Chubby Checker

Genres:	Musicals & The Arts, Pop / Rock
Decades Active:	1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Search for Artist on:	OLDIES.com, Wikipedia, Flikr (photos), YouTube (videos)
Get Email Alerts for new products by Chubby Checker

Biography

Ernest Evans, 3 October 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Checker's musical career began in 1959 while working at a local chicken market. His employer introduced the teenager to songwriter Kal Mann, who penned the singer's debut single, "The Class". He was given his new name by the wife of the legendary disc jockey Dick Clark as a derivation of Fats Domino. Chubby Checker became one of several artists to enjoy the patronage of Clark's influential American Bandstand television show and the successful Cameo-Parkway label. He achieved national fame in 1960 with "The Twist", a compulsive dance-based performance which outgrew its novelty value to become an institution. The song, initially recorded in 1958 by Hank Ballard And The Midnighters, was stripped of its earthy, R&B connotation as Checker emphasized its carefree quality. "The Twist" topped the US chart on two separate occasions (1960 and 1961), and twice entered the UK charts, securing its highest...

Read the Full Biography of Chubby Checker

Clearance Products:

SALE: $9.95 (Save 23%) The Best of Chubby Checker, 1959-1963 (Audio CD)

Featured Products:

$6.98 (Save 53%) Very Best of The K-Tel Recordings (Audio CD)	$5.97 (Save 25%) Let's Twist Again (Audio CD)	$16.95 (Save 15%) Chubby Checker Double Feature (DVD)
$5.95 (Save 25%) Twist [Import] (Audio CD)	$5.95 (Save 25%) Let's Twist! (Audio CD)	$4.00 Doin' the Zombie (Audio CD)

Chubby Checker Products: