Chubby Checker got America rocking again in 1959 — and he’s still Twisting away. The music legend plays Saturday, Oct. 14, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. “The Chubby Checker show is like a ...

Believing Chubby Checker’s The Twist is an iconic pop song worth not just remembering but replaying, Ridgefielder Gary Lefkowith has remixed and remastered the song, which was re-released as a CD ...

The Weeknd has dethroned Chubby Checker‘s 1960 hit “The Twist” as Billboard’s No. 1 Greatest Hot 100 Song of all time with the 2019 release “Blinding Light.” The song spent 90 weeks on the Hot 100 ...

ATLANTA -- Despite many hits in the 1960s, 76-year-old Chubby Checker is well aware that one single song has defined his lengthy career: "The Twist." Over six decades of the rock era, the infectious ...

Before releasing “The Twist,” Chubby Checker was worried he was a has-been. A prophecy from an angel gave him encouragement. Checker revealed why he wanted to record “The Twist.” One of the most ...

Fifty years ago, a Philadelphia-based singer named Ernest Evans covered Hank Ballard & the Midnighters' "The Twist." Released under his stage name, Chubby Checker, it changed not only his life, but ...

“The Twist” by Chubby Checker was the first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on two different occasions. And, for many years, it was the biggest-selling single in U.S. recording history.

The 84-year-old, born Ernest Evans in South Carolina, has been eligible for induction since the first Rock Hall class in 1986. On Saturday, November 8 in Los Angeles, the artist who turned “The Twist” ...