Born October 3, 1941, in Spring Gully, South Carolina, and raised in Philadelphia, singer, songwriter, and dancer Ernest Evans would go on to popularize several dance styles in American culture ...

Chubby Checker spawned a national dance craze with his chart-topping 1960 version of "The Twist." Although he's best known for that perennial dance-floor favorite, Checker scored seven top 10 hits ...

Chubby Checker is heading to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but it wasn't always this way. More than 20 years ago, he famously protested the very museum that will now celebrate him. "Back in the day," ...

Chubby Checker can still twist like a champ! The '60s music icon, born Ernest Evans, is known best for classic dance hits like “The Twist,” “The Fly,” and “The Hucklebuck.” But decades after those ...

On this day (August 1) in 1960, Chubby Checker’s version of “The Twist” entered the Billboard Hot 100. A little more than a month later, it reached the top of the chart. Then Checker’s label ...

Chubby Checker's biggest hit had an incredible run — until the pandemic delivered a plot twist to The Twist. In 1960, Checker's cover of Hank Ballard's song The Twist took the world by storm when he ...