"The three most important influences in rock music are Elvis, The Beatles, and Chubby Checker." -- Dick Clark, American Bandstand In the span of two minutes and 42 seconds, music was altered forever.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Chubby Checker will be honored in his birth town in Williamsburg County over the weekend! Chubby Checker, whose real name is Ernest Evans, was born in the Spring Gulley ...

Chubby Checker got America rocking again in 1959 — and he’s still Twisting away. The music legend plays Saturday, Oct. 14, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. “The Chubby Checker show is like a ...

It’s been 50 years since “The Twist” became the hip thing to do, forever changing how people interact on dance floors in school gymnasiums and nightclubs. Chubby Checker doesn’t have to be reminded ...

Q. Is it possible to get a tape of I Want to Walk You Home? I believe the vocal was by Chubby Checker (1958 or 1959). _ Martin Cohen, Delray Beach A. I Want to Walk You Home was recorded by Fats ...

Long-time host of American Bandstand Dick Clark, left, and singer Chubby Checker in New York on Oct. 16, 1991. Checker turned 50 earlier in the month. Checker got the name "Chubby" from Clark's wife.