Chubby Checker was born on Ernest Evans; October 3,1941 and is an American rock and roll singer and dancer.
28 Facts About Chubby Checker
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Chubby Checker was raised in the projects of South Philadelphia, where he lived with his parents, Raymond and Eartle Evans, and two brothers.
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Chubby Checker entertained his classmates by performing vocal impressions of popular entertainers of the day, such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Fats Domino.
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In December 1958, Chubby Checker privately recorded a novelty single for Clark in which the singer portrayed a school teacher with an unruly classroom of musical performers.
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The premise allowed Chubby Checker to imitate such acts as Fats Domino, The Coasters, Elvis Presley, Cozy Cole, and The Chipmunks, each singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
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Chubby Checker introduced his version of "The Twist" at the age of 18 in July 1960 in Wildwood, New Jersey at the Rainbow Club.
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The song was so ubiquitous that Chubby Checker felt that his critics thought he could only succeed as a dance demonstrator.
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Chubby Checker continued to have top 40 singles until 1965, his last being "Let's Do the Freddie", a variation on Freddie and the Dreamers' dance tune "Do the Freddie", with new melody and lyrics.
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Chubby Checker spent much of the rest of the 1960s touring and recording in Europe.
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For decades, almost all compilations of Chubby Checker's hits consisted of re-recordings.
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Chubby Checker continued to be a superstar in Europe with television and records.
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The songs were all written by Chubby Checker and produced by former Jimi Hendrix producer Ed Chalpin, but the studio musicians' names are unknown.
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Chubby Checker had a single at No 1 on Billboard's dance chart in July 2008 with "Knock Down the Walls".
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In 2009, Chubby Checker recorded a public service announcement for the Social Security Administration to help launch a new campaign to promote recent changes in Medicare law.
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On February 25,2013, Chubby Checker released a new single, the ballad "Changes," via iTunes; it was posted on YouTube and amassed over 160,000 views.
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Chubby Checker performed it on July 5,2013, on NBC's Today show.
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In 2015, Chubby Checker joined forces with Howard Perl Entertainment and Hard Rock Rocksino to produce "Rock and Roll to The Rescue", a show designed to raise funds and adopt rescue animals in need.
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In 2002, Chubby Checker protested outside of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, over the lack of radio airplay of his hit "The Twist" and his perception that the Hall of Fame had snubbed him.
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In 2013, Chubby Checker sued HP over a WebOS application using his name.
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Chubby Checker performed as well as appeared as a version of himself in Twist Around the Clock and Don't Knock the Twist.
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In 1988, Chubby Checker appeared as himself performing alongside the Purple People Eater in the film of the same name.
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Chubby Checker later appeared as himself in the 1989 Quantum Leap episode entitled "Good Morning, Peoria" where he walks into a radio station in 1959 hoping to have his demo record played on the air.
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In 2001, Chubby Checker again guest-starred as himself singing "The Twist" in the fourth season of Ally McBeal.
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Chubby Checker performed the track in the tenth season of Murphy Brown.
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Chubby Checker was honored by Settlement Music School as part of the school's centennial celebration and named to the Settlement 100, a list of notable people connected to the school.
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Chubby Checker received the prestigious Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award on November 9,2013, from the Artists Music Guild.
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Chubby Checker was the host of the 2013 AMG Heritage Awards and was given the honor during the television broadcast.
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On December 12,1963, Chubby Checker proposed to Catharina Lodders, a 21-year-old Dutch model and Miss World 1962 from Haarlem, the Netherlands.