This guy’s resume dwarves 75% of those in the Rock n roll HOF. 32 hits, 7 top 10s, 2 number 1 hits- The Twist and Pony Time. The Twist is only song to hit #1 twice. (and it was first knocked from 1 by the Peppermint Twist!)
Influence- everyone in music did twist songs in the early 1960s including many Rock HOFers of the era. (Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Sam Cooke, many more) Plus legends from other genres such as Count Bassie, Sinatra, the King of Bluegrass Bill Monroe, King of Western Swing Bob Wills. That’s a consensus trend across the entire world of music at the time. Artist like Elton John and the Traveling Wilburies have recorded twist song in the decades since. Chubby also starred in 2 twist movies.
There are fantastic photos of Jackie Kennedy doing the twist in the WH while JFK looks on. In the 1970s, no roller skating night was complete without doing the Limbo Rock. The last Cub game I went to, they played the Twist and hundreds of fans instantly broke into dancing the twist- 60 years after it’s heyday!!!
Chubby Checker and the Twist are a part of American history and they sure as hell belong in the RnR HOF. Dick Clark called it the single most important rock n roll record ever recorded because it got adults into rock n roll for the first time.
Influence- everyone in music did twist songs in the early 1960s including many Rock HOFers of the era. (Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Sam Cooke, many more) Plus legends from other genres such as Count Bassie, Sinatra, the King of Bluegrass Bill Monroe, King of Western Swing Bob Wills. That’s a consensus trend across the entire world of music at the time. Artist like Elton John and the Traveling Wilburies have recorded twist song in the decades since. Chubby also starred in 2 twist movies.
There are fantastic photos of Jackie Kennedy doing the twist in the WH while JFK looks on. In the 1970s, no roller skating night was complete without doing the Limbo Rock. The last Cub game I went to, they played the Twist and hundreds of fans instantly broke into dancing the twist- 60 years after it’s heyday!!!
Chubby Checker and the Twist are a part of American history and they sure as hell belong in the RnR HOF. Dick Clark called it the single most important rock n roll record ever recorded because it got adults into rock n roll for the first time.