Twist with Chubby Checker

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Twist with Chubby Checker
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1960
Genre Rock and roll
Length30:27
Label Parkway
Producer Kal Mann
Chubby Checker chronology
Twist with Chubby Checker
(1960)
For Twisters Only
(1960)
Singles from Twist with Chubby Checker
  1. "The Twist/Toot"
    Released: June 1960
  2. "The Hucklebuck/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
    Released: September 1960
  3. "The Twist/Twistin' U.S.A."
    Released: November 1961
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Twist with Chubby Checker is the debut album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records. [2]

Contents

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 Top LPs 3
US UK Albums Chart 13
Singles [3] [4]
YearSingleChartPeak position
1960"The Twist" U.S. Pop 1
U.S. R&B 2
UK Singles Chart 44
"The Hucklebuck"U.S. Pop14
U.S. R&B15
1962"The Twist"U.S. Pop1
U.S. R&B4
UK Singles Chart14
"Twistin' U.S.A"U.S. Pop68

References

  1. Twist with Chubby Checker at AllMusic
  2. Chubby Checker, Twist with Chubby Checker. Discogs.com, Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  3. Chubby Checker Single Releases. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  4. Chubby Checker Charting Singles. Retrieved April 29, 2023.