Chubby Checker

Biography

Ernest Evans, 3 October 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Checker’s musical career began in 1959 while working at a local chicken market. His employer introduced the teenager to songwriter Kal Mann, who penned the singer’s debut single, ‘The Class’. He was given his new name by the wife of the legendary disc jockey Dick Clark as a derivation of Fats Domino. Chubby Checker became one of several artists to enjoy the patronage of Clark’s influential American Bandstand... Read more

Genres

Dance Musicals & The Arts Pop / Rock R&B / Soul

Tags

rock and roll

60s

twist

oldies

rock n roll

rock

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