Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker, civil Ernest Evans ( born October 3, 1941 in Spring Gulley, South Carolina, grew up in Philadelphia ) is an American rock and roll singer.

Chubby Checker founded at the age of eleven, his first music band; learned he had poultry seller. He was discovered at the weekly market, when he sold chickens and incidentally sang his songs. 1959 signed the young Ernest a record deal with the label Cameo - Parkway and got the stage name " Chubby Checker" ( chubby = chubby, plump ) missed. His very first single, " The Class " was a minor hit. Later, having him covered the B- side of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - single "The Twist". The song was a huge hit: in 1960 it rose to number one and stayed three months on the charts; the accompanying dance was also popular. The following year, he continued his winning streak with "Pony Time" (written by Don Covay and John Berry ) and "Let 's Twist Again". "Slow Twistin ' ", " Limbo Rock" and " Popeye the Hitchhiker" also made ​​him in 1962 as one of the most successful artists.

Until 1966 he had been placed with over 30 titles in the charts, then it went downhill: With the beginning of the Beatles era its merry dance music was no longer in demand and also a half-hearted change of style to folkier tones brought no improvement. After working in small nightclubs and oldie shows it was taken in 1982 by the MCA again under contract and released the moderately successful LP "The Change Has Come ".

His hit "The Twist" came in a revised edition by the Fat Boys in the late 1980s once again back in the charts; Chubby himself toured the pubs and sports halls of the United States. End of the 1990s Checker is returned to his original profession and has founded his own company. He sells snack products, chocolate bars, popcorn, steaks and hot dogs.

Checker is married to the Dutch Catharina Lodders, who was Miss World 1962. With her he has three children and lives in Philadelphia.

On February 12, 2013 Chubby Checker sued the U.S. group Hewlett -Packard for damages in the amount of 500 million U.S. dollars. Reason for the action is a (now pulled from the market ) ( Fun ) App of the Palm OS platform with the homonyms ' Chubby Checker '; safe to do so due to the shoe size to infer the length of a man penis, thereby Chubby Checker sees injured in his name rights and his honor.

Discography ( Singles )

  • The Class / School Days School Days Oh ( Parkway 804), April 21, 1959
  • The Jet / Ray Charles- ton ( Parkway 805 ), 1959
  • Whole Lotta Laughin '/ Sampson & Delilah ( Parkway 808 ), 1959
  • Dancing Dinosaur / Those Private Eyes ( Parkway 810), February 1960
  • The Twist / Toot (white label; Parkway 811 ), July 1960
  • The Twist / Toot (orange label; Parkway 811 ), August 1960
  • The Hucklebuck / Whole Lotta Shakin ' ( Parkway 813), October 1960
  • Pony Time / Oh Susannah ( Parkway 818), January 1961
  • The Mess Around / Good Good Lovin ' ( Parkway 822), April 1961
  • Let's Twist Again / Gonna Be Alright ( Parkway 824) June 1961 (for advertising purposes)
  • The Fly / That's The Way It Goes ( Parkway 830), September 1961
  • The Twist / Twistin 'USA ( Parkway 811 ), April 1961
  • Slow Twistin ' / La Paloma Twist ( Parkway 835), February 1962 ( A- side is a duet with Dee Dee Sharp)
  • Dancin ' Party / Get Myself Together ( Parkway 842 ), June 1962
  • Limbo Rock / Popeye ( The Hitchhiker ) ( Parkway 849 ), September 1962
  • Let's Limbo Some More / Twenty Miles ( Parkway 862 ), February 1962
  • Birdland / Black Cloud ( Parkway 873 ), May 1963
  • Surf Party / Twist It Up ( Parkway 879 ), July 1963
  • Loddy Lo / Hooka tooka ( Parkway 890 ), Oct. 1963
  • Troola - Troola - Troola -la (" Good Old Schwäb'sche Railway " ) / Highway Baby ( Cameo Parkway / Ariola 10436 AT ), 1964
  • Hey, Bobba Needle / Spread Joy ( Parkway 907), March 1964
  • Lazy Elsie Molly / Rosie ( Parkway 920), May 1964
  • She Wants T'Swim / You Better Believe ( Parkway 922 ), August 1964
  • Lovely Lovely / The Weekend 's Here ( Parkway 936 ), December 1964
  • Let's Do the Freddy / (At the ) Discotheque ( Parkway 949), March 1965
  • Everything's Wrong / Cu Ma La Be -Stay ( Parkway 959 ), July 1965
  • You Just Do not Know / Two Hearts ( Parkway 965 ), December 1965
  • Hey You Little Boo -Ga - Loo / Pussy Cat ( 989 Parkway ), June 1966
  • Karate Monkey / Her Heart ( Parkway 112 ), 1967
  • Back in the USSR / Windy Cream ( Buddah 100), March 1969
  • The Twist / Loddy Lo ( Abkco 4001 ), 1972
  • The Hucklebuck / Pony Time ( Abkco 4002 ), 1972
  • Limbo Rock / Let's Twist Again ( Abkco 4003 ), 1972
  • Hey Bobba Needle / Hooka tooka ( Abkco 4004 ), 1972
  • Slow Twistin '/ Birdland ( Abkco 4027 ), 1973
  • Reggae My Way / Gypsy ( 20th Century 2040), July 1973
  • She's a Bad Woman / Happiness ( 20th Century 2075 ), February 1974
  • The Rub / Move It ( Amherst 716 ), 1976
  • The Twist / Let's Twist Again (Eric 320 ), 1976 (stereo admissions )
  • Running / Is Tonight the Night ( MCA 51233 ), December 1981
  • Harder Than Diamond / Your Love (MCA 52043 ), February 1982
  • Read You Like a Book ( Sea Bright 5128 ), 1986
  • The Twist ( Yo Twist ) FAT BOYS with Chubby Checker ( buffapella version) (Tin Pan Apple 887 571 ), May 1988
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