| Twist with Chubby Checker | ||||
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| Released | October 1960 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 30:27 | |||
| Label | Parkway | |||
| Producer | Kal Mann | |||
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| Singles from Twist with Chubby Checker | ||||
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Twist with Chubby Checker is the debut album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records. [2]
| Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Top LPs | 3 |
| US UK Albums Chart | 13 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
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| 1960 | "The Twist" | U.S. Pop | 1 |
| U.S. R&B | 2 | ||
| UK Singles Chart | 44 | ||
| "The Hucklebuck" | U.S. Pop | 14 | |
| U.S. R&B | 15 | ||
| 1962 | "The Twist" | U.S. Pop | 1 |
| U.S. R&B | 4 | ||
| UK Singles Chart | 14 | ||
| "Twistin' U.S.A" | U.S. Pop | 68 | |
Chubby Checker is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The Twist", and the pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song "Pony Time". His biggest UK hit, "Let's Twist Again", was released one year later ; that year, he also popularized the song "Limbo Rock", originally a previous-year instrumental hit by the Champs to which he added lyrics, and its trademark Limbo dance, as well as other dance styles such as The Fly. 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 1960, an honor it maintained for an August 2013 update of the list.
Cameo-Parkway Records was the parent company of Cameo Records and Parkway Records, which were major American Philadelphia-based record labels from 1956 and 1958 to 1967. Among the types of music released were doo-wop, dance hits, popular/rock, rockabilly, big band, garage rock, soul and novelty records.
David Appell was an American musician, musical arranger and record producer born in Philadelphia.
Kal Mann was an American lyricist. He is best known for penning the words to Elvis Presley's "Teddy Bear", plus "Butterfly", a hit for both Charlie Gracie and Andy Williams, and "Let's Twist Again", sung by Chubby Checker, which won the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording.
"Bristol Stomp" is a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with the Cameo-Parkway record label, for The Dovells, a doo-wop singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who recorded it for Cameo-Parkway late that year. Appell also produced and arranged the track and his Cameo-Parkway's house band served as the studio musicians.
Don't Knock the Twist is a 1962 comedy musical film starring Lang Jeffries, directed by Oscar Rudolph and produced by Sam Katzman for release by Columbia Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1961 film Twist Around the Clock, featuring musical artists including Chubby Checker.
"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.
"Limbo Rock" is a popular song about limbo dancing written by Kal Mann and Billy Strange. An instrumental version was first recorded by The Champs in 1961. The first vocal version was recorded in 1962 by Chubby Checker : it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks and at number one on the Cash Box charts. The Chubby Checker recording also made it to number three on the R&B charts.
"The Fly" is a song written by John Madara and David White and performed by Chubby Checker. The song was produced by Kal Mann.
"Dancin' Party" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and performed by Chubby Checker. In 1962, the track reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Popeye the Hitchhiker" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and performed by Chubby Checker. In 1962, the track reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the U.S. R&B.
"Let's Limbo Some More" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and performed by Chubby Checker. In 1963, the track reached No. 16 on the U.S. R&B and No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Twenty Miles" is a song written by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe and performed by Chubby Checker. In 1963, the track reached No. 15 on both the U.S. R&B and the Billboard Hot 100.
"Loddy Lo" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and performed by Chubby Checker. In 1963, the track reached No. 4 on the U.S. R&B and No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker is a studio album by Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker which was released in 1960.
For Twisters Only is the second album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records.
Let's Twist Again is the third album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1961 by Parkway Records.
For 'Teen Twisters Only is the fifth album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1961 by Parkway Records.
Limbo Party is the sixth album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1962 by Parkway Records.
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