Chubby Checker
- Type: Vocalist
- Country: United States
- Born: Spring Gully, South Carolina, United States (3 October 1941)
- Active: 1958 - Present
Biography
Chubby Checker, born Ernest Evans in Spring Gully, South Carolina, on 3 October 1941, is an American singer and dancer raised in Philadelphia. Signed by #Cameo-Parkway# in 1959, he turned 'The Twist' into a worldwide craze in 1960, the only single to top the American chart in two separate runs, and followed it with 'Pony Time', 'Let's Twist Again' and 'Limbo Rock'. He remains known everywhere as the King of the Twist.
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Chubby Checker Discography
- Twist With Chubby Checker (1960) - Album - rated 3.18/5
- It's Pony Time (1961) - Album - rated 3.58/5