Chubby Checker

Born:: October 3, 1941, he's 70 and American.
Birthname:: Ernest Evans.
Snapshot:: An Artist with 54 releases, and credited 3 times on others' music. 5 collaborations.

Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the The Twist 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.

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Let's Twist 1997

Chubby's Folk Album 1964

Beach Party 1963

Let's Limbo Some More 1963

Limbo Party 1962

Down to Earth 1962

For Teen Twisters Only 1962

Twistin' Round the World 1962

Your Twist Party 1961

Chubby Checker and Bobby Rydell 1961

Let's Twist Again 1961

It's Pony Time 1961

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Chubby Checker

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Dee Dee Sharp
- on: Down to Earth - co-released
Bobby Rydell
- on: Chubby Checker and Bobby Rydell - co-released
The Coasters
- on: Let's Party - co-released

Fat Boys
- on: The Twist - performer
Little Richard
- on: Back to Back - co-released

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Chubby Checker

Sep, 12 2008

Billboard have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100 chart by compiling a bunch of other charts that span the whole half-century, including one which ranks the All-Time Hot 100 based on a complicated formula and weighting system. To account for changes in the way the chart was calculated in 1991, older songs were given more points for their chart stays because there was a quicker turnover before than there is now. In the final analysis, the all-time chart topper was "The Twist" by Chubby Checker, which is the only single ever to hit No.1 twice: in September 1960, then again in January 1962. In second place was "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas, which topped the charts for twelve weeks in 1999; followed by Bobby Darin's 1959 version of "Mack The Knife". LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live" (1997) and Los Del Rio's "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix) (1996) round out the Top 5.