"Chubby" Checker (1941), llamado chubby por su generosidad de carnes, es el rey del twist. Llevó al éxito masivo la composición de Hank Ballard "the twist" en 1960.
El baile que llevaba incorporado fue un auténtico fenómeno de masas, del que ninguna capa social se libró. Al año siguiente repetiría éxito con su "let´s twist again".
Si bien lo intentó repetir con otros bailes como el limbo o el hunckleback su estrella se apagaría pronto.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
INTRO: G Baby, Baby, let's Birdland, now! G Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Come on!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Whoa, let's go!) C Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Let's Birdland, now!) G Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Gonna show you how!) DG Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Owwwww!)
#1. G My father and my mother like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!) G7C Let me tell ya, now..my brother and my sister G like Birdland. (We like Birdland!) D Don't you know it..the fellas in the summer like Birdland. G (We like Birdland!) Whoooa! Unnnh!
#2. G Come on Baby we're gonna swing..yeeeaah,
shake that thing. CG Mama Bird is for the Bird..yeahhhh..the
latest word. DG It's Birdland, Birdland..everybody do the
Birdland, now.
CHORUS: G Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!) C Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!) G Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!) DG Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) Unnnnhhh!
#3. G Come on Baby let's hit the floor..
yeah, shake some more. C Girl, I like the way you roll.. G yeaaahh..you move my soul. DG It's Birdland, Birdland..everybody do
the Birdland, now.
CHORUS: G Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!) C Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!) G Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!) DG Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)
#4. G My father and my mother like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!) C Don't you know it, now..my brother and my sister G like Birdland. (We like Birdland!) D On South Street..the hippies and the gippies G like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)