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"Let's Twist Again" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached No.8 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in August of that year and subsequently reached No.2 in the UK in the spring of 1962. The song refers to the Twist dance craze and Checker's 1960 single "The Twist", a two-time U.S. No.1 single.
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References
- ↑ Chubby Checker, "Let's Limbo Some More" Single Release Retrieved May 2, 2023
- ↑ Chubby Checker, "Let's Limbo Some More" Chart Positions Retrieved May 2, 2023
- ↑ Pat Browne (2001), The guide to United States popular culture, p. 154, ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2
- ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - March 4, 1963".
- ↑ Chubby Checker, Let's Limbo Some More Retrieved May 2, 2023
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