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Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style , with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters ' R&B song " The Twist ", and the pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song " Pony Time ".
On 12 December 1963, as a 21-year-old Dutch model and former beauty queen from Haarlem, the Netherlands, [3] Lodders accepted the marriage proposal [4] of 22-year-old American singer/songwriter/dancer Chubby Checker. [5] Checker said he met Lodders in Manila the prior January. (Checker's song "Loddy Lo", a
Chubby Checker released a remix of the song in 2003, titled "Limbo Rock (Remixes)", produced by Mike Rogers and Gary Lefkowith and featuring Inner Circle.Phil Sweetland, writing for the New York Times stated that at "age 62 and 43 years after 'The Twist,' Chubby Checker has once again comes up with a top-five single: a hip-hop-flavored version of another of his 1960's hits, 'Limbo Rock.'"
Chubby Checker's 1960 cover version of the song reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 19, 1960, where it stayed for one week, and setting a record at the time as the only song to reach number 1 in two different hit parade runs when it resurfaced and topped the popular hit parade again for two weeks starting on January 13, 1962. [5]
Twist with Chubby Checker is the debut album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records. [2] Track listing. Side A "Twistin' U.S.A." "The "Ooh Poo ...
Social Security is using Chubby Checker to help promote an expanded "Extra Help" program for one million more seniors who need assistance to be able to afford their prescription drugs. Seniors who ...
Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker is a studio album by Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker which was released in 1960. [1] Professional ratings; Review scores; Source Rating;
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