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	Chubby Checker
		Chubby's version went all the way to number one and stayed on the charts for sixteen weeks in 1961.
		Chubby Checker merchandise was everywhere, and included, T-shirts, shoes, ties, dolls, rain coats, and chewing gum.
		Chubby married a former Miss World and was still touring as the new millennium rolled around.
	www.classicbands.com /checker.html (916 words)

	Chubby Checker Summary
		Checker was born Ernest Evans on October 3, 1941 in Spring Gully, South Carolina, the child of poor tobacco farmers.
		Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (October 3, 1941—), an American singer best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist".
		Chubby Checker is mentioned in the School House Rock cartoon "A Noun Is A Person, Place, Or Thing." However, in what is perhaps the series' most famous error, they depicted him as a white man.
	www.bookrags.com /Chubby_Checker (1361 words)

	Chubby Checker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chubby Checker, who was seventeen years old at the time and still in high school, is said to have recorded his new version of the Twist in just thirty-five minutes (Cannon).
		Chubby’s 1961 recording of “Pony Time,” which had been originally recorded by Clarence ‘Pine Top’ Smith as “Boogie Woogie,” gave him a second gold record and a second song that hit number one on the charts (“Chubby Checker”).
		Chubby Checker is not shy about assessing his impact and the impact of the Twist on the world of music.
	www.usca.edu /aasc/chubbychecker.htm (1702 words)

	CHUBBY CHECKER
		In 2000, Chubby branched out into the snack food business commemorating 40 years of “The Twist” with Chocolate Checker Bars, Beef Jerky, Hot Dogs, and Popcorn, all to be washed down with Girl of the World Water (dedicated to his wife).
		Today, Chubby continues 40 years of live performances while releasing new studio music. His Maxi-Single “Limbo Rock Re-Mixes” and CD “The Original Master of the Dance Hall Beat” by Chubby C and OD, featuring Inner Circle, were both on the Billboard Charts attracting a new generation of Chubby Checker fans.
		Chubby Checker – the only artist to have a song to be #1 twice – “The Twist”.
	www.chubbychecker.com /Bio.htm (180 words)

	Chubby Checker Bio - Utopia Artists
		Known as “King of the Twist”, Chubby Checker is one of the few entertainers who has successfully sustained a career over three and a half decades.
		Chubby is a record breaker who has sold over 250 million records to date.
		Chubby Checker was born Ernest Evans on October 3, 1941 in Spring Gulley, South Carolina.
	www.marstalent.com /bio_chubby_checker.htm (536 words)

	Chubby Checker : OLDIES.com
		Checker's musical career began in 1959 while working at a local chicken market.
		He was given his new name by the wife of the legendary disc jockey Dick Clark as a derivation of Fats Domino.
		Chubby Checker became one of several artists to enjoy the patronage of Clark's influential American Bandstand television show and the successful Cameo-Parkway label.
	www.oldies.com /artist-view/Chubby-Checker.html (184 words)

	Chubby Checker Stages Rock Hall Protest: SouthFlorida.com
		NEW YORK -- Chubby Checker, whose song "The Twist" was one of the most popular dance records of all time, isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
		Checker, 62, has been recording for decades, and some of other hits include "The Hucklebuck" and "Pony Time." But his biggest hit was the 1960 song "The Twist," which went to No. 1 in that year and again in 1962, sparking a dance craze across the nation.
		Checker hopes that will change with his one-man protest outside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where the induction dinner was scheduled for Monday evening.
	www.southflorida.com /sns-ap-music-chubby-checker,0,3773595.story (491 words)

	Corporate Entertainment - Chubby Checker booking information!
		Checker's "dancing apart to the beat" unequivocally proves that you don't have to wait for a partner to let loose on the dance floor and have fun.
		The advent of Chubby Checker turned dancing cheek to cheek into a dance form about as dead as the minuet and made "dancing apart to the beat" de rigeur.
		Because "doing the Chubby Checker" is dance as they know it and do it -- an offshoot of just four free form dances and their corresponding arm movements that Checker, single-handedly, introduced to the world, making him a world-class mover and shaker.
	www.corporateartists.com /chubby_checker.html (602 words)

	Chubby Checker: Let's twist again and other stories - Boston.com
		Chubby Checker removes his overcoat, bends his knees slightly and slowly swivels his hips.
		Checker was the only recording star with five albums in the Top 12 at once, yet he was still in high school when he took the world by storm.
		Checker, who has become a successful businessman with his Chubby Checker Snacks line of meats and chocolate, ends his one-man Twist show with a revelation.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2007/02/06/chubby_checker_lets_twist_again_and_other_stories?mode=PF (791 words)

	Chubby Checker - Music Downloads - Online
		His workplace antics helped win an audition with the local Cameo-Parkway label, who signed the fledgling singer in 1959; at the suggestion of no less than Dick Clark's wife, the portly youth was re-christened Chubby Checker, the name a sly reference to Fats Domino.
		After "The Twist" first made Checker a superstar, he returned to the top in 1961 with "Do the Pony"; that same year, he also reached the Top Ten with "Let's Twist Again," which assured the dance's passage from novelty to institution.
		In total, Checker notched 32 chart hits before the bubble burst in 1966; as interest in dance novelties dwindled, he briefly turned to folk music, and became a regular on the nightclub circuit.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/712/Chubby-Checker/30007160.html (314 words)

	Chubby Checker News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chubby Checker was the unrivaled king of the rock & roll dance craze; although most of the dances his records promoted -- the Pony, "the Fly," and the Hucklebuck, to cite just three -- have long since faded...
		Chubby Checker poses in a publicity photo Rock 'n' roll dance legend Chubby Checker is waiting on his telephone call from Sweden.
		Chubby Checker complained he's as important to music and dance as the Beatles and Elvis but doesn't get the same airplay or the recognition.
	www.topix.net /who/chubby-checker (453 words)

	Chubby Checker personal appearances, chubby checker
		Chubby Checker is a record breaker who has sold over 250 million records to date.
		Chubby Checker is the only person on the planet who has had the same single record go number one twice in different years as well as the only artist ever to have nine double sided hit records.
		Chubby Checker was born Ernest Evans on October 3,1941, in Spring Gulley, South Carolina.
	www.barberusa.com /nostal/checker_chubby.html (715 words)

	Chubby Checker, Rock & Roll, Philadelphia, Music, 50s, 60s - That Philly Sound
		Chubby Checkers’ Twist”;, was just coming down the charts, and they were looking for something to follow it up with.
		In the beginning of Chubby’s career, we were the first outside producers to produce something with Chubby through Cameo Parkway.
		Chubby Checker is credited for popularizing the dance songs in the early 60’s with "The Pony," "The Twist" and "The Fly." He gave movement to a music that never had this movement before.
	www.thatphillysound.com /artists/chubby_checker.html (352 words)

	Chubby Checker St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		One of several popular male vocalists to emerge from the Philadelphia rock 'n' roll scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s,; Chubby Checker was the chief beneficiary of the fervor created by the dance known as the Twist.
		Checker's triumphant re-release of "The Twist" did set a new record, but that achievement took place in 1962,; and technically the song was not eligible for a 1961 Grammy.
		Chubby Checker continued to release singles and albums of rock and roll,; primarily dance music.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200217 (827 words)

	Book Chubby Checker - Booking Agent Corporate Event, Private Party Chubby Checker Booking Agent
		Chubby Checker's first single, "The Class," showcased his skills as an impressionist; while the record became a minor novelty hit, none of its immediate follow-ups were successful.
		After "The Twist" first made Chubby Checker a superstar, he returned to the top in 1961 with "Do the Pony"; that same year, he also reached the Top Ten with "Let's Twist Again," which assured the dance's passage from novelty to institution.
		In total, Chubby Checker notched 32 chart hits before the bubble burst in 1966; as interest in dance novelties dwindled, he briefly turned to folk music, and became a regular on the nightclub circuit.
	www.grabow.biz /Contemporary/ChubbyChecker.htm (612 words)

	Chubby Checker - Biography - AOL Music
		Checker's first single, "The Class," showcased his skills as an impressionist; while the record became a minor novelty hit, none of its immediate follow-ups were successful.
		In 1960, however, he recorded "The Twist," a cover of a 1958 Hank Ballard & the Midnighters B-side; Checker's rendition de-emphasized the original's overtly sexual overtones, focusing instead on the song's happy-go-lucky charms.
		Get Chubby Checker biography information, download, listen and watch Chubby Checker music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and use the music search function to find information on other new and established recording artists.
	music.aol.com /artist/chubby-checker/3880/biography (351 words)

	Chubby Checker - King Of The Twist!
		Checker sang his parts over an already-recorded instrumental track; released June 1959 (Parkway 811; 1960), the record took nearly fourteen months to reach the charts.
		Checker’s nonstop itinerary of interviews, TV dates, and live appearances (he is said to have lost thirty pounds during one three-week stretch of demonstrating the Twist) ultimately paid off, however, when the single reached top of the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1960.
		Due to his close relationship with Clark and a savvy record label, Checker was well positioned to continue as the King of Dance King.
	www.jeffosretromusic.com /chubby.html (323 words)

	ChubbyChecker.com
		Dancing apart to the beat is the dance we do when we dance apart to anyone's music with a beat and before "Chubby Checker" it could not be found!
		It was no secret that "Dancing Apart To The Beat" happened in 2 minutes and 42 seconds on American Bandstand with Chubby doing the "Twist".
		The Twist is putting out a cigarette with both feet, wiping off your bottom with a towel to the beat of the music.
	www.chubbychecker.com (170 words)

	Chubby Checker
		Checker a superstar, he returned to the top in 1961 with "Do the Pony"; that same year, he also reached the Top Ten with "Let's Twist Again," which assured the dance's passage from novelty to institution.
		Checker notched 32 chart hits before the bubble burst in 1966; as interest in dance novelties dwindled, he briefly turned to folk music, and became a regular on the nightclub circuit.
		Chubby Checker returned to the Top 40 for the first time in a quarter century when he appeared on the Fat Boys' rap rendition of "The Twist," and he continued touring regularly throughout the decade to follow.
	www.associatedentertainment.com /aec/National-Acts/Music-Category-1/Chubby-Checker (471 words)

	Chubby Checker Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chubby Checker is one of only two artists who had a song go to the #1 spot on the charts, and return there at a later date.
		Chubby Checker was brought in as the third choice to record The Twist, with backing from the musicians on American Bandstand.
		Chubby Checker immediately followed up with a song that had made the top ten for both Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra titled The Hucklebuck.
	www.tsimon.com /checker.htm (583 words)

	Chubby Checker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Checker said his influence on music is as significant as Walt Disney's was on animation.
		"Chubby" was an unkind nickname from his youth, he said, and "Checker" was suggested by Dick Clark's wife because it sounded good.
		Checker didn't make a fortune on records in the '60s, but he isn't bitter about the multi-million-dollar contracts awarded to young artists today.
	www.rambles.net /chubby_checker.html (406 words)

	Kentucky Derby Festival:: News Room
		Over the course of his career, Checker is the only artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once and the only artist to have nine double-sided hits.
		Said Derby Festival President and CEO Mike Berry: “We’re thrilled to have a musical legend such as Chubby Checker to serve as Grand Marshal of the Pegasus Parade as it celebrates its 50th anniversary with a tribute to the birth of rock music.
		Chubby is a true original and one of the most recognized performers of his generation.
	www.kdf.org /news/news.asp?ID=601 (671 words)

	Chubby Checker: The King of the Twist - Associated Content
		Chubby Checker is mentioned in the School House Rock cartoon "A Noun Is A Person, Place, Or Thing." However, in the series' most famous error, they depicted him as a white man.
		If you are interested in seeing Chubby Checker he is going to be at the fair again on August 11th 2006 at 7 pm.
		Chubby Checker is his stage name his real name is Ernest Evans he was born October 3, 1941, an American singer best known for making popular the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist".
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/47718/chubby_checker_the_king_of_the_twist.html (566 words)

	The Twist by Chubby Checker Songfacts
		Checker (real name: Earnest Evans) was a chicken plucker who liked to sing on the job.
		Checker teamed up with comic rap group The Fat Boys in 1988 to release another version of this, "The Twist (Yo Twist!)." This version was a big hit in England, going to UK #2.
		Chubby's cover og Hank Ballard's song was so good that Ballard thought it was his (Hank's) record when he first heard it on the radio.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=1249 (944 words)

	Station Avenue Productions with Chubby Checker
		Chubby has performed in all types of showrooms, concert halls, theaters, casinos, clubs, colleges, and professional athletic team stadiums.
		Chubby is a record breaker who has sold over 250 million records to date worldwide.
		Chubby Checker is the only artist to have the same single record go #1 twice in different years (1960 and 1962).
	www.stationave.com /bios.chubbychecker.html (350 words)

	Cactus Petes : Entertainment : Concerts & Events : CHUBBY CHECKER
		Born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina, Ernest Evans (Chubby) knew he wanted to be in show business from the time he was a small boy, and by the time he was a teenager in South Philadelphia High School...
		Chubby followed the phenomenal success of “The Twist” with “The Fly,” “The Hucklebuck” and “The Pony” which kicked off another dance craze.
		With 22 Top Forty hits under his belt, Chubby Checker never fails to deliver a great show that gets everybody out of their seat and dancin’ to the beat.
	www.ameristarcasinos.com /cactus/cp_et_event_detail.asp?id=1902 (244 words)

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