Chubby Checker
F. M. Kirby Center
71 Public Sq
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Sep 21, 2024
7:00 PM EDT
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Chubby Checker, The Duprees, The Vogues, and Tommy C singing the songs of Bobby Rydell.
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Beautiful Art-Deco movie palace opening in 1938 and turned into a performing arts center in 1986. Located on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania!
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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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