on everybody clap your hands Now you're looking good I'…
Let's Twist Again Come on everybody clap your hands Ah, you're looking good I'…
Limbo Rock Every limbo boy and girl All around the limbo world Gonna do…
Loddy Lo La la la lardy La la la lardy I've got a girl…
Mary Ann Limbo Marianne, oh, Marianne, oh, won't you marry me? We can have…
Pony Time It's pony time, get up (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety s…
Slow Twistin' I wanna hear wanna know why I'm happy baby Got a…
The Fly Come on come on and do the fly with me Hey…
The Hucklebuck Now, here's a dance you should know Oh, baby when the…
The Twist Come on, baby Let's do the twist Come on, baby Let's do the…
Twist It Up Oh Yeah everybody Oh oh oh oh Aye Aye Aye Aye Oh Aye…