Happy Birthday Chubby Checker - Starts at 60

Happy Birthday Chubby Checker

Oct 03, 2013
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Today is Chubby Checker’s 72nd birthday and to celebrate, we’re doing the Twist…

Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans, October 3, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter widely known for popularising the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard’s R&B hit “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 is also famous for his hit the “limbo rock”
Enjoy Chubby Checker at his finest, four years into the raging dance craze.

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