Twist with Chubby Checker

{{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

class="wikitable"

!Chart (1960)

!Peak
position

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.

class="wikitable"

! 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

Category:1960 albums

Category:Chubby Checker albums

Category:Cameo-Parkway Records albums