Twist with Chubby Checker

Twist with Chubby Checker
Studio album by Chubby Checker
Released	October 1960
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	30:27
Label	Parkway
Producer	Kal Mann
Chubby Checker chronology
Twist with Chubby Checker (1960) For Twisters Only (1960)
Singles from Twist with Chubby Checker
"The Twist/Toot" Released: June 1960 "The Hucklebuck/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Released: September 1960 "The Twist/Twistin' U.S.A." Released: November 1961

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AllMusic	[1]

Twist with Chubby Checker is the debut album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records. ^[2]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Twistin' U.S.A." (Kal Mann)
2. "The "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Shimmy" (Jessie Hill)
3. "The "C. C. Rider" Stroll" (Chuck Willis)
4. "The Strand" (Kal Mann)
5. "The Chicken" (Rosco Gordon)
6. "The Hucklebuck" (Andy Gibson, Roy Alfred)

Side B

1. "The Twist" (Hank Ballard)
2. "The Madison" (Al Brown)
3. ""Love Is Strange" Chalypso" (Ethel Smith)
4. "The "Mexican Hat" Twist" (Dave Appell, Kal Mann)
5. "The Slop" (Cliff Goldsmith, Fred Sledge Smith)
6. "The Pony" (Dave Appell, Kal Mann)

Chart positions

Chart (1960)	Peak position
US Billboard Best-Selling Mono Action Albums [3]	3
US UK Albums Chart	13

Singles ^{[4] [5]}

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
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

References

1. Twist with Chubby Checker at AllMusic
2. Chubby Checker, Twist with Chubby Checker. Discogs.com, Retrieved April 29, 2023.
3. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
4. Chubby Checker Single Releases. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
5. Chubby Checker Charting Singles. Retrieved April 29, 2023.