Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker
Chubby Checkeris an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for popularizing 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, an honor it maintained for an August 2013 update of the list. He also popularized the Limbo Rock and its trademark limbo dance, as well as various dance...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth3 October 1941
CountryUnited States of America
Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears all the rappers, they're doing my dances and they're making billions doing my dances. When they do that little thing they do with their hands that's The Fly and The Pony.
Here I am the best batting average in the music industry and I'm a bye word in the industry. I really am. Compared to Rod Stewart, I mean, Rod Stewart big deal. I mean, I know he's good and everything, but I played a show two years ago and I had to star under Eddie Money.
I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, .. Watch the films from 1958 up to 1959, and watch American Bandstand during that time. After the song came out, everything was different.
Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing.
The gist of the Twist is chiefly in the hips
Ever see a little kid walking around talking to himself? I'm the same way.
My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old.
When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can.
Dancing, apart to music with a beat, is my legacy.
I want my flowers while I'm alive.
I compare the Twist to the electric light, The Twist is me, and Im it. Im the electric light.
Do you realize that I have had five albums in the Top 30. Elvis and The Beatles have never done that. I had five singles in the Top 5, I mean, no one's ever done that.
God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK.
What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops.