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Snapshot Chubby Checker (Album) by Chubby Checker

Artist Biography For Chubby Checker

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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