Chubby Checker
- MatchChubby Checker
- 100%Bill Haley
- 100%Bill Haley And His Comets
- 69%Wanda Jackson
- 65%Del Shannon
- 58%Jerry Lee Lewis
- 58%Jerry Lewis
- 56%Eddie Cochran
- 55%Gene Vincent
- 52%Duane Eddy
- 50%The Platters
Biography
Ernest Evans, 3 October 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Checkers musical career began in 1959 while working at a local chicken market. His employer introduced the teenager to songwriter Kal Mann, who penned the singers 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 Clarks influential American Bandstand... Read more