Chubby Checker
Cerritos Center
12700 Center Court Dr S
Cerritos, CA 90703
Apr 13, 2024
8:00 PM PDT
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Lyric Configuration: $94/$89/$79/$49 Catch two of music’s hottest acts in action! Grammy winner Chubby Checker’s smash hit The Twist was named the No. One song of all time for the Billboard Hot 100 music chart. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s other hits are Pony Time, The Hucklebuck, Twist It Up, and Knock Down the Walls. Opening the show is Gary Lewis & The Playboys, who racked up a slew of Top 10 songs on the Billboard charts, including This Diamond Ring, Count Me In, Save Your Heart for Me, and Everybody Loves a Clown. chubbychecker.com garylewisandtheplayboys.com
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Chubby Checker Biography
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.
Read MoreHe 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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