Chubby Checker

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Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans, 1941) is an American rock and roll singer who popularized the Twist dance craze. His recording of The Twist is the only single to top the Billboard Hot 100 twice (1960 and 1962). Other signature hits include Let's Twist Again, Pony Time, and Limbo Rock.

American singer famed for the Twist; breakout in the late 1950s; major hits on Cameo-Parkway; best-known songs: The Twist, Let's Twist Again, Pony Time, Limbo Rock; active for decades as a performer.

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