Chubby Checker

Checker was born Ernest Evans in Spring Gully, South Carolina.{{cite book|first=Benjamin V|last=Franklin|title=An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsnYCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT147|date=30 May 2016|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|location=Columbia, South Carolina|isbn=978-1-61117-622-3|page=147}} He was raised in the projects of South Philadelphia, where he lived with his parents, Raymond and Eartle Evans,UPI Telephoto (NAP 122601), December 1963. and two brothers.{{cite web|url=http://www.chubbychecker.com/bio.asp|title=The Official Site|website=ChubbyChecker.com|access-date=2015-08-18|archive-date=May 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530044750/https://www.chubbychecker.com/bio.asp|url-status=dead}} By age eleven, Evans formed a street-corner harmony group. By the time he entered high school, Ernest had learned to play the piano a little at Settlement Music School. He entertained his classmates by performing vocal impressions of popular entertainers of the day, such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Fats Domino.{{cite web|title=Chubby Checker |url=https://www.biography.com/musician/chubby-checker|website=biography.com|access-date=17 June 2019}} One of his classmates and friends at South Philadelphia High School was Fabian Forte, who would become a popular performer of the late 1950s and early 1960s as Fabian.

After school Evans would entertain customers at his various jobs, including Fresh Farm Poultry in the Italian Market on Ninth Street and at the Produce Market, with songs and jokes. It was his boss at the Produce Market, Anthony Tambone, who gave Evans the nickname "Chubby". The owner of Fresh Farm Poultry, Henry Colt, was so impressed by the boy's performances for the customers that he, along with his colleague and friend Kal Mann, who worked as a songwriter for Cameo-Parkway Records,{{cite web|url=http://www.classicbands.com/ChubbyCheckerInterview.html |title=Interview With Chubby Checker|website= Classicbands.com|date=1961-02-01|access-date=2015-08-18}} arranged for young Chubby to do a private recording for American Bandstand host Dick Clark. After hearing Chubby's Fats Domino impression, Clark's wife Barbara suggested that Chubby be called "Chubby Checker" in homage to him.{{cite web|url=http://www.classicbands.com/checker.html|title=Chubby Checker|website=Classicbands.com|date=1958-11-11|access-date=2015-08-18|archive-date=May 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511001542/http://www.classicbands.com/checker.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-story-behind-how-the-twist-creator-chubby-checker-got-his-name/|title=The Story Behind How "The Twist" Creator Chubby Checker Got His Name|first=Tina|last=Benitez-Eves|date=February 2, 2023|website=American Songwriter}}

In December 1958, Checker privately recorded a novelty single for Clark in which the singer portrayed a school teacher with an unruly classroom of musical performers. The premise allowed Checker to imitate such acts as Fats Domino, The Coasters, Elvis Presley, Cozy Cole, and The Chipmunks, each singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Clark sent the song out as his Christmas greeting, and it received such good response that Cameo-Parkway signed Checker to a recording contract.{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=Jim|url=http://archive.org/details/twiststoryofsong0000daws|title=The twist : the story of the song that changed the world|date=1995|publisher=Faber and Faber|location=Boston, Massachusetts|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-571-19852-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/twiststoryofsong0000daws/page/30/mode/2up 30-31]}} Titled "The Class", the single became Checker's first release, charting at No. 38 in the spring of 1959.{{cite magazine|title=Chubby Checker|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chubby-checker/|access-date=January 16, 2022|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}

Checker introduced his version of "The Twist" at the age of 18 in July 1960 in Wildwood, New Jersey at the Rainbow Club. "The Twist" went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 not just once in 1960, but yet again in a separate chart run in late 1961. The first success was attributed to teens, and the unprecedented second number-one Billboard ranking was driven by older audiences following a spirited live performance{{cite AV media|date=October 22, 1961|title=Chubby Checker "The Twist & Let's Twist Again" on The Ed Sullivan Show|language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDGprGUreOc|publisher=The Ed Sullivan Show via YouTube|access-date=March 13, 2022}} of the song by Checker on The Ed Sullivan Show, seen by over 10 million viewers.{{cite web|last=Dawson|first=Jim|date=2012|title="The Twist"—Chubby Checker (1960)|url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/TheTwist.pdf|url-status=live|website=Library of Congress|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017102507/https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/TheTwist.pdf|archive-date=October 17, 2020 }} (Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" had also achieved number one twice on Billboard{{'}}s earlier chart.)

"The Twist" had previously peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart, in the 1959 version recorded by its author, Hank Ballard, whose band The Midnighters first performed the dance on stage. Checker's "Twist", however, was a nationwide smash, aided by his many appearances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, the top 10 American Bandstand ranking of the song, and the teenagers on the show who enjoyed dancing the Twist. The song was so ubiquitous that Checker felt that his critics thought he could only succeed as a dance demonstrator. Checker later lamented: ""The Twist" really ruined my life. I was on my way to becoming a big nightclub performer, and "The Twist" just wiped it out ... It got so out of proportion. No one ever believes I have talent."{{cite book|title=The Twist: The Story of the Song and Dance That Changed the World|last=Dawson|first=Jim|publisher=Faber & Faber|year=1995|isbn=9780571198528|location=Boston, Massachusetts|pages=[https://archive.org/details/twiststoryofsong0000daws/page/26 26]|url=https://archive.org/details/twiststoryofsong0000daws/page/26}} By 1965 alone, "The Twist" had sold over 15 million copies, and was awarded multiple gold discs by the RIAA.{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London, England|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/122 122–3]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/122}}

Despite Checker's initial disapproval, he found follow-up success with a succession of up-tempo dance tracks, including "The Hucklebuck" (#14), "The Fly" (#7), "Dance the Mess Around" (#24), and "Pony Time", which became his second No. 1 single. Checker's follow-up "twist" single, "Let's Twist Again", won the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock and Roll Recording.{{cite magazine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=January 26, 2018|title=60 Grammys, 60 Moments: The Greatest Moment From Every Grammys Ceremony So Far|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/greatest-grammy-moments-60-years-8095834/|url-status=live|access-date=January 16, 2022|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116055342/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/greatest-grammy-moments-60-years-8095834/|archive-date=January 16, 2022}} A 1962 duet with Dee Dee Sharp, "Slow Twistin'", reached No. 3 on the national charts. Other substantial hits included "Dancin' Party", "Popeye the Hitchhiker", "Twenty Miles", "Birdland", "Loddy Lo", and a Christmas duet with Bobby Rydell, "Jingle Bell Rock". "Limbo Rock" reached No. 2 on 22–29 December 1962, becoming Checker's last top ten hit. Checker continued to have top 40 singles until 1965, his last being "Let's Do the Freddie" (#40), a variation on Freddie and the Dreamers' dance tune "Do the Freddie", with new melody and lyrics. Changes in public tastes, owing mostly to the British Invasion and counterculture era, ended his hit-making career. He spent much of the rest of the 1960s touring and recording in Europe.

"The Twist" was recorded for Cameo-Parkway Records and along with the label's other material, became unavailable after the early 1970s because of the company's internal legal disputes. For decades, almost all compilations of Checker's hits consisted of re-recordings. The 1970s saw a shift and resurgence for his career, including a temporary stint as a disco artist. Checker continued to be a superstar in Europe with television and records.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} A dance-floor cover version of the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R." released in 1969 on Buddah Records, his first chart entry in three years, reached No. 82.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Hot 100, May 3, 1969|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1969-05-03|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 8, 2017|archive-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826092100/http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1969-05-03|url-status=live}} It was Checker's last chart appearance until 1982 when he hit No. 91 with "Running".

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In 1971, Checker at his own insistence recorded a psychedelic album filled with music he felt was "current" that was initially only released in Europe. Originally named Chequered!, it was renamed over the years in subsequent re-releases as New Revelation, The Other Side Of Chubby Checker, and sometimes as Chubby Checker. The songs were all written by Checker and produced by former Jimi Hendrix producer Ed Chalpin,{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ed-chalpin-mn0001538682|title=AllMusic – Ed Chalpin Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 8, 2017}} but the studio musicians' names are unknown. The album flopped.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/chequered%21-mw0000836593|title=AllMusic Overview|last=Demming|first=Mark|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 8, 2017}}

Later in the decade, he recorded an album of "audiophile re-creations" of his greatest hits, for producer Stan Shulman.

In 1988, Chubby teamed up with hip-hop trio The Fat Boys with their version of The Twist (Yo, Twist): this reached No 2 in the UK.

Checker had a single at No. 1 on Billboard's dance chart in July 2008 with "Knock Down the Walls". The single also made the top 30 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Roger Filgate of Wishbone Ash is featured on lead guitar.{{cite web|date=2009-09-17|title=Guitarist Filgate performs with Chubby Checker in Danbury|url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Guitarist-Filgate-performs-with-Chubby-Checker-in-132067.php|access-date=2022-01-16|website=NewsTimes|language=en-US}}

In 2009, Checker recorded a public service announcement (PSA) for the Social Security Administration to help launch a new campaign to promote recent changes in Medicare law.{{cite web|url=http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pgm/flash/chubbychecker.htm|title=Social Security Public Service Announcement|publisher=Social Security Administration|access-date=2015-08-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103328/http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pgm/flash/chubbychecker.htm|archive-date=2015-09-24}} In the PSA, Checker encourages Americans on Medicare to apply for Extra Help, "A new 'twist' in the law makes it easier than ever to save on your prescription drug plan costs."{{cite web|access-date=January 8, 2010|url=http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/psa-video.html|title=Public Service Announcements for Television|website=SocialSecurity.gov|publisher=Social Security Administration|archive-date=January 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114183615/http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/psa-video.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=January 8, 2010|url=http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/psa-video.html|title=Social Security Videos|publisher=Social Security Administration}}

On February 25, 2013, Checker released a new single, the ballad "Changes," via iTunes; it was posted on YouTube and amassed over 160,000 views.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702013406/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIPWtdxJoQ&gl=US&hl=en|archive-date=July 2, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIPWtdxJoQ|title=You Tube video|website=YouTube|date=April 29, 2013 |access-date=July 9, 2017}} "Changes" was produced by the hill & hifi and reached 43 on the Mediabase Top 100 AC Chart and 41 on the Gospel Chart. Checker performed it on July 5, 2013, on NBC's Today show.{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/video/chubby-checker-sings-new-single-changes-36148291553|title="Today Show" video – July 5, 2013|access-date=July 9, 2017|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140022/https://www.today.com/video/chubby-checker-sings-new-single-changes-36148291553|url-status=live}} In 2015, Checker joined forces with Howard Perl Entertainment{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/music/2015/01/chubby_checker_adds_twist_to_f.html|title=Chubby Checker adds twist to fundraiser for Geauga's Rescue Village|last1=Yarborough|first1=Chuck|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|date=January 6, 2015|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2020}} to produce live events, such as "Rock and Roll to The Rescue",{{cite web|url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/12/17/backstage-pass-an-interview-with-rock-singer-chubby-checker|title=Backstage Pass: An Interview with Rock Singer Chubby Checker|last=Niesel|first=Jeff|website=Cleveland Scene|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519053042/https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/12/17/backstage-pass-an-interview-with-rock-singer-chubby-checker|url-status=live}} a tour designed to raise funds for rescue animals in need nationwide.

In 2025, Checker was selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; He had been eligible for induction since the Hall's first class in 1986.{{cite web |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Outkast, The White Stripes, Soundgarden, Chubby Checker & More to Join 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-2025-class-full-list-outkast-1235956268/ |website=Billboard |access-date=28 April 2025 |date=28 April 2025}}

In 2002, Checker protested outside of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, over the lack of radio airplay of his hit "The Twist" and his perception that the Hall of Fame had snubbed him. Seymour Stein, president of the Rock Hall's New York chapter and member of the nomination committee, claimed "I think that Chubby is someone who will be considered. He has in certain years."{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/wire/sns-ap-music-chubby-checker,0,1104288.story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209131626/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/wire/sns-ap-music-chubby-checker%2C0%2C1104288.story|archive-date=February 9, 2008|title=Chubby Checker Stages RockHall Fame Protest|author=Mumby Moody, Nekesa|date=March 16, 2004|newspaper=Newsday|url-status=dead}}

In 2013, Checker sued HP over a WebOS application using his name. The application, before being pulled in September 2012, was used to unscientifically estimate penis size from shoe size.{{cite web|last=Gallagher|first=Sean|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/hp-sued-by-chubby-checker-over-webos-penis-size-app/|title=HP sued by Chubby Checker over webOS penis size app|website=Ars Technica|date=February 14, 2013|access-date=August 18, 2015}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/famed-attorney-willie-gary-files-half-billion-dollar-lawsuit-on-behalf-of-music-legend-chubby-checker-against-hewlett-packard-and-palm-inc-for-copyright-infringement|date=February 12, 2013|website=Marketwatch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602012846/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/famed-attorney-willie-gary-files-half-billion-dollar-lawsuit-on-behalf-of-music-legend-chubby-checker-against-hewlett-packard-and-palm-inc-for-copyright-infringement-2013-02-12|archive-date=June 2, 2013|title=Famed Attorney Willie Gary Files Half-Billion Dollar Lawsuit on behalf of Music Legend Chubby Checker against Hewlett Packard and Palm, Inc. for Copyright Infringement|agency=PR Newswire|location=Ft. Pierce, Florida|access-date=November 20, 2016}}{{cite web|first=Derek|last=Kessler|date=12 February 2013|url=http://www.webosnation.com/chubby-checker-lawsuit-filed-against-hp-over-endowment-size-estimator|title='Chubby Checker' lawsuit filed against HP over endowment size estimator|website=webOS Nation|access-date=18 August 2015|archive-date=February 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214194552/http://www.webosnation.com/chubby-checker-lawsuit-filed-against-hp-over-endowment-size-estimator|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Devin|last=Coldewey|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets/chubby-checker-sues-hp-over-penis-size-app-flna1C8383682|title=Chubby Checker sues HP over penis size app|website=NBC News|date=February 14, 2013|accessdate=July 3, 2022}} The district court said that Checker's trademark claim survived HP's motion to dismiss, but his other claims were dismissed per Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.{{cite web|url=http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1492&context=historical|title=Ernest Evans et al v. Hewlett-Packard Company et al|website=DigitalCommons.law.scu.edu|publisher=Santa Clara University|access-date=2015-08-18|archive-date=July 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728190218/https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1492&context=historical|url-status=live}}

Checker performed as well as appeared as a version of himself in Twist Around the Clock (1961) and Don't Knock the Twist (1962). In both films he provided advice and crucial breaks for the protagonist.{{cite web|title=Twist Around the Clock – Synopsis|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3839/twist-around-the-clock#synopsis|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903091942/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3839/Twist-Around-the-Clock/|archive-date=September 3, 2011}}{{cite web|title=Don't Knock the Twist – Synopsis|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/27354/dont-knock-the-twist#synopsis|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219064551/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/27354/dont-knock-the-twist|archive-date=December 19, 2020}}

In 1988, Checker appeared as himself performing alongside the Purple People Eater in the film of the same name.{{cite web|title=Purple People Eater – Credits|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/443785/purple-people-eater#credits|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117092833/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/443785/purple-people-eater|archive-date=January 17, 2021}}

Checker later appeared as himself in the 1989 Quantum Leap episode entitled "Good Morning, Peoria" where he walks into a radio station in 1959 hoping to have his demo record played on the air. The show's main character, Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula), persuades the station owner to play the song "The Twist", inadvertently teaching Checker himself how to do The Twist.{{cite web|last=Eddy|first=Cheryl|date=August 25, 2016|title=The 14 Weirdest Quantum Leap Episodes of All Time|url=https://gizmodo.com/the-14-weirdest-quantum-leap-episodes-of-all-time-1785484622|url-status=live|access-date=January 16, 2022|website=Gizmodo|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921082814/https://gizmodo.com/the-14-weirdest-quantum-leap-episodes-of-all-time-1785484622|archive-date=September 21, 2021 }}

In 2001, Checker again guest-starred as himself singing "The Twist" in the fourth season of Ally McBeal.{{cite web|title=Ally McBeal: Season 4, Episode 11|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/ally_mcbeal/s04/e11|work=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|access-date=2022-01-16}} He also performed the track in the tenth season of Murphy Brown.{{cite web|title=Murphy Brown: Season 10, Episode 16|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/murphy_brown/s10/e16|work=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|access-date=2023-04-25}}

In 2008, Checker's "The Twist" was named the biggest chart hit of all time by Billboard magazine. Billboard looked at all singles that made the charts between 1958 and 2008. He was also honored by Settlement Music School as part of the school's centennial celebration and named to the Settlement 100, a list of notable people connected to the school.{{cite web|url=http://www.smsmusic.org/people/settlement_100.php?t=4/ |title=Settlement Music School: Settlement 100|publisher=Smsmusic.org|access-date=2015-08-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102949/http://www.smsmusic.org/people/settlement_100.php?t=4%2F|archive-date=2015-09-24}}

Checker received the prestigious Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award on November 9, 2013, from the Artists Music Guild. Checker was the host of the 2013 AMG Heritage Awards and was given the honor during the television broadcast. The award was presented to him by longtime friend and labelmate Dee Dee Sharp.{{cite web|last=Checker|first=Chubby|title=Checker receives the 2013 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award|url=http://artistsmusicguild.com/content/2013-amg-heritage-award-recipients|publisher=Artists Music Guild|access-date=9 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212110911/http://artistsmusicguild.com/content/2013-amg-heritage-award-recipients|archive-date=12 December 2013}}

In 2014, Checker was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.

On December 12, 1963, Checker proposed to Catharina Lodders, a 21-year-old Dutch model and Miss World 1962 from Haarlem.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zBMrAAAAIBAJ&pg=5252,7340884&dq=catharina-lodders&hl=en|title=Chubby Checker To Wed Beauty|date=December 12, 1963|work=Reading Eagle|publisher=UPI|page=46|access-date=August 12, 2010|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025000616/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zBMrAAAAIBAJ&pg=5252,7340884&dq=catharina-lodders&hl=en|url-status=live}} Checker said he met Lodders in Manila the prior January.UPI Telephoto (NAP 1404993...New York Bureau). The song "Loddy Lo" is about her. They were married on April 12, 1964, at Temple Lutheran Church in Pennsauken, New Jersey.AP Wire Photo 1964. Their first child, Bianca Johanna Evans, was born in a Philadelphia hospital on December 8, 1966.AP wire photo (jfu 5-2200-jfu-stass) 1966. Their other two children are Ilka Evans and musician Shan Egan (Evans), lead singer of Funk Church, a band in the Philadelphia area.{{cite web|url=https://jumpphilly.com/2011/04/16/musictown-chubby-checkers-son-is-a-funk-master/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116070855/https://jumpphilly.com/2011/04/16/musictown-chubby-checkers-son-is-a-funk-master/|url-status=dead|title=MusicTown: Chubby Checker's Son is a Funk Master.|date=April 16, 2011|website=Jumpphilly.com|archive-date=16 November 2018|access-date=3 May 2023}} Checker is also the father of WNBA player Mistie Bass.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/mistie_bass/bio.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109165230/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/mistie_bass/bio.html|url-status=dead|title=Mistie Bass|archive-date=9 January 2015|access-date=19 August 2021}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060102235429/http://www.jeffosretromusic.com/chubby.html Chubby Checker – King Of The Twist – by Dr. Frank Hoffmann]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100111111154/http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/flash/chubbychecker.htm Chubby Checker says "There's a New 'Twist' in the Law!"] (Social Security Public Service Announcements)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326171309/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2010/03/22 Interviewed March 22, 2010 on WNYC SoundCheck with John Schaefer; Discusses this Wikipedia entry and career]
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