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 Twist:Chubby Checker.
#1 on BB Hot 100 on PARKWAY Records
in 1960. (Cover of Hank Ballard's hit in 1958.)
INTRO: B A E
#1.
E
Come on baby, let's do the twist,
A E
come on baby, let's do the twist,
B E
take ya by your little hand and go like this.
CHORUS:
E A E
E-yeah, twist baby, twist. Ooo..yeah...just like this,
B A E
come on, little miss, and do the twist.
#2.
E E
My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around,
A
yeah, daddy is just sleepin' and mama ain't around,
B A
we're gonna twist n' twist n' twist, 'til we tear the house
E
down.
CHORUS:
E A
Come on and twist, yeah, baby, twist, ooo-oooo, yeah just
E B A E
like this, come on, little miss, and do the twist.
INTERLUDE: E A E B A E
(Round and around and around...)
#3.
E
Yeah, you should see my little Sis,
A E
you should see my, my little Sis,
B A E
she really knows how to rock, she knows how to twist.
E A E
Come on and twist, yeah baby twist, oooo-yeah just like this,
B A E
come on, little miss, and do the twist.
OUTRO:
E
(Round and around and around and around) Yeah.
(Round and around and around and around) that's alright.
A
(Round and around and around and around) Yeah.
E
(Round and around and around and around) Twist so nice.
B
(Round and around and around and around) Twist......
E
(Round and around and around and around)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#1 on BB Hot 100 on PARKWAY Records
in 1960. (Cover of Hank Ballard's hit in 1958.)
INTRO: B A E
#1.
E
Come on baby, let's do the twist,
A E
come on baby, let's do the twist,
B E
take ya by your little hand and go like this.
CHORUS:
E A E
E-yeah, twist baby, twist. Ooo..yeah...just like this,
B A E
come on, little miss, and do the twist.
#2.
E E
My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around,
A
yeah, daddy is just sleepin' and mama ain't around,
B A
we're gonna twist n' twist n' twist, 'til we tear the house
E
down.
CHORUS:
E A
Come on and twist, yeah, baby, twist, ooo-oooo, yeah just
E B A E
like this, come on, little miss, and do the twist.
INTERLUDE: E A E B A E
(Round and around and around...)
#3.
E
Yeah, you should see my little Sis,
A E
you should see my, my little Sis,
B A E
she really knows how to rock, she knows how to twist.
E A E
Come on and twist, yeah baby twist, oooo-yeah just like this,
B A E
come on, little miss, and do the twist.
OUTRO:
E
(Round and around and around and around) Yeah.
(Round and around and around and around) that's alright.
A
(Round and around and around and around) Yeah.
E
(Round and around and around and around) Twist so nice.
B
(Round and around and around and around) Twist......
E
(Round and around and around and around)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
