Biography:
Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born 3 October 1941), an American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist". In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958.
He was born in Spring Gulley, SC, USA, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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Other songs:
- Birdland
- Dance The Mess Around
- Hey, Bobba Needle
- Hooka Tooka
- Let's Twist Again
- Limbo Rock
- Loddy Lo
- Mashed Potato
- Popeye The Hitchhike
- Reelin' And Rockin'
- The Hucklebuck
- The Twist
- Twistin' Usa
- Birdland The Dance
- Dancin Party
- Do The Freddie
- Do The Mess Around
- Good Good Lovin
- Hey Bobba Needle
- Hucklebuck
- Lazy Elsie Molly
- Lets Limbo Some More
- Lets Twist Again
- Lovely Lovely
- Mashed Potato Time
- Peppermint Twist
- Pony Time
- Popeye The Hitchhiker
- Slow Twistin
- Surf Party
- The Fly
- The Weekends Here
- Twenty Miles
- Twist
- Twist It Up
- Twistin Usa
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The Fly:Chubby Checker.
#7 in 1961.
INTRO: F# C#
#1.
F# F#7
Come on, come on, and do The Fly with me.
B F#
Hey, come on, everybody and do The Fly with me.
C# B F# C#
Well, if you don't know how to do it, just watch and see.
#2.
F# F#7
You've gotta shake your hands, all around and around the sky.
B F#
And then you buzz around the floor, you can do it if you really try.
C# B F# C#
All the girls and guys are getting wise, they're gonna Fly.
#3.
F# F#7
Oh, you pretty little girl come and fly away with me.
B F#
Hey, pretty little girl, fly away with me.
C# B F# C#
We're gonna fly to the sky, but you mustn't fly away from me.
Oh, Yeah, Hey!
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) ...C#
#4.
F#
Don't you know..
F# F#7
You've gotta shake your hands, all around and around the sky.
B F#
And then you buzz around the floor, you can do it if you really try.
C# B F# C#
All the girls and guys are getting wise, they're gonna Fly.
#5.
F# F#7
Come on, come on, and do The Fly with me.
B F#
Hey, come on, everybody and do The Fly with me.
C# B F# C#
Well, if you don't know how to do it, just watch and see.
Now, Fly!
OUTRO:SAX:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#7 in 1961.
INTRO: F# C#
#1.
F# F#7
Come on, come on, and do The Fly with me.
B F#
Hey, come on, everybody and do The Fly with me.
C# B F# C#
Well, if you don't know how to do it, just watch and see.
#2.
F# F#7
You've gotta shake your hands, all around and around the sky.
B F#
And then you buzz around the floor, you can do it if you really try.
C# B F# C#
All the girls and guys are getting wise, they're gonna Fly.
#3.
F# F#7
Oh, you pretty little girl come and fly away with me.
B F#
Hey, pretty little girl, fly away with me.
C# B F# C#
We're gonna fly to the sky, but you mustn't fly away from me.
Oh, Yeah, Hey!
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) ...C#
#4.
F#
Don't you know..
F# F#7
You've gotta shake your hands, all around and around the sky.
B F#
And then you buzz around the floor, you can do it if you really try.
C# B F# C#
All the girls and guys are getting wise, they're gonna Fly.
#5.
F# F#7
Come on, come on, and do The Fly with me.
B F#
Hey, come on, everybody and do The Fly with me.
C# B F# C#
Well, if you don't know how to do it, just watch and see.
Now, Fly!
OUTRO:SAX:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Chumbawumba
Chung Ha
Chunk! No, Capta (...)
Church Hymns
Churupaca