Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker in 2005
Chubby Checker in 2005
Background information
Birth nameErnest Evans
Born (1941-10-03) October 3, 1941 (age 83)
Spring Gully, South Carolina, U.S.
OriginPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • dancer
InstrumentVocals
Years active1958–present
Labels
Websitechubbychecker.com

Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The Twist", and the pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song "Pony Time". His biggest UK hit, "Let's Twist Again", was released one year later (in 1962); that year, he also popularized the song "Limbo Rock", originally a previous-year instrumental hit by the Champs to which he added lyrics, and its trademark Limbo dance, as well as other dance styles such as The Fly. 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 1960, an honor it maintained in an August 2013 update of the list.[1]

  1. ^ "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2017.