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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Dancin' Party:Chubby Checker.
#12 in 1962.
INTRO:
D
Everybody say Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah, Yeah!...Yeah, Yeah!
Oh, Yeah, Yeah!...Yeah, Yeah!
Are you ready? Ye..ah!!!
#1.
D
Let's have a ball at the hall tonight,
Bm
boot it, girl, to the early light.
G
Make a scene with the record machine
A A7 A
at the dancing party tonight.
#2.
D
Come on, let's Fly..Mashed Potato, too.
Bm
Watusi, girl, is the dance to do.
G
Twist and Shout til we knock ourselves out,
A D
at the dancing party tonight.
CHORUS:
G
Cause summer time is party time,
D
and everything's alright.
G
Cause everyone is feeling fine,
A A7 A
And every night is Saturday night, yeah!
#3.
D
Mess Around, Bristol Stomping, too,
Bm
Pony now like it's all brand new.
G
Any dance that you wanna do,
A D
at the dancing party tonight.
Yeah, let's go now, come on!
(Sax break.)
#4.
D
Come on, let's Fly..Mashed Potato, too.
Bm
Watusi, girl, is the dance to do.
G
Twist and Shout til we knock ourselves out,
A D
at the dancing party tonight.
CHORUS:
G
Cause summer time is party time,
D
and everything's alright.
G
Cause everyone is feeling fine,
A A7 A
And every night is Saturday night, yeah!
#5.
D
Yeah, Bake a Cake, let's Shake the Shake,
Bm
Jump and Stomp till the ceiling breaks.
G
Have no fear cause the gang's all here
A D
at the Twisting party tonight.
#6.
D
Come on, let's Fly..Mashed Potato, too.
Bm
Watusi, girl, is the dance to do.
G
Twist and Shout til we knock ourselves out,
A D
at the dancing party tonight.(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#12 in 1962.
INTRO:
D
Everybody say Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah, Yeah!...Yeah, Yeah!
Oh, Yeah, Yeah!...Yeah, Yeah!
Are you ready? Ye..ah!!!
#1.
D
Let's have a ball at the hall tonight,
Bm
boot it, girl, to the early light.
G
Make a scene with the record machine
A A7 A
at the dancing party tonight.
#2.
D
Come on, let's Fly..Mashed Potato, too.
Bm
Watusi, girl, is the dance to do.
G
Twist and Shout til we knock ourselves out,
A D
at the dancing party tonight.
CHORUS:
G
Cause summer time is party time,
D
and everything's alright.
G
Cause everyone is feeling fine,
A A7 A
And every night is Saturday night, yeah!
#3.
D
Mess Around, Bristol Stomping, too,
Bm
Pony now like it's all brand new.
G
Any dance that you wanna do,
A D
at the dancing party tonight.
Yeah, let's go now, come on!
(Sax break.)
#4.
D
Come on, let's Fly..Mashed Potato, too.
Bm
Watusi, girl, is the dance to do.
G
Twist and Shout til we knock ourselves out,
A D
at the dancing party tonight.
CHORUS:
G
Cause summer time is party time,
D
and everything's alright.
G
Cause everyone is feeling fine,
A A7 A
And every night is Saturday night, yeah!
#5.
D
Yeah, Bake a Cake, let's Shake the Shake,
Bm
Jump and Stomp till the ceiling breaks.
G
Have no fear cause the gang's all here
A D
at the Twisting party tonight.
#6.
D
Come on, let's Fly..Mashed Potato, too.
Bm
Watusi, girl, is the dance to do.
G
Twist and Shout til we knock ourselves out,
A D
at the dancing party tonight.(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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