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Spring Gulley, SC, USA (1958 – present)

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.

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1		The Twist			899
2		Let's Twist Again			842
3		Limbo Rock			227
4		Let's Twist Again - Re-Recording			164
5		Lets Twist Again			103
6		Pony Time			59
7		Dancin' Party			58
8		Slow Twistin'			53
9		The Hucklebuck			51
10		The Fly			45
11		Let's Limbo Some More			35
12		Twist It Up			30
12		Loddy Lo			30
14		Dance the Mess Around			29
15		Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On			25

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