Twist with Chubby Checker
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{{Infobox album
| name = Twist with Chubby Checker
| type = Album
| artist = Chubby Checker
| cover = Twist with Chubby Checker.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1960
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Rock and roll
| length = {{Duration|m=30|s=27}}
| label = Parkway
| producer = Kal Mann
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = For Twisters Only
| next_year = 1960
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Twist with Chubby Checker
| type = studio
| single1 = The Twist/Toot
| single1date = June 1960
| single2 = The Hucklebuck/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
| single2date = September 1960
| single3 = The Twist/Twistin' U.S.A.
| single3date = November 1961
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|0}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=twist-with-chubby-checker-mw0000839836}}
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
}}
Twist with Chubby Checker is the debut album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records.[https://www.discogs.com/release/1459698-Chubby-Checker-Twist-With-Chubby-Checker Chubby Checker, Twist with Chubby Checker]. Discogs.com, Retrieved April 29, 2023.
Track listing
=Side A=
- "Twistin' U.S.A." (Kal Mann)
- "The "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Shimmy" (Jessie Hill)
- "The "C. C. Rider" Stroll" (Chuck Willis)
- "The Strand" (Kal Mann)
- "The Chicken" (Rosco Gordon)
- "The Hucklebuck" (Andy Gibson, Roy Alfred)
=Side B=
- "The Twist" (Hank Ballard)
- "The Madison" (Al Brown)
- ""Love Is Strange" Chalypso" (Ethel Smith)
- "The "Mexican Hat" Twist" (Dave Appell, Kal Mann)
- "The Slop" (Cliff Goldsmith, Fred Sledge Smith)
- "The Pony" (Dave Appell, Kal Mann)
Chart positions
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!Chart (1960) !Peak |
US Billboard Top LPs
|align="center"|3 |
US UK Albums Chart
|align="center"|13 |
;Singles[https://www.45cat.com/artist/chubby-checker Chubby Checker Single Releases]. Retrieved April 29, 2023.[https://musicvf.com/Chubby+Checker.art Chubby Checker Charting Singles]. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
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! Year ! Single ! Chart ! Peak position |
rowspan="5"|1960
|rowspan="3"|"The Twist" |rowspan="1"|U.S. Pop |align="center"|1 |
rowspan="1"|U.S. R&B
|align="center"|2 |
rowspan="1"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|44 |
rowspan="2"|"The Hucklebuck"
|rowspan="1"|U.S. Pop |align="center"|14 |
rowspan="1"|U.S. R&B
|align="center"|15 |
rowspan="4"|1962
|rowspan="3"|"The Twist" |rowspan="1"|U.S. Pop |align="center"|1 |
rowspan="1"|U.S. R&B
|align="center"|4 |
rowspan="1"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|14 |
rowspan="1"|"Twistin' U.S.A"
|rowspan="1"|U.S. Pop |align="center"|68 |
References
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Category:Chubby Checker albums
Category:Cameo-Parkway Records albums
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