Chubby Checker
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Cj
April 3rd 2023
A true icon, he gave everything to the audience
Des Plaines, IL@The Des Plaines Theatre
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About Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941), an American singer best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist".
He was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina[1], and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. The wife of American Bandstand's host Dick Clark suggested the name "Chubby Checker" to Evans as a take-off on then-popular singer Fats Domino. In 1964, he married Catharina Lodders,dutch girl who had been Miss World in 1962.
He was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina[1], and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. The wife of American Bandstand's host Dick Clark suggested the name "Chubby Checker" to Evans as a take-off on then-popular singer Fats Domino. In 1964, he married Catharina Lodders,dutch girl who had been Miss World in 1962.
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Genres:
Decades, Rock, 60s
Hometown:
South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Chubby Checker merch
The Twist Single
$9.98
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Chubby Checker's tour
Fan Reviews
Cj
April 3rd 2023
A true icon, he gave everything to the audience
Des Plaines, IL@The Des Plaines Theatre
View More Fan Reviews
About Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941), an American singer best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist".
He was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina[1], and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. The wife of American Bandstand's host Dick Clark suggested the name "Chubby Checker" to Evans as a take-off on then-popular singer Fats Domino. In 1964, he married Catharina Lodders,dutch girl who had been Miss World in 1962.
He was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina[1], and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. The wife of American Bandstand's host Dick Clark suggested the name "Chubby Checker" to Evans as a take-off on then-popular singer Fats Domino. In 1964, he married Catharina Lodders,dutch girl who had been Miss World in 1962.
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Genres:
Decades, Rock, 60s
Hometown:
South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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