♫ Chubby Checker | fr

There are multiple artists with this name, one based in Los Angeles, CA from 2002 to 2007, and one in Japan from 1981 to 1992 and a 1950s New York R&B band 1) The Japanese band (チェッカーズ) was a Japanese pop/rock band famous in the 80s. The band was formed by Toru Takeuchi, the leader and the guitarist, who asked Fumiya Fujii to start a band with him. They made a debut on 21 September 1983 and split up on 31 December 1992. All of their single releases entered top 10 in Japanese charts, many of them making it to...

Chubby Checker (né Ernest Evans, le 3 octobre 1941 en Caroline du Sud, États-Unis), signe en 1958 sous son vrai nom un contrat discographique avec Cameo-Parkway Records à Philadelphie, Pensylvanie, appartenant à Kal Mann. En juin 1959, sort son premier simple "The Class/Scooldays, Oh, Schooldays pour Parkway Records (# 38 E-U) sous le pseudo Chubby Checker. Sur "The Class" il imite Fats Domino, The Coasters, Elvis Presley et les Chipmunks. En 1960, il popularisera "The Twist", reprise d'une face B d'Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, (titre repris en français par Les Chaussettes Noires : Le twist). Le titre est suivi...